Lessoon Kiare: Vel oo toiggal?

Lesson Four: Do you understand?


lessoon kiare (lezz-OON-KAYR) - lesson four
vel oo? (vell-oo) - are you?
vel shiu? (vell-shoo) - are you?

toiggal (TIGG-al) - understanding

Vel oo toiggal? (vell-oo-TIGG-al) - Do you understand?
Vel shiu toiggal (vell-shoo-TIGG-al) - Do you understand?

In answer to a question like 'Vel oo toiggal?' you say either
'Ta' (taa) or 'Cha nel' (ha-NELL).

Effectively, 'Ta' means 'Yes' and 'Cha nel' means 'No', but in literal terms 'Ta'
is short for 'I am (understanding)'/'I do (understand)' and 'Cha nel' is short for
'I am not (understanding)'/ 'I do not (understand)'.


'Ta' can mean: 'am', 'is', 'are', 'there is', 'there are'.
'Cha nel' can mean: 'am not', 'is not', 'are not', 'there is not',
'there are not'.


mee (mee) - I, me
Ta mee toiggal (tamm-ee TIGG-al) - I understand.
Cha nel mee toiggal (ha-NELL-mee-TIGG-al) - I don't understand.

Gaelg (gilg) - Manx (language)
Baarle (berll) - English (language)

as (azz) - and
dy jarroo (tha-JARR-oo) - indeed

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Co-loayrtys (ko-LAWRT-us) - Conversation

Catreeney: Vel oo toiggal shoh?
Ealish: Cha nel.
Catreeney: Vel oo toiggal shen?
Ealish: Ta.
Catreeney: As vel oo toiggal shen?
Ealish: Ta, ta mee toiggal shen mie dy liooar.
Catreeney: Vel oo toiggal Gaelg?
Ealish: Ta. As, dy jarroo, ta mee toiggal Baarle!

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Cur Gaelg orroo shoh:

and - as
are you? (sing) - vel oo?
are you? (plur) - vel shiu?
Conversation - co-loayrtys
Do you understand? (sing) - Vel oo toiggal?
Do you understand? (plur) - Vel shiu toiggal?
English (language) - Baarle
I, me - mee
I don't understand. - Cha nel mee toiggal
I understand. - Ta mee toiggal
indeed - dy jarroo
lesson four - lessoon kiare
Manx (language) - Gaelg
understanding - toiggal

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Cur Baarle orroo shoh:

1. Vel oo toiggal shoh, Ealish? - Do you understand this, Ealish?
2. Vel Catreeney toiggal shen? - Does Catherine understand that?
3. Ta mee toiggal mie dy liooar. - I understand well enough.
4. Vel oo toiggal Baarle? Cha nel. - Do you understand English? No.
5. Dy jarroo ta mee toiggal Gaelg. - Indeed I understand Manx.
6. Vel oo toiggal yn co-loayrtys shoh? - Do you understand this conversation?
7. Shen Baarle. - That's English.
8. Shoh Gaelg. - This is Manx.
9. Fastyr mie, kys ta shiu? - Good afternoon, how are you?
10. Ta mee toiggal Ealish mie dy liooar. - I understand Alice well enough
11. Kys ta Catreeney? Castreycair. - How is Catherine? Middling
12. Cre'n ennym t'er? Shen Finlo. - What's his name? That's Finlo.
13. Failt erriu Orry. Gura mie ayd. - Welcome Orry, thank you.
14. Quoi shen? Shen Ealish. - Who's that? That's Alice.
15. Cha nel mee toiggal yn co-loayrtys. - I don't understand the conversation.

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Vel fys ayd?

a. In answer to a question like 'Vel oo toiggal?'
'Ta' means 'Yes' and 'Cha nel' means 'No', but in literal terms what is;

'Ta' short for?
'Cha nel' short for?


b. 'Am', 'is', 'are', 'there is', 'there are' are all represented by what word?

c. 'Am not', 'is not', 'are not', 'there is not', 'there are not', are all represented
by which two words?