Lessoon Queig as Daeed: Cre'n Sorch dy Pheiagh?
Lesson Forty-Five: What Sort of Person?
queig as daeed (KWEGG-azz-DY-eed) - forty-five ('five and forty')
peiagh (PY-akh) - person
Co-loayrtys
Peddyr: Va Illiam ayns shoh jea.
Ean: Cre'n sorch dy pheaigh t'ayn?
Peddyr: Drollane. She drollane kiart eshyn.
Ean: Dy jarroo! Cre goll rish ta'n ven echey?
Peddyr: She joushag agglagh ish.
Ean: Cha nyrrys!
ayns shoh (unnss-SHAW) - here
jea (jay) - yesterday
Manx, like Gaelic in general, uses the word 'ayn' ('in' or 'in it')
quite a lot.
Literally, the English for 'Cre'n sorch dy pheiagh t'ayn?' is 'What
sort of person is in?', meaning 'in existence'.
drollane (droll-AAN) -inactive person
she (shay) - it is
kiart (k'yart) - right, correct
eshyn (EZH-un) - he, him, it
'eshyn' is the emphatic form of 'eh' ('he', 'him' or 'it')
She drollane kiart eshyn - He's a right drollane.
Word for word, this is: 'It's a right drollane he (is)'.
goll rish (GORR-ish) - resembling
yn ven (in-VEN) - the woman
echey (EGG-a) - at him
yn ven echey (in-VEN-egg-a) - his wife
Cre goll rish ta'n ven echey? (kra-GORR-ish-tan-VEN-egg-a)
- What's his wife like?
joushag (JOWSH-ag) - termagant
agglagh (AGG-lakh) - awful
ish (ish) - she, her, it
'ish' is the emphatic form of 'ee' ('she', her' or 'it')
Cha nyrrys! (ha-N'YIRR-us) - No wonder!
Tooilley Gaelg 45.
Cur Baarle orroo shoh.
1. Va Illiam ayns shoh jea.
2. She drollane kiart Peddyr.
3. Cre goll rish ta'n ven echey?
4. She joushag agglagh ish.
5. Vel kiartey ec Peddyr foast?
6. Ta mee slane skee jeh Ean.
7. Bare lhiam Peddyr. Cha nyrrys!
8. Va Ean ayns shoh jea.
9. Va Peddyr ayns Balley Chashtal.
10. Cre'n sorch dy pheaigh t'ayn?
11. Va Ean ayns Rhumsaa.
12. She drollane kiart eshyn.
13. Va Peddyr ayns shoh jea.
14. Vel tey ec Peddyr foast?
15. She dooinney mie Ean, dy jarroo.
16. Ta mee slane skee jeh tey.
17. Va Illiam ayns Doolish.
18. She drollane kiart ish.
19. Vel shugyr ec Peddyr foast?
20. Ta mee slane skee jeh shugyr.
21. She drollane kiart Ean.
22. Bare lhiam Balley Chashtal.