Lessoon Jeih as Daeed: Cooishyn Thieoil
Lesson Fifty: Domestic Affairs
jeih as daeed (JY-azz-DY-eed) - fifty ('ten and forty')
cooish (koosh) - affair
cooishyn (KOOSH-un) - affairs
thieoil (ty-OLE) - domestic
Note that 'cooish' can have other meanings apart from 'affair'.
For instance, people often like 'Tey as cooish' ('Tea and a chat').
Co-loayrtys
Peddyr: Bee shiu kionnaghey tobbyr-oonlee noa?
Ean: Beemayd.
Peddyr: As bee shiu slaa cheu-sthie?
Ean: Cha beemayd, bwooise da Jee!
Peddyr: Hooar shiu thie mie.
Ean: Hooar.
bee shiu? (bee-shoo) - will you be?
kionnaghey (K'YONN-akh-a) - buying
tobbyr-oonlee (TOBB-er-OON-lee) - a bath
noa (naw) - new
beemayd (B'YIMM-udj) - we will be
Remember that Manx, like Gaelic in general, does not have direct words for 'yes' and
'no'. The sequence of question and answer above goes as:
Bee shiu kionnaghey? - Will you be buying?
Beemayd - We will be ('Yes').
slaa (slaa) - painting
cheu-sthie (CHAA-oo-STY) - inside
cha beemayd (ha-B'YIMM-udj) - we will not be
bwooise (bweess) - thanks
da (daa) - to
Jee (jee) - God
Another example of question and answer:
Bee shiu slaa cheu-sthie? - Will you be painting inside?
Cha beemayd -We will not be ('No').
hooar (hoor) - got; found
hooar shiu (hoor-shoo) - you got; you found
thie mie (ty-my) - a good house