Lessoon Shey: Cha mie lhiam shen.
Lesson Six: I don't like that.
lessoon shey (lezz-OON-SHAY) - lesson six
s'mie lhiam (SMY-l'yamm) - I like
cha mie lhiam (ha-MY-l'yamm) - I don't like
lhiam (l'yamm) - with me
lhiat (l'yatt) - with you (one person, familiar form)
lhiu (l'yoo) - with you (more than one person / polite, one person)
In literal terms, 'S'mie lhiam' means 'Is good with me' and
'Cha mie lhiam' means 'Not good with me'.
ushtey (USH-cha) - water
bainney (BANN-ya) - milk
tey (tay) - tea
caffee (KAFF-ee) - coffee
shugyr (SHOO-gar) - sugar
Cha mie lhiam ushtey (ha-MY-l'yamm-USH-cha) - I don't like water.
S'mie lhiam tey, cha mie lhiam caffee
(SMY-l'yamm-TAY ha-MY-l'yamm KAFF-ee) - I like tea, I don't like coffee.
S'mie lhiat shugyr as bainney?
(SMY-l'yatt-SHOO-gar-azz-BANN-ya) -Do you like sugar and milk?
To ask 'Would you like?' we say 'By vie lhiat?' This really means
'Would be good with you?'
by vie lhiat? (ba-VY-l'yatt) - would you like?
by vie lhiat (ba-VY-l'yatt) - you would like
by vie lhiam (ba-VY-l'yamm) - I would like
my sailt (ma-SYLCH) - please (familiar one person form)
my sailliu (ma-SELL-yoo) - please (more than one person/one person, polite)
gow my leshtal (GOW-ma-LESH-chal) - excuse me ('take my excuse')
Co-loayrtys
(ko-LAWRT-us) - Conversation
Ealish: C'red by vie lhiat? Tey, caffee ... bainney? Ushtey?
Catreeney: Ushtey? Cha mie lhiam shen! By vie lhiam tey, my sailt.
Ealish: Mie dy liooar. By vie lhiat bainney as shugyr?
Catreeney: By vie lhiam bainney, my sailt. Cha mie lhiam shugyr, gura mie ayd.
Ealish: Shoh yn tey as y bainney.
Catreeney: Gura mie ayd.
Cur Gaelg orroo shoh:
coffee caffee
Do you like sugar and milk? S'mie lhiat shugyr as bainney?
Do you like Alice and Catherine? S'mie lhiat Ealish as Catreeney?
Excuse me Gow my leshtal
I don't like Cha mie lhiam
I don't like coffee. Cha mie lhiam caffee
I don't like that. Cha mie lhiam shen.
I don't like water. Cha mie lhiam ushtey
I like S'mie lhiam
I like tea S'mie lhiam tey
I would like by vie lhiam
lesson six lessoon shey
milk bainney
please (one person) my sailt
please (more than one person) my sailliu
sugar shugyr
tea tey
water ushtey
with me lhiam
with you (more than one person) lhiu
with you (one person) lhiat
would you like? by vie lhiat?
you would like by vie lhiat
Cur Baarle orroo shoh:
By vie lhiam bainney, my sailt. I would like milk please.
By vie lhiam tey. I would like tea.
By vie lhiam ushtey my sailt. I would like water please.
By vie lhiat bainney as shugyr? Would you like sugar?
By vie lhiat caffee? Gura mie ayd Would you like coffee? Thank you
C'red by vie lhiat? Ealish. What would you like, Alice?
Cha mie lhiam Catreeney. I don't like Catherine.
Cha mie lhiam shen! I don't like that.
Cha mie lhiam shugyr. I don't like sugar.
Gura mie ayd, Ealish. Thank you Alice
Mie dy liooar, Ealish. Good enough, Alice
Shoh Catreeney. Here's Catherine.
Shoh yn tey as y bainney. Here's the tea and the milk.
Tey, caffee, bainney as ushtey. Tea, coffee, milk and water.
Vel fys ayd?
1. To ask 'Would you like?' what would you say?
2. In literal terms, 'What is S'mie lhiam'?
3. In literal terms, 'What is 'Cha mie lhiam'?