Lessoon Shiaght: Vel fys ayd?

Lesson Seven: Do you know?


lessoon shiaght (lezz-OON-SHAKH) - lesson seven
fys (fiss) - knowledge
ayd (edd) - at you (familiar form for one person)
eu (yow) - at you (more than one person/polite, one person)

Word for word, 'Vel fys ayd?' means 'Is there knowledge at you?' In common with other
Celtic languages and Russian, etc., Manx does not have a verb 'to have'. This is
expressed by saying something is 'at you':

Vel fys ayd? (vell-fiss-EDD) - Do you know?
Ta fys ayd (ta-fiss-EDD) - You know.
Cha nel fys eu (ha-nell-fiss-YOW) - You don't know.

aym (imm) - at me
Ta fys aym (ta-fiss-IMM) - I know.
Cha nel fys aym (ha-nell-fiss-IMM) - I don't know.

'I don't know' is often expressed as 'Cha s'aym' (ha-SIMM) or as
'Cha s'ayms' (ha-SIMM-us).

Introducing the words for 'he' and 'she':

eh (ay/a) - he, him
ee (ee) - she, her

t'eh (tay) - he is
t'ee (tee) - she is

t'eh cummal (tay-KUMM-al) - he is living / he lives / he does live
t'ee cummal (tee-KUMM-al) - she is living / she lives / she does live

Ta Peddyr cummal ayns Purt Chiarn (ta-PEDD-ar-KUMM-al-UNNS-purt-CHARN)
- Peter lives in Port Erin.

noadyr (NAWTH-er) - at all shen eh! (shen-AY) - that's it!

Co-loayrtys

Catreeney: C'raad ta Peddyr cummal? Vel fys ayd?
Finlo: Cha nel fys aym .... ayns Rhumsaa?
Catreeney: Cha nel. Cha nel eh cummal ayns Rhumsaa noadyr.
Finlo: Vel eh cummal ayns Purt le Moirrey ny Purt Chiarn? Cha s'ayms.
Catreeney: Shen eh! T 'eh cummal ayns Purt Chiarn.

Cur Baarle orroo shoh:

ayd at you (one person)
aym at me
Cha nel fys aym I don't know.
Cha nel fys eu You don't know.
ee she, her
eh he, him
eu at you (more than one person)
fys knowledge
lessoon shiaght lesson seven
noadyr at all
shen eh! that's it!
t'ee she is
t'ee cummal she is living / she lives / she does live
t'eh he is
t'eh cummal he is living / he lives / he does live
Ta fys ayd You know.
Ta fys aym I know.
Vel fys ayd? Do you know?

Cur Baarle orroo shoh:

Cha nel ee cummal ayns Doolish. She doesn't live in Douglas.
Cha nel Finlo cummal ayns Rhumsaa . Finlo doesn't live in Ramsey.
Cha nel fys aym noadyr. I don't know at all.
Cha s'ayms. Ta fys ayd I don't know. You know.
C'raad ta Catreeney cummal? Where does Catherine live?
Shen eh! Gura mie ayd. That's it! Thank you.
Ta Peddyr cummal ayns Purt Chiarn. Peter lives in Port Erin.
T'ee cummal ayns Purt ny Hinshey She lives in Peel.
T'eh cummal ayns Doolish ny Rhumsaa. He lives in Douglas or Ramsey.
Vel ee cummal ayns Purt ny Hinshey Does she live in Peel?
Vel eh cummal ayns Purt le Moirrey Does he live in Port St. Mary?
Vel fys ayd? Cha nel. Do you know? No.

Vel fys ayd?

1. Word for word,what does 'Vel fys ayd?' mean?

2. In common with other Celtic languages Manx does not have a verb 'to have'.
How is it expressed?

3. 'Cha nel fys aym,' means, I don't know,' how else is it often expressed?