Lessoon Nuy: Vel oo goll dy valley?

Lesson Nine: Are you going home?

lessoon nuy (lezz-OON-NEE) - lesson nine

goll (gull) - going
dy valley (tha-VAL-ya) - home(wards)

aght (akh) - way (manner)
cre’n aght? (krinn-AKH) - how?

Cre’n aght t’ou goll dy valley? (krinn-AKH-tow-GULL-tha-VAL-ya)
- How are you going home?

shooyl (SHOO-al) - walking
gleashtan (GLAYSH-chan) - car, a car


As with many other languages, Manx does not have a word for ‘an’
or ‘a’, so (for example) ‘gleashtan’ means ‘car’ or ‘a car’.


baatey (BAAD-a) - boat, a boat
etlan (ETT-lan) - plane, a plane
barroose (barr-OOSS) - bus, a bus

er y vaatey (ERR-a-VAAD-a) - on the boat
er yn etlan (ERR-an-ETT-lan) - on the plane
er y varroose (ERR-a-varr-OOSS) - on the bus


dys (duss) - to (towards)
gys (guss) - to (towards)

beeym (BEE-um) - I’ll be


Co-loayrtys

Juan: Ta mee goll dy valley nish.
Finlo: C’raad t’ou cummal? Ayns Purt ny Hinshey?
Juan: Shen eh. Ta mee goll nish.
Finlo: Cre’n aght t’ou goll? Cha nel oo shooyl, vel?
Juan: Cha nel, dy jarroo. Ta mee goll ayns gleashtan.
Finlo: Vel fys ayd dy beeym goll dys Nerin Jelune?
Juan: Cha nel. Cre’n aght t’ou goll dys shen?
Finlo: Er yn etlan. Oie vie as slane lhiat nish.
Juan: Slane lhiat.

Cur Gaelg orroo shoh:

Are you going home? Vel oo goll dy valley?
boat, a boat baatey
bus, a bus barroose
car, a car gleashtan
going goll
home(wards) dy valley
How are you going home? Cre’n aght t’ou goll dy valley?
how? cre’n aght?
I’ll be beeym
lesson nine lessoon nuy
on the boat er y vaatey
on the bus er y varroose
on the plane er yn etlan
plane, a plane etlan
to (towards) dys
to (towards) gys
walking shooyl
way (manner) aght


Cur Baarle orroo shoh:

Ayns Purt ny Hinshey. In Peel.
C’raad t’ou cummal? Where do you live?
Cha nel oo shooyl, vel? You are not walking are you?
Cha nel, dy jarroo. No, indeed.
Cre’n aght t’ou goll dys shen? How are you going there?
Cre’n aght ta Juan goll? How is Juan going?
Er yn etlan. On the plane.
Oie vie as slane lhiat nish. Good night and goodbye now.
Shen eh. That’s it.
Slane lhiat. Goodbye.
Ta mee goll ayns gleashtan. I am going in a car.
Ta mee goll dy valley nish. I am going home now.
Ta mee goll er yn etlan. I am going on the plane.
Vel fys ayd dy beeym goll dys Nerin? Do you know that I’ll be going to Ireland?



Vel fys ayd?

1. As with many other languages, what does Manx not have a word for?