Lessoon Kiare-Jeig as Daeed: Y Garey
Lesson Fifty-Four: The Garden
kiare-jeig as daeed (KAYR-jegg-azz-DY-eed) - fifty-four ('fourteen and forty')
garey (GAA-ra) - garden
Co-loayrtys
Peddyr: Nee garey mooar t'ayd sy thie noa, ghooinney?
Ean: She, she garey mooar t'ayn mie dy liooar.
Peddyr: Aigh vie ort! Cha mie lhiam y gareydys noadyr.
Ean: Bee'm mie dy liooar. S'mie lhiam y gareydys.
Peddyr: Vel monney ry-yannoo sy gharey?
Ean: Cha nel, dy firrinagh.
nee? (n'yay) - is it?
garey mooar (GAA-ra-MOO-ar) - a big garden
ghooinney! (WUN-ya) - man!
she (shay) - it is
ayn (awn) - in, in it
'Nee garey mooar t'ayd?' (n'yay-GAA-ra-MOO-ar-TEDD) in word-for-word English is 'Is
it a big garden which is at you?' ('Is it a big garden
you have?')
The answer Ean gives is 'She' - 'It is' ('Yes').
She garey mooar t'ayn (shay-GAA-ra-MOO-ar-TAWN) - It is a big garden which is in (It
is a big garden).
The correct answers to a question containing 'Nee?' are either
'She' ('It is' - 'Yes') or 'Cha nee' ('It is not' - 'No').
aigh vie! (aykh-VY) - good luck!
gareydys (GAA-rad-iss) - gardening
Manx uses the word 'the' more than English does. Peddyr says
'Cha mie lhiam y gareydys' - 'I don't like (the) gardening'.
monney (MONN-a) - much
ry-yannoo (ra-YINN-oo) - to be done
'monney' is used in questions and in negative statements:
Vel monney ry-yannoo? - Is there much to be done?
firrinagh (FIRR-in-yakh) - true
dy firrinagh (the-FIRR-in-yakh) - truly