Lessoon Queig-Jeig as Daeed: Obbyr sy Gharey
Lesson Fifty-Five: Work in the Garden
queig-jeig as daeed (KWEGG-jegg-azz-DY-eed) - fifty-five ('fifteen and forty')
obbyr (OBB-er) - work
sy gharey (sa-GHAA-ra) - in the garden
Co-loayrtys
Peddyr: Cre'n obbyr ta ry-yannoo sy gharey?
Ean: Reurey as giarrey yn faiyr.
Peddyr: Vel biljyn sy gharey?
Ean: Ta. Tree biljyn mooarey as un villey beg.
Peddyr: Bee shiu boirit ec ny duillagyn.
Ean: Cha bee. S'mie lhien ny biljyn.
cre'n obbyr? (krinn-OBB-er) - what work?
ry-yannoo (ra-YINN-oo) - to be done
Use 'ry' with verbal nouns (words ending in '-ing') in this way:
jannoo - doing ry-yannoo - to be done
clashtyn - hearing ry-chlashtyn - to be heard
fakin - seeing ry-akin - to be seen
Note that 'ry' causes letter changes.
reurey (RAA-oo-ra) - digging
giarrey (G'YARR-a) - cutting
faiyr (fayr) - grass
billey (BILL-ya) - tree
biljyn (BILL-jin) - trees
biljyn mooarey (BILL-jin-MOOR-a) - big trees
When we are talking about more than one thing, some adjectives (words like 'big',
'small' and 'poor') have special forms (plurals):
'mooar' becomes 'mooarey'
'beg' becomes 'beggey'
'boght' becomes 'boghtey', etc.
boirit (BWURR-it) - worried
duillagyn (DULL-yag-un) - leaves
s'mie lhien (smy-l'yinn) - we like ('is good with us')