Lessoon Hoght-Jeig as Daeed: Spoyrt Dy Liooar
Lesson Fifty-Eight: Sport Enough
hoght-jeig as daeed (HAWKH-jegg-azz-DY-eed) - fifty-eight ('eighteen
and forty')
dy liooar (the-L'YOOR) - enough
Co-loayrtys
Orree: Vel oo goll roie feer vennick, ghoinney?
Chalse: Ta, bunnys dy chooilley laa.
Orree: Graih veen! As cre cho foddey as t'ou roie?
Chalse: Mysh queig meeiley dagh laa.
Orree: Bee uss marrooit. Cha nel spoyrt elley ayd, vel?
Chalse: Ta, snaue as bassag-boayrd.
mennick (MENN-ick) - often
feer vennick (feer-VENN-ick) - very often
Remember that 'feer' ('very') causes letter changes. One of these is that 'm' becomes
'v'.
bunnys (BUNN-iss) - nearly, almost
dy chooilley (the-KHULL-ya) - each, every
Other ways of saying 'each' are 'gagh' (gakh) and 'dagh' (dakh).
'Dy chooilley' causes letter changes similar to those caused by 'feer'.
'Dagh' and 'gagh' do not change letters:
moghrey (MORR-a) - morning
dy chooilley voghrey (the-KHULL-ya-VORR-a) - every morning
dagh moghrey (dakh-MORR-a) - every morning
Graih veen! (GRA-ee-VEEN) - Dear love!
cre cho foddey? (kra-ho-FAWTH-a) - how far?
mysh (mush) - about
queig meeiley (kwegg-MEEl-ya) - five miles
marrooit (MARR-oo-it) - killed
Cha nel spoyrt elley ayd, vel? (ha-NELL-spohrt-ELL-ya-edd, VELL) -
You haven't another sport, have you?
snaue (SNAA-oo) - swimming
bassag (BAZZ-ag) - tennis
bassag-boayrd (BAZZ-ag-BORD) - table tennis