Lessoon Nuy-Jeig as Daeed: Troddan y Laa
Lesson Fifty-Nine: Match of the Day
nuy-jeig as daeed (NEE-jegg-azz-DY-eed) -fifty-nine ('nineteen and forty')
troddan (TROTH-an) - match, contest
laa (laa) - day
The English for 'Troddan y laa' is 'The match of the day'. This type of expression
is typical of Manx and of Celtic languages in general.
Notice that three words in Manx are equivalent to five in English here.
Other examples are:
ben y thie (BENN-a-TY) - the woman of the house
Bayr ny Foillan (BURR-na-FOAL-yun) - The Way of the Seagull
Co-loayrtys
Orree: Bee'm goaill ayrn ayns spoyrt noght.
Chalse: Cha nel mee credjal eh.
Orree: She, bee'm jeeaghyn er Troddan y Laa.
Chalse: Cha jean oo geddyn lheiltys liorish shen.
Orree: Nee'm geddyn lheiltys. Bee'm lheim as gyllagh magh!
bee'm (BEE-um) - I will be
goaill ayrn (GAW-il-ARN) - taking part
noght (nawkh) - tonight
credjal (KREDJ-al) - believing
jeeaghyn er (JEEKH-un-err) - watching, looking at
cha jean oo (ha-JINN-oo) - you'll not make, you'll not do
geddyn (GETH-un) - getting, finding
lheiltys (LEEL-tus) - exercise (motion)
Cha jean oo geddyn lheiltys - You'll not get exercise.
liorish (L'YAW-rish) - by
nee (nee) - will make, will do
nee'm (NEE-um) - I'll make, I'll do
Nee'm geddyn lheiltys - I'll get exercise.
Instead of saying 'Nee'm geddyn' for 'I'll get' we could say 'Yioym' (YOW-um). And
instead of 'Cha jean oo geddyn' for 'You'll not get', we could say 'Cha vow' (ha-VOW).
lheim (l'yimm) - jumping
gyllagh magh (GILL-akh-MAKH) - calling out