Lessoon Tree Feed: Kionnaghey Eaddagh
Lesson Sixty: Buying Clothes
tree feed (tree-feed) - sixty ('three twenties')
Remember that you count in twenties in Manx. The French count in twenties as well,
but Manx is more dedicated in this respect. For instance:
shey feed (shay-feed) - 120 ('six twenties')
You could also say 'keead as feed' here.
kionnaghey (K'YONN-akh-a) - buying
eaddagh (ETH-akh) - clothes
Co-loayrtys (ko-LAWRT-uss) - Conversation
Catreeney: Ta mee goll shappal nish.
Ealish: Cre vees oo geddyn?
Catreeney: Goon as cooat son Breeshey. T'ee laccal eaddagh noa.
Ealish: Bee eh mie dy liooar my higym mayrt?
Catreeney: Bee, son shickyrys.
shappal (SHAPP-al) - shopping
Remember that 'vees' (viss) is the special word for 'will be' which is used in questions
and in expressions like 'the house you'll be buying':
Cre vees oo geddyn?
(kra-VISS-oo-GETH-un)
-
What will you be getting?
Y thie vees oo kionnaghey
(a-TY-viss-oo-K'YONN-akh-a)
-
The house you'll be buying.
goon (goon) - frock
cooat (KOO-at) - coat
laccal (lall) - wanting
bee eh? (BEE-a) - will it be?
my higym (ma-HIGG-um) - if I will come
'my' (ma) can mean several things, including 'if' and 'my'.
'higym' means 'I will come'. This can also be expressed as folllows:
nee'm cheet
(NEE-um-CHITT)
- I'll come
(I'll make coming)
mayrt (mert) - with you