Lessoon Nane as Tree Feed: Goll dys ny Shappyn
Lesson Sixty-One: Going to the Shops
nane as tree feed (NAAN-azz-TREE-feed) - sixty-one ('one and three twenties')
Co-loayrtys
Ealish: Cre'n aght neemayd goll dys ny shappyn?
Catreeney: Bare lhiam shooyl, agh bare dooin goll sy ghleashtan. Bee stoo dy liooar
ain, my ta.
Ealish: Hooin roin!
aght (akht) - way, manner
cre'n aght? (krinn-AKHT) - how? what way?
neemayd (N'YIMM-udj) - we will do, we will make
neemayd goll (N'YIMM-udj-GULL) - we will go
Instead of saying 'neemayd goll' for 'we'll go', we could say
'hemmayd' (HEMM-udj). We can use the verb 'to do' or 'to make' very widely as a so-called
auxiliary. Here is another example:
nee eh (NEE-a) - he will do, he will make
credjal (KREDJ-al) - believing
nee eh credjal (NEE-a-KREDJ-al) - he will believe
bare (bare) - would be better
lhiam (l'yamm) - with me
bare lhiam (bare-l'yamm) - I would prefer
shooyl (SHOO-al) - walking
dooin (dunn) - to us, for us
Bare lhiam shooyl, agh bare dooin goll sy ghleashtan (BARE-l'yamm-SHOO-al, akh-BARE-dunn-GULL-sa-GHLAYSH-chan)
- I'd prefer to walk, but we'd better go in the car.
Word for word, this: 'Better with me walking, but better for us going in the car'.
We express what we think by using 'with'.
stoo (stoo) - stuff
dy liooar (the-L'YOOR) - enough
ain (ine) - at us
'my ta' (ma-TAA) is an exclamation used at the end of statements.
hooin roin! (hoon-rone) - let's go!