Lessoon Jees as Tree Feed: Hooin Roin!
Lesson Sixty-Two: Let's Go!
jees as tree feed (JEESS-azz-TREE-feed) - sixty-two ('two and three twenties')
hooin (hoon) - to us, towards us
roin (rone) - before us
Said together, 'hooin' and 'roin' give the idiom 'Let's go!'
Co-loayrtys
Catreeney: Fodmayd pairkal ayns shoh as shooyl sheese dys Straid Gheinnee.
Ealish: Mie dy liooar. Cre mysh pairk-gleashtan Straid Chester?
Catreeney: T'eh kinjagh lane. Cha bee spoar ry-gheddyn.
Ealish: Ny jean jarrood y clag-pairkal.
fodmayd (FODD-mudj) - we can
pairkal (PERK-al) - parking
sheese (sheess) - down
straid (straydj) - street
geinnagh (GENN-yakh) - sand
geinnee (GENN-ee) - of sand
Straid Gheinnee (straydj-GHENN-ee) - Strand Street
Some Manx nouns (name-words) have special forms called genitives. The genitive of
'geinnagh' is 'geinnee' - 'Straid Gheinnee' means
'Street of Sand' or 'Street associated with sand'.
cre mysh? (kra-MUSH) - what about?
pairk-gleashtan (perk-GLAYSH-chan) - car park
Notice that 'pairk-gleashtan Straid Chester' means
'the Chester Street car park'. Manx does not need 'yn' ('the') here.
kinjagh (KINN-jakh) - always
lane (ledd'n) - full
cha bee (ha-BEE) - there won't be
spoar (spawr) - space
ry-gheddyn (ra-GHETH-un) - to be had, available
ny jean! (na-JINN) - don't!
jarrood (ja-ROOD) - forgetting
clag-pairkal (klagg-PERK-al) - parking disc
Use 'ny jean!' with any verb-noun (word ending in '-ing'):
Ny jean jarrood! (na-JINN-ja-ROOD) - Don't forget!
goll (gull) - going
Ny jean goll! (na-JINN-GULL) - Don't go!