Lessoon Shiaght as Tree Feed: Eaddagh Reesht
Lesson Sixty-Seven: Clothes Again
shiaght as tree feed (SHAKH-azz-TREE-feed) sixty-seven
('seven and three twenties')
eaddagh (ETH-akh) clothes
reesht (reesh) again
Co-loayrtys
Ealish: Cheau uss argid dy liooar jiu, my ta. Vel oo shirrey tooilley stoo?
Catreeney: Cha nel mee shickyr. Jeeagh er ny rumbylyn shen... as ta mee
laccal braagyn noa neesht. Ceauym tooilley argid!
Ealish: Ta mish laccal braagyn neesht.
cheau uss (H'YOW-uss) you spent
jiu (joo) today
shirrey (SHIRR-a) looking for
tooilley (TULL-ya) more, additional
stoo (stoo) stuff
shickyr (SHIGG-er) sure, certain
jeeagh! (JEE-akh) look!
rumbylyn (RUM-bull-un) skirts
laccal (lall) wanting
braagyn (BRAAG-un) shoes
ceauym (K'YOW-um) I'll spend
'ceau' ('spend'/'spending') is what is known as a regular verb.
There are two main parts to any verb in Gaelic in general - the
imperative (used to give orders like 'spend!') and the verb-noun
('spending'). 'ceau' means both 'spend!' and 'spending'.
To get the past tense of a regular verb, we take the imperative and, if possible,
change the first letter (aspirate or lenite it):
ceau! (K'YOW) spend!
cheau mee (H'YOW-mee) I spent
To form the future tense, we take the imperative, leave the first letter unchanged,
and add on '-ym', '-ee' or '-mayd':
ceauym (K'YOW-um) I'll spend
ceauee eh (K'YOW-ee-a) he'll spend
ceaumayd (K'YOW-mudj) we'll spend
ceauee ad (K'YOW-ee-add) they'll spend