Lessoon Tree-Jeig as Tree Feed: Chellvaney
Lesson Seventy-Three: Telephoning
tree-jeig as tree feed (TREE-jegg-azz-TREE-feed) - seventy-three ('thirteen
and three twenties')
chellvaney (chell-VAAN-a) - telephoning
Co-loayrtys (ko-LAWRT-uss) - Conversation
Catreeney: T'eh goll mie dy liooar: 'Cur kaart stiagh'.
Ealish: Choud's nagh vel eh gra: 'Kaart-daill gyn kied'.
Catreeney: T'eh gra: 'Cur kied da'n chaart: fuirree'.
Ealish: C'red t'eh gra nish? 'Cagliagh-daill er-chee cheet'?
Catreeney: Ersooyl lhiat! Ta mish tarroogh.
t'eh goll (tay-GULL) - it's going
Remember that 'eh' can mean 'he', 'him' or 'it'.
cur! (kur) - put!
'cur' can also mean 'putting', 'give!' or 'giving'.
stiagh (schakh) - in, inwards
Manx has two words for 'in'. If motion is involved, we use 'stiagh'.
To give the impression of 'inside', we use 'sthie' (say 'sty'):
Vel ee sthie? (VELL-ee-STY) - Is she in?
choud's (howdz) - as long as
choud's nagh vel eh (HOWDZ-nakh-VELL-a) - as long as it isn't
gra (graa) - saying
kaart-daill (kurt-DAAL) - credit card
gyn (ginn) - without
kied (k'yidd) - authorisation
Notice that 'kaart' becomes 'chaart' after 'da'n' ('to the').
fuirree! (FURR-ee) - wait!
cagliagh (KAGG-lee-akh) - a boundary
cagliagh-daill (KAGG-lee-akh-DAAL) - credit limit
er-chee (er-CHEE) - about to; on the point of
er-chee cheet (er-CHEE-CHIT) - about to come
ersooyl (er-SOOL) - away
lhiat (l'yatt) - with you
mish (mish) - I; me (emphatic form)
tarroogh (tarr-OOGH) - busy