Lessoon Nane as Kiare Feed: Laa Tinvaal
Lesson Eighty-One: Tynwald Day
nane as kiare feed (NAAN-azz-KAYR-feed) - eighty-one ('one and
four twenties')
Laa Tinvaal (LAA-tin-VAAL) - Tynwald Day
Co-loayrtys
Peddyr: Ren oo goll dys Margey Keeill Eoin?
Ean: Ren. Va mee gobbraghey dy jeean ec bwane.
Peddyr: Dy jarroo. Va mish ayn neesht agh cha ren mee fakin oo.
Ean: Gyn ourys v'ou geaishtagh rish ny slattyssyn ayns Gaelg.
Peddyr: Ren mee clashtyn paart jeu. Ren y briw dy mie.
Instead of saying 'Ren oo goll?' for 'Did you go?', Peddyr could ask
'Jagh oo?' (JAKH-oo). In this case, the answer meaning 'Yes' would not be 'Ren' but
'Hie' (hy), meaning 'Went', or 'Hie mee' (hy-mee) meaning 'I went'.
margey (MARG-a) - market
keeill (keel) - church
Eoin (Owen) - John
Margey Keeill Eoin (MARG-a-keel-OWEN) - Tynwald Fair ('St John's Market')
va mee gobbraghey (VAMM-ee-GOBB-rakh-a) - I was working
jeean (JEE-un) - earnest, fervent
dy jeean (the-JEE-un) - earnestly, fervently
To make adverbs (these usually end in '-ly' in English) we simply put 'dy' in front
of the corresponding adjective.
bwane (bwaan) - stall
va mish ayn neesht (va-MISH-awn-N'YISS) - I was there as well
Instead of 'Cha ren mee fakin oo' (ha-REN-mee-FAHG-in-oo), Peddyr might say 'Cha vaik
mee oo' (ha-VACK-mee-oo) for 'I didn't see you'.
gyn ourys (ginn-OW-riss) - without doubt
v'ou geaishtagh (vow-GAYSH-chakh) - you were listening
rish (rish) - to
ny slattyssyn (na-SLATH-iss-un) - the acts (statutes)
ayns Gaelg (unnss-GILG) - in Manx
clashtyn (KLASH-chin) - hearing
paart jeu (pert-jow) - some of them
briw (broo) - Deemster; judge
dy mie (the-MY) - well