Lessoon Jees as Kiare Feed: Margey ny Sharmanys?
Lesson Eighty-Two: Market or Ceremony?
jees as kiare feed (JEESS-azz-KAYR-feed) - eighty-two ('two and
four twenties')
sharmanys (SHARM-an-iss) - ceremony
Co-loayrtys (ko-LAWRT-uss) - Conversation
Peddyr: Vel oo smooinaghtyn dy vel y margey ec Cronk Keeill Eoin jannoo assee da
Laa Tinvaal? Ta sleih ennagh gra dy vel yn margey
jannoo assee da'n charmanys.
Ean: Cha nel shen kiart. Va ny Manninee rieau soiaghey jeh Margey
Keeill Eoin. Ta'n margey scanshoil.
Peddyr: Nee margey ny sharmanys t'ayn?
Ean: She yn jees oc t'ayn - margey as sharmanys.
smooinaghtyn (SMUNN-yakht-in) - thinking
Vel oo smooinaghtyn dy vel y margey ....? (VELL-oo-SMUNN-yakht-in-
the-VELL-a-MARG-a) - Do you think that the market is ....?
Cronk Keeill Eoin (KRONK-keel-OWEN) - Tynwald Hill
jannoo assee da (JINN-oo-ATH-ee-daa) - doing harm to
sleih (sly) - people
ennagh (enn-YAKH) - some
Notice that the 'sh' in 'sharmanys' becomes 'ch' after 'da'n' ('to the').
Cha nel shen kiart (ha-NELL-shen-K'YART) - That's not right.
rieau (r'yoo) - ever
soiaghey jeh (SY-akh-a-jay) - esteeming
Literally, 'soiaghey jeh' means 'setting of'. This is an idiom for
'esteeming', 'thinking a lot of'.
scanshoil (skansh-OLE) - important
nee? (n'yay) - is it?
she (shay) - it is
We can classify things by using 'she' and its partner 'nee':
Nee margey ny sharmanys t'ayn? (n'yay-MARG-a-na-SHARM-an-iss-
TAWN) - Is it a market or a ceremony? ('Is it a market or a ceremony which is in?')
yn jees oc (in-JEESS-ock) - both ('the two at them')