Lessoon Nuy as Kiare Feed: Er-ash dys Scoill
Lesson Eighty-Nine: Back to School
nuy as kiare feed (NEE-azz-KAYR-feed) - eighty-nine ('nine
and four twenties')
er-ash (err-ASH) - back
dys scoill (duss-SKOLL) - to school
Co-loayrtys
Catreeney: Bee ny paitchyn goll er-ash dys scoill Jemayrt.
Ealish: Bee, dy jarroo. Vel Breeshey trimshagh?
Catreeney: Cha nel. S'mie lhee yn scoill.
Ealish: S'mie shen. Cha row mish coontey monney jeh'n scoill!
Catreeney: Mish noadyr. Agh ta Breeshey jeeaghyn roee lesh y vrastyl noa.
Catreeney (kat-REEN-a) - Catherine
ny paitchyn (na-PAACH-un) - the children
The singular of 'paitchyn' is 'paitchey' (PAACH-a), 'a child'. It is more usual for
nouns ending in '-ey' to have plurals ending in '-aghyn':
shilley (SHILL-ya) - sight
shillaghyn (SHILL-yakh-un) - sights
Ealish (AYL-ish) - Alice; Elizabeth
Breeshey (BREEZH-a) - Brigid, Bridget
trimshagh (TRIM-zhakh) - sad
s'mie lhee (smy-l'yee) - she likes ('is good with her')
s'mie shen (smy-SHEN) - that's good ('is good that')
cha row mish (ha-ROW-MISH) - I wasn't
coontey (KOON-da) - counting, reckoning
monney (MONN-a) - much
We use 'monney' in negative statements or in questions.
noadyr (NAWTH-er) - neither
jeeaghyn (JEEKH-in) - looking
roee (RO-ee) - before her
brastyl (brasstl) - class
Agh ta Beeshey jeeaghyn roee lesh y vrastyl noa (akh-ta-BREEZH-a-
JEEKH-in-RO-ee-lesh-a-VRASSTL-NO) - But Breeshey is looking forward to the new class
('But Breeshey is looking before her with the new class').
Note that the 'b' in 'brastyl' changes to 'v' after 'lesh y'.