Lessoon Jeih as Kiare Feed: Yn Imbagh Noa
Lesson Ninety: The New Term
jeih as kiare feed (JY-azz-KAYR-feed) - ninety ('ten and four twenties')
yn imbagh (in-IMB-akh) - the term; the season
Co-loayrtys
Ealish: C'red va Breeshey coontey jeh'n chied laa ec y scoill?
Catreeney: Feer vie. Cha nel fys ain er y nah laa, y treeoo laa as y
chiarroo laa! Agh bee ish mie dy liooar.
Ealish: C'red t'ee coontey jeh'n ynseyder noa?
Catreeney: S'mie lesh Breeshey ee.
c'red? (KERR-id) - what?
va (vaa) - was, were
yn chied (in-H'YIDD) - the first
laa (laa) - day
ec y scoill (EGG-a-SKOLL) - at the school
feer vie (feer-VY) - very good
Cha nel fys ain (ha-NELL-fiss-INE) - We don't know
y nah (a-NAH) - the second
Literally, 'Cha nel fys ain' means 'There is not knowledge at us'. In Manx, if we
know about something, we have knowledge on
it:
Cha nel fys ain er y nah laa (ha-NELL-fiss-INE-err-a-NAA-laa) - We don't know about
the second day ('We haven't knowledge on the second day')
y treeoo (a-TREE-oo) - the third
y chiarroo (a-H'YERR-oo) - the fourth
Note the following:
queigoo (KWEGG-oo) - fifth
sheyoo (SHAY-oo) - sixth
shiaghtoo (SHAKHT-oo) - seventh
hoghtoo (HAWKHT-oo) - eighth
nuyoo (NEE-oo) - nineth
jeihoo (JY-oo) - tenth
So, to get the 'ordinals' 5th to 10th, we simply add '-oo' to the number.
bee ish (bee-ish) - she will be
ynseyder (INNZ-a-der) - teacher