Lessoon Tree-Jeig as Kiare Feed: Troailt dys y Scoill

Lesson Ninety-Three: Travelling to School


tree-jeig as kiare feed (TREE-jegg-azz-KAYR-feed) - ninety-three
('thirteen & four twenties')
troailt (TROH-ilt) - travelling


Co-loayrtys
Ealish: Cre'n aght ta Breeshey goll dys y scoill?
Catreeney: T'ee shooyl. My t'eh ceau, ta mee cur markiaght jee.
Ealish: Cha nel shiu cummal feer foddey veih'n scoill.
Catreeney: Cha nel. Dy beagh shin cummal boayl ennagh elley, veagh eh
beggan doillee.

shooyl (SHOO-ul) - walking
my (ma) - if

'My' (pronounced 'ma' where the 'a' has a vague sound: 'muh') can mean various things in Manx: 'if', 'my' and 'before'. The meaning is clear from the context.
t'eh ceau (tay-K'YOW) - it's raining
ta mee cur (tamm-ee-KURR) - I give

Remember that Manx has only one form of the present tense, so
'ta mee cur' means 'I give', 'I am giving' or 'I do give'.
markiaght (MARK-yakht) - a lift (in a car)
jee (jee) - to her
cha nel shiu cummal (ha-NELL-shoo-KUMM-al) - you don't live
feer foddey (feer-FAWTH-a) - very far
veih (va-ee) - from
dy (the) - if
dy beagh shin (the-BEE-akh-shin) - if we would be

Manx has two words for 'if': 'my' is for possible conditions, like
 'if it's raining' and 'dy' is for hypothetical conditions, like 'if we lived somewhere else'.
boayl (bawl) - a place
ennagh (enn-YAKH) - some
elley (ELL-ya) - other
veagh eh (VEE-akh-a) - it would be
beggan doillee (BEGG-an-DOLE-ee) - a bit difficult