Lessoon Nuy-Jeig as Kiare Feed: Meshtallys Smessey?

Lesson Ninety-Nine: Worse Drunkenness?


nuy-jeig as kiare feed (NEE-jegg-azz-KAYR-feed) - ninety-nine
('nineteen & four twenties')
meshtallys (MESH-chall-iss) - drunkenness
smessey (SMETH-a) - worse; worst

'-ys' is a common ending for abstract nouns in Manx.
 'ss' in the middle of a word is usually pronounced like 'z' or 'th' as in 'that'.
Co-loayrtys
Catreeney: My vees ny thieyn-lhionney foshlit derrey mean-oie, bee meshtallys
smessey ayn.
Ealish: Cha bee. Bee eh ny share. Cha nel ny ooryn-oastys feer scanshoil.
Catreeney: Cre'n fa nagh?
Ealish: Ta ny doilleeidyn smoo ec sleih aeg as t'adsyn geddyn y jough
cheu-mooie jeh ny thieyn-lhionney.
Catreeney: Lhisagh eh ve ny smoo doillee dy gheddyn jough veshtallagh.

my vees (ma-VISS) - if .... will be
ny share (na-SHARE) - better
feer (feer) - very
scanshoil (scan-SHOLE) - important
cre'n fa nagh? (krinn-faa-NAKH) - why not?
doillee (DOLE-ee) - difficult
doilleeid (DOLE-ee-idd) - difficulty

Another common ending for abstract nouns in Manx is '-id'.
smoo (smoo) - more; most
sleih aeg (sly-aag) - young people
 t'adsyn geddyn (TADD-sun-GETH-un) - they get
cheu-mooie (chow-MOO-ee) - outside
lhisagh eh ve (L'YITH-akh-a-VAY) - it should be
jough veshtallagh (jawkh-VESH-chall-akh) - intoxicating drink

Note how we compare things in Manx:
olk (ulk) - bad
 smessey (SMETH-a) - worse; worse
Ta shoh ny smessey na shen (ta-SHAW-na-SMETH-a-na-SHEN) - This is worse than that.
 Ta shoh y fer smessey (ta-SHAW-a-fer-SMETH-a) - This is the worst one/This is the worse one.