Lessoon Keead as Daa-Yeig: Ny Lheiyee Shen
Lesson One Hundred and Twelve: Those Calves


keead as daa-yeig (KEE-ud-azz-DAA-yegg) - 112
ny lheiyee (na-LAY-ee) - the calves

Co-loayrtys
Ealish: C’red t’ou coontey jeh cooish ny lheiyee bio?
Catreeney: Son shickyrys, ta mee noi ny koiyr feill-lheiy. Agh foddee ta’n chooish er ny att erskyn towse. Ta sleih ayns Sostyn goll ass nyn geeall.
Ealish: Cha nhyrrys! Ta ny lheiyee voghtey surranse er aght agglagh.
Catreeney: Agh ta shen ayns y Cheer Vooar ayns ny koiyr feill-lheiy.

cooish ny lheiyee bio (KOOSH-na-LAY-ee-B’YOH) - the live calves affair

‘cooish’ is a versatile word. It means ‘a cause, case, affair’. It can also mean ‘having a chat’, as in ‘tey as cooish’.

noi (nye) - against
koiyr (core) - crates
feill-lheiy (fail-LAY-ee) - veal (‘meat of calf’)
foddee (FUTH-ee) - maybe
att (att) - swelling

‘att’ can be a noun or a verb. Here, it is a verb:

....ta’n chooish er ny att .... (tan-KHOOSH-err-na-ATT) - .... the affair has been swollen ....

erskyn (er-SKIN) - above
towse (towss) - measure
sleih (sly) - people
ass (ass) - out of
nyn geeall (ninn-GEE-al) - their sense

‘keeall’ means ‘sense’. After ‘nyn’, meaning ‘their’, ‘keeall’ changes to ‘geeall’. This type of letter change is called nasalisation.

ny lheiyee voghtey (na-LAY-ee-VAWKH-ta) - the poor calves
surranse (SURR-anss) - suffering
er aght (err-AKHT) - in a way (‘on a way’)
agglagh (AGG-lakh) - terrible
y Cheer Vooar (a-CHEER-VOOR) - the Continent

Both ‘cooish’ and ‘cheer’ are feminine nouns. Whenever ‘yn’ (meaning ‘the’) is put before ‘cooish’, the ‘c’ goes to ‘ch’:
yn chooish (in-KHOOSH) - the affair
And after a feminine noun, ‘mooar’ becomes ‘vooar’.

Tooilley Gaelg: Ny Lheiyee Shen


Cur Gaelg orroo shoh.

above erskyn
against noi
crates koiyr
in a way (‘on a way’) er aght
maybe foddee
measure towse
out of ass
people sleih
suffering surranse
swelling att
terrible agglagh
the affair yn chooish
the calves ny lheiyee
the Continent y Cheer Vooar
the live calves affair cooish ny lheiyee bio
the poor calves ny lheiyee voghtey
their sense nyn geeall
veal (‘meat of calf’) feill-lheiy

Cur Baarle orroo shoh.

  1. Ta ny lheiyee surranse er aght agglagh.
  2. C’red t’ou coontey jeh cooish ny lheiyee bio?
  3. Ta sleih noi ny koiyr feill-lheiy ayns Sostyn.
  4. Foddee ta’n chooish er ny att erskyn towse.
  5. Ta Ealish noi ny koiyr feill-lheiy.
  6. Ta sleih ayns y Cheer Vooar goll ass nyn geeall.
  7. C’red ta Catreeney coontey jeh ny lheiyee voghtey?
  8. Ta mee noi yn chooish.
  9. Son shickyrys ta Ealish noi yn chooish.
  10. C’red ta Ealish coontey jeh y Cheer Vooar?
  11. Ta Catreeney noi yn surranse. Cha nhyrrys!
  12. Ta ny lheiyee ayns ny koiyr feill-lheiy ayns y Cheer Vooar.

Vel fys ayd?

a) ‘cooish’ is a versatile word. It means ‘a cause, case, affair’ what else can it mean?

b) ‘att’ can be a noun or a verb. What does it mean?

c) ‘keeall’ means ‘sense’. What does ‘keeall’ change to after ‘nyn’?

d) What is this type of letter change called?

e) After a feminine noun, what does ‘mooar’ become?

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