Lessoon Keead as Nuy-Jeig: Ny s’choe er-nonney ny s’feayr?
Lesson One Hundred and Nineteen: Hotter or else colder?
keead as nuy-jeig (KEE-ud-azz-NEE-jegg) - 119
ny s’choe (nass-CHO) - hotter
er-nonney (err-NONN-a) - or else
ny s’feayr (nass-FOOR) - colder
Some Manx adjectives have a special form when we are comparing things, others just stay the same:
cheh (chay) - hot s’choe (scho) - hotter; hottest
Ta shoh ny s’choe na shen (ta-SHAW-nass-CHO-na-SHEN) - This is hotter than that.
feayr (foor) - cold s’feayr (sfoor) - colder; coldest
Ta shoh ny s’feayr na shen (ta-SHAW-nass-FOOR-na-SHEN) - This is colder than that.
Co-loayrtys
Ean: T’ad gra dy bee boayllyn ennagh cheet dy ve ny s’choe as dy bee
boayllyn elley gaase ny s’feayr kyndagh rish yn Eiyrtys Thie-Gless.
Peddyr: Cre’n aght oddagh shen y ve?
Ean: Kyndagh rish caghlaaghyn ayns troaghyn ayns ny faarkaghyn.
Peddyr: Hooin roin dys y thie-lhionney!
t’ad gra (tadd-GRAA) - they say
dy bee (the-BEE) - that will be
boayllyn (BAWL-un) - places
Instead of ‘boayllyn’ we can say ‘buill’ (BOO-ill) for ‘places’. Several nouns in Manx have alternative plurals. Another example is ‘boayrd’ (bored), meaning ‘table’, where we can say either ‘boayrdyn’ (BORD-un) or ‘buird’ (BOO-erd) for ‘tables.’
ennagh (enn-YAKH) - some
cheet dy ve (CHITT-the-VAY) - becoming
elley (ELL-ya) - other
gaase (gaass) - growing
kyndagh rish (KINN-dakh-rish) - because of
Cre’n aght oddagh shen y ve? (krinn-AKHT-OTH-akh-SHEN-a-VAY) -
How could that be? (‘How could that to be?’)
caghlaaghyn (kakh-LAA-un) - changes
troaghyn (TRAW-un) - currents
ny faarkaghyn (na-FERG-akh-un) - the oceans
Tooilley Gaelg : Ny s’choe er-nonney ny s’feayr?
Cur Gaelg orroo shoh:
119 keead as nuy-jeig
because of kyndagh rish
becoming cheet dy ve
changes caghlaaghyn
colder ny s’feayr
currents troaghyn
growing gaase
hotter ny s’choe
or else er-nonney
other elley
places boayllyn
some ennagh
that will be dy bee
the oceans ny faarkaghyn
they say t’ad gra
Cur Baarle orroo shoh:
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