Lessoon Shey Feed as Queig: Bioyrid-Goull
Lesson One Hundred and Twenty-Five: Radioactivity

shey feed as queig (SHAY-FEED-aZZ-KWEGG) - 125
bioyrid-goull (B’YOH-rid-GOWL) - radioactivity
goull (gowl) - ray; beam

In Manx, abstract nouns are quite often made by adding ‘-id’ to an adjective:
bioyr (b’yohrr) - active
bioyrid (B’YOH-rid) - activity

Co-loayrtys

Ean: Ta mee credjal dy dooar ad bioyrid-goull ayns eeastyn as roaganyn.
Peddyr: Shenn naightyn t’ayn. Cha nel monney bioyrid-goull ayndoo.
Ean: Agh t’ad feddyn plutoyniu as cha nel ny stoo dooghyssagh.
Peddyr: T’ad gra nagh lhiass dooin boirey my-e-chione.
Ean: Cha gredjym shen. Ta’n stoo shoh gaase ny smoo as ny smoo.

ta mee credjal (TAMM-ee-KREDJ-al) - I believe
dy dooar ad (the-DOOR-add) - that they found

Instead of ‘dy dooar ad’, Ean could have said ‘dy ren ad feddyn’
(the-REN-add-FETH-un) - ‘that they did finding’.

eeastyn (YEEST-un) - fish (plural)
roaganyn (RAWG-an-un) - scallops

‘Shenn naightyn t’ayn’ (SHAN-NOY-akht-yn-TAWN) - ‘That’s old news’
(‘Old newses which is in’).

cha nel monney (ha-NELL-MONN-a) - there isn’t much
ayndoo (AWN-doo) - in them
plutoyniu (ploo-TONE-yoo) - plutonium
ny (na) - in his/her/its
dooghyssagh (DOOGH-izz-akh) - natural

‘cha nel shen ny stoo dooghyssagh’ (ha-NELL-SHEN-na-stoo-DOOGH-izz-akh) - ‘that’s not natural stuff’ (‘that’s not in-its natural stuff’).
This is an example of a Gaelic way of classifying things or people.
Take another example:
‘T’eh ny ghooinney mooar’ (TAY-na-WUN-ya-MOOR) - ‘He’s a big man’.
Literally, this is ‘He’s in-his (state of being a) big man’.
So the Gaels knew all about roles.

my-e-chione (ma-a-H’YOWN) - about it; about him
cha gredjym (ha-GREDJ-im) - I won’t believe