Lessoon Keead as Tree: Quoi Vees Ceaut Magh?
Lesson One Hundred and Three: Who’ll be Thrown Out?


keead as tree (KEE-ud-azz-TREE) - 103
quoi? (kwoy) - who?

Note the following:
ceau! (k’yow) - throw!
ceaut (k’yowt) - thrown

‘thrown’ is an example of a past participle. To form these in Manx, we often add ‘-t’ or ‘-it’ to the imperative (order form).

Co-loayrtys

Peddyr: By vie lhiam ceau magh ooilley ny kimmee olk.
Ean: Agh cha nodmayd dooney magh y seihll. T’eh goll rish y shenn drane:

‘Lhig da’n seihll chyndaa mygeayrt,
Nagh nhione da fea, ny aash erbee,
Choud as ta shee dooin er ny ‘reayll,
Fud ashoon beg ny Manninee.’


olk (ulk) - bad, evil
cha nodmayd (ha-NODD-mudj) - we cannot
dooney (DOON-a) - shutting
y seihll (a-SAIL) - the world
goll rish (GORR-ish) - resembling
shenn (shan) - old

In Manx, adjectives almost always come after nouns. The only common exceptions are ‘shenn’ (‘old’) and ‘drogh’ (‘bad’).

drane (draan) - rhyme
lhig da (L’YIGG-daa) - allow; let
chyndaa (chin-DAA) - turning
mygeayrt (ma-GEERT) - around
nagh nhione da (nakh-N’YONE-daa) - that doesn’t know
fea (fay) - rest; stillness
ny (na) - or
aash (aash) - ease; rest
choud as (HOWD-azz) - as long as
shee (shee) - peace
dooin (dunn) - for us, to us

Choud as ta shee dooin er ny ‘reayll, fud ashoon beg ny Manninee -
(HOWD-azz-ta SHEE-dunn-err-na-RAIL-fudd-azh-OON-beg-na-MANN-in-ee) - As long as peace is kept for us, throughout the little nation of the Manx people.

Tooilley Gaelg: Quoi Vees Ceaut Magh?


Cur Baarle orroo shoh.
103 keead as tree
allow; let lhig da
around mygeayrt
as long as choud as
bad, evil olk
ease; rest aash
for us, to us dooin
old shenn
or ny
peace shee
resembling goll rish
rest; stillness fea
rhyme drane
shutting dooney
that doesn’t know nagh nhione da
the world y seihll
throw ceau
thrown ceaut
turning chyndaa
we cannot cha nodmayd
who? quoi?

Cur Gaelg orroo shoh.

  1. Cha nodmayd dooney magh y seihll.
  2. Nagh nhione dooin Peddyr.
  3. Choud as ta shee dooin er ny ’reayll.
  4. T’eh goll rish ooilley ny kimmee olk.
  5. Nagh nhione da Peddyr aash erbee.
  6. T’eh goll rish ooilley ny Manninee.
  7. Quoi vees ceaut magh?
  8. By vie lhiam ceau magh ooilley ny kimmee.
  9. Cha nodmayd dooney magh Ean.
  10. T’eh goll rish y shenn drane.
  11. Quoi vees chyndaa mygeayrt?
  12. T’eh goll rish Peddyr.
  13. Lhig da Ean chyndaa mygeayrt.
  14. Fud ashoon beg ny Manninee.
  15. Nagh nhione da fea.
  16. By vie lhiam ceau magh Peddyr.

Vel fys ayd?

a) In Manx, adjectives almost always come after nouns.
What are the only common exceptions?



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