Lessoon Shiaght Feed as Jees: Meadraghys
Lesson One Hundred and Forty-Two: Metrication

shiaght feed as jees (SHAKH-FEED-azz-JEESS) - 142
meadraghys (MAYD-rakh-iss) - metrication

Co-loayrtys

Catreeney: Vel oo aarloo son meadraghys?
Ealish: S’cummey lhienyn ayns Mannin. Ta shinyn lhiantyn rish ny towseyn
impiroil. ‘Lhig da’n seihll goll mygeayrt...’
Catreeney: Agh ta mee toiggal y chooish shoh nish. Shynney lhiam ny leetyryn
as ny gramyn as ny kilogramyn.
Ealish: Un chilogram, shen beggan ny smoo na daa phunt, nagh vel?
Catreeney: Jarrood shen - smooinee ayns kilogramyn!

S’cummey lhien (SKUMM-a-l’yin) - We don’t mind
S’cummey lhienyn (SKUMM-a-L’YING-un) - We don’t mind
In Manx, we sometimes give emphasis by adding to words, as above.
Here is another example of this:

shin (shin) - we, us
shinyn (SHING-un) - we, us
Ta shinyn lhiantyn rish.... (ta-SHING-un-L’YANT-un-rish) - We are sticking to
ny towseyn impiroil (na-TOWSS-un-imp-irr-OLE) - the imperial measures

Lhig da’n seihll goll mygeayrt (L’YIGG-dan-SAIL-gull-ma-GEERT) -
Let the world go round (‘Let to the world going round’)

shynney lhiam (SHINN-a-L’YAMM) - I love (is dear with-me)
So how would you say ‘We love’?

ny leetyryn (na-LEET-er-un) - the litres
un chilogram (unn-KHILL-o-gram) - one kilogram
Shen beggan ny smoo na daa phunt, nagh vel? (shen-BEGG-an-na-SMOO-na-DAA-funt, nakh-VELL) - That’s a bit more than two pounds, isn’t it?
jarrood! (jarr-OOD) - forget!
smooinee! (SMUNN-ee) - think!
‘jarrood’ and ‘smooinee’ are parts of regular verbs, so called because they follow regular rules. For instance, the imperative (order form) gives the past tense, with a mutation (letter change) where necessary:

yarrood mee (yarr-OOD-mee) - I forgot
smooinee oo (SMUNN-ee-oo) - you thought
Alternatively for the past tense:
ren mee jarrood (RENN-mee-jarr-OOD) - I forgot
ren oo smooinaghtyn (RENN-oo-SMUNN-yakht-un) - you thought