Lessoon Keead as Hoght: Cronghyryn
Lesson One Hundred and Eight: Lotteries
keead as hoght (KEE-ud-azz-HAWKH) - 108
cronghyryn (KRONN-kher-un) - lotteries
Co-loayrtys
Ealish: Dy jinnin cosney millioonyn dy phuntyn, veign bwooiagh, agh veign goaill aggle ec y traa cheddin.
Catreeney: Vel shiu kionnaghey tiggadyn son y cronghyr Manninagh?
Ealish: Cha nel mish kionnaghey ad. Cha nel fys aym vel Juan er chionnaghey tiggadyn ny dyn.
Catreeney: My chosnys eh, bee fys ain!
dy jinnin (the-JINN-in) - if I did; if I made
dy jinnin cosney (the-JINN-in-KAWZ-na) - if I won
millioonyn dy phuntyn (mill-YOON-un-the-FUNT-un) - millions of pounds
veign (vydn) - sounds like ‘vine’ - I would be
bwooiagh (BWEE-akh) - glad
goaill (goyl) - taking
aggle (aggl) - fear
When you are afraid, you ‘take fear’ in Manx:
Veign goaill aggle - I would be afraid (‘I’d be taking fear’)
ec y traa cheddin (EGG-a-traa-KHITH-in) - at the same time
kionnaghey (K’YONN-akh-a) - buying
tiggadyn (TIGG-ad-un) - tickets
Sometimes, Manx does not need ‘if’ when English does:
Cha nel fys aym vel Juan er chionnaghey tiggadyn ny dyn (ha-NELL-fiss-IMM-vel-JOO-an-err-H’YONN-akh-a-TIGG-ad-un-na-DIN) - I don’t know if Juan has bought tickets or not.
Think of ‘er chionnaghey’ as ‘after buying’. So, the above sentence can be translated as ‘I don’t know if Juan is after buying tickets or not’.
ny dyn (na-DIN) - or not (or without)
my chosnys eh (ma-KHAWZ-niss-a) - if he will win
Catreeney might have said ‘My nee eh cosney’ (ma-NEE-a-KAWZ-na) instead of ‘My chosnys eh’. Note that both Manx expressions are (logically) in the future tense while English uses the present tense ‘If he wins’. Note also that ‘my’ is used for ‘if’ here rather than ‘dy’ because there is a possibility that Juan might win.
bee fys ain (bee-fiss-INE) - we will know
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