Lessoon Keead as Nuy: Aundyryn - Mooar ny Beg?
Lesson One Hundred and Nine: Prizes - Large or Small?


keead as nuy (KEE-ud-azz-NEE) - 109
aundyryn (OWN-da-run) - prizes

Co-loayrtys

Catreeney: Vel oo smooinaghtyn dy lhisagh ny aundyryn ve cho mooar sy chronghyr
Goaldagh? T’ad mooar agglagh.
Ealish: T’ad gra dy vel shen greinnaghey sleih dy chionnaghey tiggadyn.
Catreeney: Er lhiam dy noddagh aundyr feer vooar stroie peiagh ennagh.
Ealish: Cha s’ayms vel eh mie ny sie.


smooinaghtyn (SMUNN-yakht-in) - thinking

Remember that Manx has one form for the present tense of verbs.
‘Vel oo smooinaghtyn?’ means ‘Do you think?’ and ‘Are you thinking?’

lhisagh (L’YITH-akh) - ought; should
cho (ho) - so
t’ad (tadd) - they are
agglagh (AGG-lakh) - awful, frightful

‘agglagh’ is used with adjectives to give stress: ‘mooar agglagh’ -
‘extremely large’ (‘frightfully large’). Alternatively, we can put ‘braew’ in front of the adjective: ‘braew mooar’.

greinnaghey (GRENN-yakh-a) - encouraging
sleih (sly) - people
er lhiam (err-L’YAMM) - I think
dy noddagh (the-NOTH-akh) - that ... could
stroie (stry) - destroy
peiagh ennagh (PY-akh-enn-YAKH) - someone
cha s’ayms (ha-SIMM-uss) - I don’t know
mie ny sie (MY-na-SY) - say ‘sigh’ - good or bad

Note how ‘that’ crops up in the conversation above:

Vel oo smooinaghtyn dy lhisagh ny aundyryn ve cho mooar? - Do you think that the prizes should be so large?

T’ad gra dy vel shen greinnaghey sleih dy chionnaghey tiggadyn - They say that that encourages people to buy tickets.
Er lhiam dy noddagh aundyr feer vooar stroie peiagh ennagh - I think that a very big prize could destroy someone.

As pointed out in Lesson 108, we don’t always need ‘if’ in Manx:
Cha s’ayms vel eh mie ny sie - I don’t know if it’s good or bad.

Tooilley Gaelg: Aundyryn - Mooar ny Beg?


Cur Baarle orroo shoh.
agglagh awful, frightful
aundyryn prizes
cha s’ayms I don’t know
cho so
dy noddagh that ... could
er lhiam I think
greinnaghey encouraging
keead as nuy 109
lhisagh ought; should
mie ny sie good or bad
peiagh ennagh someone
sleih people
smooinaghtyn thinking
stroie destroy
t’ad they are


Find Manx words or phrases in these anagrams.

HE HANGING APE -
AN EASY DUKE -
SHOOTING MANY -
GINGER HYENA -
MINI EYES -

Cur Baarle orroo shoh.

  1. Er lhiam dy noddagh Ealish stroie Catreeney.
  2. Vel oo smooinaghtyn dy lhisagh ny aundyryn stroie sleih ennagh?
  3. Ta Ealish gra dy vel shen greinnaghey Catreeney dy chionnaghey tiggadyn.
  4. Er lhiam dy noddagh aundyr feer vooar stroie sleih ennagh.
  5. Cha s’ayms vel Ealish mie ny sie.
  6. Ta ny aundyryn mooar agglagh sy chronghyr Goaldagh.
  7. Vel Catreeney smooinaghtyn dy lhisagh ny aundyryn ve cho mooar?
  8. Ta Ealish gra dy vel yn aundyr feer vooar.


Vel fys ayd?

a) Remember that Manx has one form for the present tense of verbs.
‘Vel oo smooinaghtyn?’ means ‘Do you think?’ and also what else?


b) ‘agglagh’ is used with adjectives to give stress: ‘mooar agglagh’ -
‘extremely large’ (‘frightfully large’).
Alternatively, what can we put in front of the adjective?


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