Lessoon Shiaght Feed as Tree-Jeig: Ny gow aggle!
Lesson One Hundred and Fifty-Three: Don’t be frightened!

shiaght feed as tree-jeig (SHAKH-FEED-azz-TREE-jegg) - 153
gow! (gow) - take!
aggle (ahgl) - fear

Remember that we negate an order by putting ‘ny’ in front of it -
‘Ny gow!’ (na-GOW) means ‘Don’t take!’
If the order (imperative) starts with a vowel, use ‘nagh’:
Nagh ee! (nakh-ee) - Don’t eat!

In Manx, if you are frightened, you ‘take fear’:
Ny gow aggle (na-gow-AHGL) - Don’t be frightened (‘Don’t take fear’)

Co-loayrtys

Catreeney: Ta sleih ennagh goaill aggle roish bainney chammah as feill-vart nish.
My t’ou giu bainney ta cheet voish booa as doghan-inchyn eck, foddee
dy jean shen cur doghan-inchyn dhyt neesht.
Ealish: Nagh ee feill-vart! Nagh iu bainney! Cha bee veg faagit ta sauchey.

sleih ennagh (SLY-enn-YAKH) - some people
roish (rohsh) - before
In Manx, we ‘take fear before’ things if we’re afraid of them.

chammah as (HOMM-a-azz) - as well as
my t’ou giu (ma-tow-g’yoo) - if you drink
...ta cheet voish (ta-CHITT-vush) - ...which comes from
booa (BOO-a) - a cow
doghan-inchyn (DAWKH-an-INN-chin) - brain disease
eck (eck) - at her
booa as doghan-inchyn eck - a cow with brain disease (‘a cow and brain disease at her’)
foddee dy jean shen cur - maybe that will give

iu! (yoo) - drink!
In Manx, ‘eating’ and ‘drinking’ are verbs which have identical forms for the imperative and the verbal noun - ‘ee’ means both ‘eat!’ and ‘eating’, and ‘iu’ means both ‘drink!’ and ‘drinking’. Since both verbs start with a vowel, the letter ‘g’ is generally prefixed to the verbal noun: T’ou giu - You drink/You are drinking.

cha bee veg faagit (ha-bee-VEGG-FAAG-it) - nothing will be left
‘veg’ comes from ‘beg’ meaning ‘small’. Think of ‘veg’ as meaning ‘nothing’ in negative statements, as above. Also, note this:
Vel veg ayd? (vell-vegg-EDD) - Have you got any?
sauchey (SOW-cha) - safe