Lessoon Hoght Feed as Kiare-Jeig: Lhing Noa
Lesson One Hundred and Seventy-Four: A New Era
hoght feed as kiare-jeig (HAWKH-FEED-azz-KAYR-jegg) - 174
lhing (l’ying) - era
Cregeen gives the English of ‘lhing’ as ‘life time’, ‘days of life’, as in ‘Lhing Ree Gorree’.
Co-loayrtys
Ean: C’red t’ou coontey jeh ny mainshtyryn noa jeh’n Phaggad Bree?
Peddyr: Foddee dy jean ad foays da’n cholught. T’eh jeeaghyn dy bee tooilley shirveishyn son Nerin as bee saagh tappee goll son y TT.
Ean: Foddee dy bee eh mie ec y toshiaght, agh ta mish goaill aggle mychione y traa ry-heet.
Peddyr: T’ou dty phartan Manninagh! Bee eh mie dy liooar.
Ean: Partan Manninagh ny dyn, jeeagh er ny reddyn ren taghyrt ayns Ellanyn Vooir Eeaght.
C’red t’ou coontey? (KERR-id-tow-KOON-da) - What do you think?
ny mainshtyryn (na-MINE-shter-un) - the bosses
yn Paggad Bree (in-PAGG-ad-BREE) - the Steam Packet
In ‘Paggad’, ‘p’ goes to ‘ph’ after ‘jeh’n’ (jayn) - ‘of the’.
foays (FOW-iss) - benefit
colught (KO-lukht) - compant
Foddee dy jean ad foays da’n cholught (FUTH-ee-the-JINN-add-FOW-iss-daan-KHO-lught) - Maybe they’ll do the company good (‘Maybe that they will do benefit to the company’).
After ‘da’n’ (‘to the’) ‘colught’ changes to ‘cholught’.
tooilley shirveishyn (TULL-ya-sher-VAYSH-un)- additional services
saagh tappee (saakh-TAVV-ee) - a fast vessel
ec y toshiaght (EGG-a-TOZH-akht) -at the beginning
Remember that, in Manx, you ‘take fear’ if you are afraid:
ta mish goaill aggle (ta-MISH-goyl-AHGL) - I’m afraid (‘I am taking fear’).
y traa ry-heet (a-TRAA-ra-HITT) - the future
‘heet’ comes from ‘cheet’ (‘coming’) - ‘ry’ causes the letter change.
partan (PART-an) - crab
ny dyn (na-DINN) - or not
jeeagh! (jeekh) - look!
taghyrt (TAGH-ert) - happening
..er ny reddyn ren taghyrt.. (err-na-RITH-un-renn-TAGH-ert) - at the things which happened (‘on the things [which] did happening’)
Ellanyn Vooir Eeaght (ELL-yan-un-voor-EE-akht) - the Channel Islands
Literally, ‘the Islands of the Sea of Wight’. Note also: ‘Mooir yn Eeaght’ (MOOR-in-EE-akht) - ‘the English Channel’.