Future Tense


We already know how to use
Bee Nee
and
Jean
to talk about things that are going to happen in the future. However, as with the past tense, there are also ways of altering a verb to talk about the future. These have exactly the same meaning as using Nee and Jean, but are considered to be better Manx.

Verb Future Dependent (Negative,Question,etc.)

cheet higgym / hig / higmayd jiggym / jig / jigmayd
goll hem / hed / hemmayd jem / jed / jemmayd
gra jirrym / jir / jirmayd nyiarrym / nyiarrys / nyiarrmayd
jannoo neem / nee / neemayd jeanym / jean / jeanmayd
fakin heem / hee / heemayd vaikym / vaik / vaikmayd
clashtyn cluinym / cluinee / cluineemayd chluinym / chluinee / chluineemayd
cur verrym / ver / vermayd derrym / der / dermayd
goaill goym / gowee / gowmayd goym / gow / gowmayd
geddyn yioym / yiow / yiowmayd voym / vow / yiowmayd

Higgym er ash - I will return (come back)
Hemmayd dys Rhumsaa - We will go to Ramsey.
Jir eh shen - He will say that.
Heem oo ny s'anmey - I will see you later.
Cluinee eh mish Jelune shoh cheet - He will hear me next Monday.
Verrym dhyts screeu - I will give you a letter.
Gowee ad yn boayrd - They will take the table.
Yioym yn thie - I will find the house.
Nagh jig oo marym? - Won't you come with me?
Jed eh dy valley noght? - Will he go home tonight?
Cha nyiarrys eh shen - He will not say that.
Jean oo berreen? - Will you make a cake?
Nagh vaik ee Ned? - Won't she see Ned?
Cha chluinym y moddey - I will not hear the dog.
Cha derrym eh - I won't send it.
Gow shiu arrane? - Will you sing?
Voym uss ayns shen? - Will I find you there?

For regular verbs (Drappal etc.) there is also a technique for creating a future tense which shall be dealt with in a future lesson. For the moment continue to use Nee and Bee etc. followed by the normal form of the verb.

In and Out

As with up and down there are different ways of talking about
in
and
out
depending on whether you are in motion or not.

magh - out (motion) mooie - out (at rest)
stiagh - in (motion) sthie - in (at rest)

Focklyn Noa

maynrey - happy shee - peace
goaill aggle - take fright yn lhied - the like
gounsternee - bark ellag - hiccups
paalan - tent Jinnee - Jane
follaghey - hide smooinaghtyn - thinking

Feyshtyn


1. I will come home tomorrow.
2. I hope they will go home soon.
3. They will be saying the same thing tonight.
4. I will make the bed this morning.
5. You will see the boat before me.
6. We will hear about that again.
7. They will send me one of them.
8. I will take that one please.
9. You will find most of them in Peel.
10. She will be happier next month.
11. We climbed up the mountain to see the view.
12. Won't you come back one more time?
13. I will not go back to school again.
14. Why won't he say good morning?
15. I am sorry he won't make peace with you.
16. We won't see the like again.
17. Can't you hear the dog that is barking?
18. Won't you stay and listen to the children who are singing?
19. She won't give us another bag.
20. Won't you take this tree home with you?
21. They won't sing the song that was written by Greg.
22. The postman came in through the door.
23. The soldier drove out through the wall.
24. It rained when I was out on the hills.
25. Let us stay in tonight and watch television.
26. The musician played in the tent.
27. I went in to listen to her playing.
28. Jane came in with me.
29. When the dragon saw Jane he ran out quickly.
30. He remembered the last time Jane came in.
31. He ran to the beer tent and hid under a large hat.
32. "That's a fine hat," said Ned "where did you get it?"
33. "I thought I was invisible," said the dragon.
34. "Don't tell Jane that I am in here, please"
35. "Right enough," said Ned "but why are you frightened of Jane?"
36. "The last time I saw her, I got hiccups," said the dragon.
37. It's an awful thing, a dragon with hiccups.
38. There were lots of fires in strange places that night.
39. What did Jane do about that?
40. She gave the dragon a glass of water and put out his fire.