Directions



toshtal - left

jesh - right
cheu hoshtal - left side

cheu yesh - right side
yn laue hoshtal - the left hand

yn laue yesh - the right hand

roish,roym etc - ahead

foddey - far
cooyl - behind

faggys - near
my chooyl - behind me

sniessey da - nearer
nyn gooyl - behind them

sodjey - farther

Yn Shiar - The East my hiar - Eastwards
Yn Twoaie - The North my hwoaie - Northwards
Yn Sheear - The West my hiar - Westwards
Yn Jiass - The South my yiass - Southwards




Focklyn Noa


er y gherrid - recently

roayrt - high tide
mooir hraie - low tide

drogh hraghtalagh - smuggler
thiollane - tunnel

coon - narrow
lhiant rish - stick to

Feyshtyn



1. Hrogg mee my hene voish my chaair.
2. Hooar mee my bootsyn as hug mee moom adsyn.
3. Va'n grian soilshey as va cassanyn ry hooyl.
4. Ren mee chyndaa my yesh as hooill mee dys y thie lheihys.
5. Tra va mee er Straid Gorry, haink mee ny quail shenn dooinney Manninagh as e voddee.
6. "Kys t'ou eisht boie?" dooyrt eh, "Mie dy liooar dreggyr mee."
7. "Vel oo er ve er shooylyn mie erbee er y gherrid?" vrie mee.
8. "Ta, dy jarroo, va mee moie moghrey jiu, heese rish traie Hillary."
9. "C'raad ta shen?" dooyrt mee, "Smooinee mee dy row fys mie aym er Doolish."
10. "T'eh aashagh feddyn tra ta'n vooir-hraie ayn," dooyrt eh.
11. "Lhisagh oo shooyl rish Straid Atholl as sheese dys y phurt.
12. Eisht immee tessen y droghad as shooyl rish y cheiy yiass.
13. Immee shaghey yn thie y baatey sauaillagh, as lhiant rish y chassan seose dys kione Ghoolish.
14. Roish my roshtyn oo y thie soilshee, cass er y chassan coon sheese dys y cheayn.
15. Tra ta'n vooir-hraie ayn, fod oo shooyl mygeayrt dys yn nah vaie dy aashagh.
16. Ta thie ny ghaa foast ayn voish ny laghyn goll shaghey.
17. Ren eeasteynyn as drogh hraghtalee ymmyd jeu.
18. Ta dubbaghyn dowin ry akin cheu hoal jeh ny bwaaneyn.
19. T'ad gra dy row thiollane follit voish ny bwaaneyn
20. dys yn shenn Doon Ann, as dy row Hillary jannoo ymmyd jeh
21. dy chooney lesh e charrey Napoleon, noi ny Sostynee.
22. Chum eh baatey er y traie, as hug eh bea da ny lhongyn Frangagh.
23. Hug eh lesh liggar feayney mie as rum er ash as chosnee eh ram argid.
24. Tra va'n baatey echey feddynit, dooyrt eh dy row ee baatey sauaillagh noa
25. Chred yn sleih y skeeal echey as hymsee ad argid
26. dy hroggal thie baatey noa, faggys da'n Doon Ann.
27. Eisht cha row feme ayn son ny bwaaneyn.
28. Myr shen haink ad dy ve agh tholtanyn, as thie son foillanyn."
29. Va'n roayrt ayn tra hooill mee shaghey yn thie soilshee.
30. Foddee dy vaikym traie Hillary, laa elley.