Lessoon 25.
a Ta + eh, ee, ad is shortened to T'eh, T'ee, T'ad.
Va + eh, ee, ad is shortened to V'eh, V'ee, V'ad.
b) To say a person 'has' something you use the idiom 'at'.
c) All sentences in the Present Tense, am, are, is
may be changed into the Past Tense, was, were by changing 'T' into 'V'.
d) Statements in the Present Tense am, are, is
may be changed into questions am? are? is?
by changing 'Ta' to 'Vel'.
e) If the sentence begins with a question, Who? Where?
then 'Ta' remains unchanged.
f) Statements in the Present Tense am, are, is
may be changed into the Negative, Am not aren't isn't
by changing 'Ta' to 'Cha nel'.
g) Statements in the Past Tense Was Were
may be changed into questions, Was? Were?
by changing 'Va' to 'Row'.
h) Statements in the Past Tense Was Were
may be changed into the Negative, Wasn't Weren't
by changing 'Va' to 'Cha row'.
i) In the Present Tense 'Ga, S'treih lhiam, Foddee and S'cosoylagh'
must be followed by 'dy vel' or 'nagh vel' and in the Past Tense
by
'dy row' or 'nagh row'.
j) 'Yes' and 'No' are translated according to the question's tense.
k) 'Nagh vel' is used at the beginning of a sentence to mean
Isn't? Aren't? or Hasn't? 'Nagh row' is used to mean
Wasn't? Weren't? or Hadn't?
l) The word 'you' has two forms, 'shiu' and 'oo'. Shiu may be used as a plural
or singular as when addressing a number of people, or out of respect to an elder.
m) Nouns are either masculine or feminine.
n) Singular feminine nouns may change the initial letters of qualifying
adjectives. (inneen veg)
o) After a preposition + yn the initial letters of a following noun may change.
(er y vaatey)
p) There are different forms of 'that'. (dy vel, shen)
q) The plural form of 'the' is 'ny'. (ny lhongyn)
r) Some plurals are formed by adding -yn. (pingyn)
s) Possessives may change the initial letters of following nouns.
t) Observe strict use of the Future Tense. (Bee'm goll mairagh)
u) Some plurals are formed by adding -aghyn. (ayraghyn)
v) Some nouns ending -ey form plurals by dropping the -ey and then adding
-aghyn. (dubbaghyn)
w) The adjectives mooar and beg have plurals. (mooarey, beggey)
x) The numbers one and two may change the initial letters of
following nouns. (un chayt, daa voddey)
y) After yn a feminine noun may change its initial letter.
z) Nouns following the numbers one and two are singular.
zz) 'That' meaning 'who' or 'which' is not translated.
Lessoon 25a.
1. Where is the little house?
Who is the big man at the door?
2. The cold house has a little fire.
The little girl is at the school.
3. They were running to school.
The little cat had the hot milk.
4. They were putting the coal on the fire.
He was running and I was walking.
5. I'm sorry that the man at the door is cold.
Perhaps they are not walking to school.
6. Isn't he coming on a boat? No.
Although the big table is not heavy.
7. Why was the girl at the house?
The girl was walking home yesterday.
8. Your coat was in the water and it is still wet now.
Are you sure that they are running from the dog?
9. I think that this milk was in the house.
Perhaps this little girl has the sugar.
10. She was pleased when it was raining again.
The window was clean but it was still wet.
11. My shoes were wet.
I think that his dog was under the table.
12. Was the weather cold? Yes.
The cat wasn't under the table.
13. We won't be seeing Peter again.
Will you be back before Thursday? No.
14. His mother and sisters will be in the house now.
Perhaps the men will be leaving the fish at that house.
15. The little girls were playing on the roads again.
I don't believe that it will be raining tomorrow.
16. They won't be understanding the Manx at all.
The two little boys were playing at the mill.
17. Are those the girls who are getting new shoes? Yes.
Where is the little table which was in the house?
18. She said seventy keys.
I am thirty one years of age.
19. Perhaps they will be building a boat.
Didn't you see the dog in the house? No.
20. His mother worked on that farm.
The cat climbed this big tree.
21. We said that he went home.
I will be pleased to put the milk at your door.
22. You think that the girl has a fine horse.
He remembers the men who have worked today.
23. He bought the house for the brothers.
The cat was in the trees above the boy.
24. There were about a hundred horses.
They say that the Manx is still to be heard in Mann.