Lessoon 6.


a)      S'treih lhiam - I'm sorry       Foddee - Perhaps        Ga - Although

In the Present Tense these are always followed by dy vel or nagh vel.

S'treih lhiam dy vel eh goll.           I'm sorry that he is going.
S'treih lhiam nagh vel eh goll.         I'm sorry that he is not going.
Foddee dy vel y dooinney skee.          Foddee nagh vel y dooinney skee.
Ga dy vel yn inneen roie.               Ga nagh vel yn inneen roie.

b)      Exercise 9.
        dy vel  nagh vel

        1.   Perhaps the big man is tired.
        2.   Although the day is not wet and cold.
        3.   I'm sorry the dog is hot and tired.
        4.   Perhaps I'm not going.
        5.   Although the little horse is going.
        6.   I'm sorry that the fire is not big and hot.
        7.   Perhaps she is putting Mary on a horse.
        8.   Although they are not coming on a boat.
        9.   I'm sorry the girl is tired.
        10.  Perhaps the milk is not hot.

c)      Exercise 10.

Nagh vel  at the beginning of sentences means Isn't?  Aren't?  Hasn't?

          1.  Nagh vel y dooinney skee as fliugh?
          2.  Nagh vel y guilley as yn inneen aarloo?
          3.  Nagh vel y boayrd mooar trome?
          4.  Nagh vel yn inneen ec y dorrys?
          5.  Nagh vel cabbyl braew ec Juan?
          6.  Nagh vel y laa cheh as braew?
          7.  Nagh vel ad roie dys yn aile cheh?
          8.  Nagh vel y guilley goll dys y dorrys mooar?
          9.  Nagh vel yn inneen ayns baatey mooar?
        10.  Nagh vel ee skee?
        11.  Aren't they putting the table in the house?
        12.  Aren't you walking to the school?
        13.  Isn't the big horse hot and tired?
        14.  Aren't you putting the milk at the door?
        15.  Isn't he going in a boat?
        16.  Hasn't a cat hot milk?    (at a cat)
        17.  Aren't John and Mary going on a horse?
        18.  Hasn't Mary a big house?     (at Mary)
        19.  Isn't the coal wet?
        20.  Aren't they ready?

        In the Past "dy vel" is replaced by "dy row" and "nagh vel" by "nagh row."

Lessoon 6a.


   1. Perhaps we are going to the house.        
   2. I'm sorry that the door in the school is not ready.
   3. Perhaps she is putting the cat at the door.
   4. Although he is not putting the girl in a boat.
   5. I'm sorry that the little boy is in the school.
   6. Perhaps James is not wet and cold.
   7. Although we are hot and tired.
   8. I'm sorry that the day is fine.
   9. Perhaps John is in the house.
  10. Although the big table is not heavy.
  11. I'm sorry the big man is tired.
  12. Perhaps the day was not wet and cold.
  13. Although the dog was hot and tired.
  14. I'm sorry that I was not going.
  15. Perhaps the little horse was going.
  16. Although the fire was not big and hot.
  17. I'm sorry she was putting Mary on a horse.
  18. Perhaps they were not coming on a horse.
  19. Although the girl is tired.
  20. I'm sorry the milk is not hot.
  21. Perhaps the girl is walking.
  22. Although she is on a boat.
  23. I'm sorry the school is cold.
  24. Perhaps Mary is not coming.
  25. Aren't they running?
  26. Aren't you coming to school?
  27. Isn't he ready?
  28. Isn't the girl cold?
  29. Isn't the man at the door?
  30. Isn't it small?
  31. Wasn't he going in a boat?
  32. Wasn't the little boy on a horse?
  33. Wasn't the boy walking to the house?
  34. Wasn't the sugar in the tea?
  35. Wasn't she on a boat?
  36. Wasn't he putting coal on the fire?
  37. Isn't Mary putting the milk at the door?
  38. Aren't they putting the coal in the fire?
  39. Isn't the house hot now?
  40. Aren't we walking?
  41. Isn't Mary running now?
  42. Wasn't she putting milk and sugar in the tea?
  43. Weren't milk and sugar scarce?
  44. Wasn't the tea hot?
  45. Wasn't it on a big table?
  46. Wasn't the dog at the door?
  47. Weren't Mary and James hot?
  48. Weren't the boy and girl tired?