LESSON 2.

GRAMMAR. (For Study).

The Regular Verbs, Future Tense.

The future tense consists of the imperative stem with the addition of the terminations ym for the first person singular, mayd for the first person plural, and ee for all the others. In a relative clause ee is replaced by ys. The termination ee is sometimes retained before ym and mayd.

screeuym
screeuee ( oo, eh, ee)
screeuee (shiu, ad).

cailleeym (—caillym)
caillee (oo eh, ee)
cailleemayd.
caillee (shiu, ad).

For ease of utterance the verb 'ee' (eat) usually assumes the relative form:
Eeys ee—she will eat.

After the negative particle cha or nagh, an initial vowel in the future tense adds the letter n:

Cha niuym—I shall not drink.

In this tense, after cha or nagh, the letter f usually becomes v, or in the spoken language is dropped altogether, and n substituted.

In the future tense after cha or nagh:

k, c or q becomes g.
p becomes b.
t becomes d.
ch becomes j.

The other initial letters usually remain unaltered after cha or nagh.

In the secondary future, or conditional tense, the first person singular ends in in, and all the others in agh:

screeuin—I would write. screeuagh (oo, eh, ee, shin, shiu, ad).

Cha and nagh affect the mutable in this tense in the same way as in the future tense.

CONVERSATIONAL PHRASES.

  1. Yiarragh ad dy row eh ny share dy ve ruggit aighoil na berchagh. — (They used to say that it was better to be born lucky than rich. )

  2. Ny creid eh. Er my hon hene bare lhiam ve ruggit berchagh. — (Don't believe it. For my own part I'd rather be born rich.)

  3. Ta mee smooinaghtyn dy blaik lhiam ny neesht. — (I think I would like both)

  4. T'ou kiart dy-jarroo. — (You're right indeed.)


READING PRACTICE.

The following translation into Manx of an Old Irish legend has been made by Mr. J. J. Kneen M.A., especially for students. A short section of the tale will be printed each lesson.



CHEER NYN AEG.

Cabdil 1. Oshin as Parick.


Va Oshin fer s'jerree ny Fenee faagit syn Erin. V'eh yn fer smoo jeh ny Fenee va fir-chaggee myrgeddin. V'eh mac da Fynn, agh v'eh toast bio ayns lhing Pharick. Hoiagh eh taggloo rish y noo as eer g'eaishtagh rish.

Va'n noo er spreih ushtey casherick er yn Eniagh. Ny yeih cha row eh shickyr son tammylt beg by chair da taggloo rish lheid y fer er-lhimmey jeh taggloo mysh Creestiaght. Va Oshin ro henn tushtey dy ve echey mychione y chredjue shoh. Agh d'ansoor daa ainle ny ourysyn echey. Dooyrt ad rish dy lhisagh eh screeu sheese goan Oshin, er-lheh ny skeealyn echey jeh'n chennaghys. Er yn oyr, as yn ainle, verragh ad boggey da deiney ayns ny laghyn va ry-heet.

Va Oshin nish cha meein as Creestee erbee. Cha yarg eh markiagh, cha yarg eh roie, cha yarg eh kiaulleeagh monney. Agh yn chooid smoo jeh'n traa echey hoiagh eh lieh-lhie er e hoshiaght er e leiy. V'eh goll rish billey-ooyl ennagh v'er choayl ooilley agh unnane jeh ny banglaneyn echey as rish foddey nagh row er n'ymmyrk mess erbee er-lhimmey jeh cliegeenyn dy gheul. V'eh bentyn da sliught va'n jannoo as yrjid as aght beaghee echey jeeaghyn dy ve ny s'cooie da'n thalloo na shen v'ec Creesteeyn, ny smoo ayns cordail rish sleityn, keylljyn, faarkaghyn dorrinagh, as niaughyn. Eaishtagh eh rish skeealyn craueeaght, agh cha d'oddagh eh y hyndaa gys Creestiaght. V'eh ro henn as foawragh ooilley cooidjagh, as va'n cooinaghtyn echey ro lane. Tra ghow Parick ny saggyrt ny s'moal-hushtee ennagh elley orroo dy ghreinnaghey eh liorish gra nagh row Fynn as e vraaraghyn ayns Flaunys, dreggyr eh; Mannagh bee adsyn ayns shid, cre yinnins ayns shid? Cre'n-oyr dy je'ms gys shid?