moghrey (MORR-a) - morning
mie (my) - good

Moghrey mie (MORR-a MY) - Good morning.

Notice that the word for 'good' comes after the word for 'morning'.

fastyr (FASS-ter) - afternoon / evening
Fastyr mie (FASS-ter MY) - Good afternoon / evening.

oie (ee) - night
Oie vie (ee-vy) - Goodnight.

The 'm' in 'mie' changes to 'v' after 'oie'. Letter changes like this are very characteristic of Celtic languages.

kys? (kiss) - how?
ta (taa) - are
oo (oo) - you
(You use 'oo' when speaking to someone you know well or when speaking to children)

shiu (shoo) - you
(You use 'shiu' when speaking to more than one person or when speaking to one person politely)

Kys t'ou? (kiss-TOW) - How are you?
('Kys ta oo?' compresses to 'Kys t'ou?)

A form which quite a lot of people know is 'Kyns ta shiu?'

braew (brow) - fine
dy liooar (tha-L'YOOR) - enough / plenty
mie dy liooar (MY-tha-L'YOOR) - well enough
castreycair (KASS-tra-KAYR) - middling

gura mie ayd (gurr-a-MY-edd) - thank you ( Familiar, one person form)
gura mie eu (gurr-a-MY-yow) - thank you (Polite, one person / more than one person)

slane lhiat (slenn-L'YATT) - goodbye (Familiar, one person form)
slane lhiu (slenn-L'YOO) - goodbye (Polite, one person / more than one person)
 

Cur Gaelg orroo shoh:
 

1. afternoon
2. are, is
3. evening
4. fine
5. good
6. Good afternoon
7. Good evening.
8. Good morning.
9. Goodnight.
10. how?
11. How are you? (plur)
12. How are you? (sing)
13. middling
14. morning
15. night
16. enough
17. thank you (plur)
18. good enough

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Vel fys ayd?
 

1. What word is used for 'you' when speaking to someone you know well or when speaking to children?
2. What word is used for 'you' when speaking to more than one person or when speaking to one person politely?
3. What does 'm' in 'mie' change to after 'oie'?
4. What is the familiar, one person form of 'thank you'?
5. What is the polite, one person / more than one person form of 'thank you'?
6. What is the familiar, one person form of goodbye?
7. What is the polite, one person / more than one person form of 'goodbye'?
8. What is the form of "How are you?" which quite a lot of people know?

 

1. Kys t'ou?
2. Castreycair
3. Fastyr mie.
4. Moghrey mie.
5. Fastyr mie, kys ta shiu?
6. Mie dy liooar gura mie ayd.
7. Gura mie ayd.
8. Oie vie.
9. Mie dy liooar.
10. Slane lhiat..
11. Gura mie eu.
12. Slane lhiu.

 

 
 
 
 

Ta’n fastyr mie dy liooar.
moghrey braew.
oie mie.
castreycair
 
 
 
 

Fill in the missing vowels

1. C _ STR _ YC _ _ R.
2. F _ STYR M _ _ .
3. KYS T _ SH _ _ ?
4. G _ R _ M _ _ _ _ .

 

 

5. KYS T' _ _ ?
6. G _ R _ M _ _ _ YD.
7. M _ _ DY L _ _ _ _ R.
8. SL _ N _ LH _ _ .

 

vel oo? (vell-oo) - are you?
vel shiu? (vell-shoo) - are you? (pl.)

toiggal (TIGG-al) - understanding

Vel oo toiggal? (vell-oo-TIGG-al) - Do you understand?
Vel shiu toiggal? (vell-shoo-TIGG-al) - Do you understand? (pl.)

In answer to a question like 'Vel oo toiggal?' you say either
'Ta' (taa) or 'Cha nel' (ha-NELL).

Effectively, 'Ta' means 'Yes' and 'Cha nel' means 'No', but in literal terms 'Ta' is short for
'I am (understanding)'/'I do (understand)'

and 'Cha nel' is short for
'I am not (understanding)'/ 'I do not (understand)'.

'Ta' can mean: 'am', 'is', 'are', 'there is', 'there are'.

'Cha nel' can mean: 'am not', 'is not', 'are not', 'there is not',
'there are not'.
+ ? _

am, are, is Ta Vel Cha nel

Gaelg - Manx (language)
Baarle - English (language)

as - and, as
dy jarroo - indeed
 

Co-loayrtys - Conversation

Catreeney: Vel oo toiggal shoh?
Ealish: Cha nel.
Catreeney: Vel oo toiggal shen?
Ealish: Ta.
Catreeney: As vel oo toiggal shen?
Ealish: Ta, ta mee toiggal shen mie dy liooar.
Catreeney: Vel oo toiggal Gaelg?
Ealish: Ta. As, dy jarroo, ta mee toiggal Baarle!
 

Cur Gaelg orroo shoh:
 

1. and
2. are you? (sing)
3. are you? (plur)
4. Conversation.
5. Do you understand? (sing)
6. Do you understand? (plur)
7. English (language)
8. I, me
9. I don't understand.
10. I understand.
11. indeed
12. Manx (language)
13. understanding 

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am, are, is Ta Vel Cha nel
 
 

Ta mee shen
Vel oo toiggal shoh mie dy liooar
Cha nel shiu Gaelg

Cur Baarle orroo shoh:
 

1. Vel oo toiggal shoh, Ealish?
2. Vel Catreeney toiggal shen?
3. Ta mee toiggal mie dy liooar.
4. Vel oo toiggal Baarle? Cha nel.
5. Dy jarroo ta mee toiggal Gaelg.
6. Vel oo toiggal yn co-loayrtys shoh?
7. Shen Baarle.
8. Shoh Gaelg.
9. Fastyr mie, kys ta shiu?
10. Ta mee toiggal Ealish mie dy liooar.
11. Kys ta Catreeney? Castreycair.
12. Cre'n ennym t'er? Shen Finlo.
13. Failt erriu Orry. Gura mie ayd.
14. Quoi shen? Shen Ealish.
15. Cha nel mee toiggal yn co-loayrtys.

Vel fys ayd?

a. In answer to a question like 'Vel oo toiggal?'
'Ta' means 'Yes' and 'Cha nel' means 'No', but in literal terms what is;
 

1. 'Ta' short for?
2. 'Cha nel' short for?

b. 'Am', 'is', 'are', 'there is', 'there are' are all represented by what word?

c. 'Am not', 'is not', 'are not', 'there is not', 'there are not', are all represented
by which two words?

fys (fiss) - knowledge
ayd (edd) - at you (familiar form for one person)
eu (yow) - at you (more than one person/polite, one person)

Word for word, 'Vel fys ayd?' means 'Is there knowledge at you?' In common with other Celtic languages and Russian, etc., Manx does not have a verb 'to have'. This is expressed by saying something is 'at you':

Vel fys ayd? (vell-fiss-EDD) - Do you know?
Ta fys ayd (ta-fiss-EDD) - You know.
Cha nel fys eu (ha-nell-fiss-YOW) - You don't know.

aym (imm) - at me
Ta fys aym (ta-fiss-IMM) - I know.
Cha nel fys aym (ha-nell-fiss-IMM) - I don't know.

'I don't know' is often expressed as 'Cha s'aym' (ha-SIMM) or as
'Cha s'ayms' (ha-SIMM-us).

Introducing the words for 'he' and 'she':

eh (ay/a) - he, him
ee (ee) - she, her

t'eh (tay) - he is
t'ee (tee) - she is

Ta Peddyr cummal ayns Purt Chiarn (ta-PEDD-ar-KUMM-al-UNNS-purt-CHARN)
- Peter lives in Port Erin.

noadyr (NAWTH-er) - at all shen eh! (shen-AY) - that's it!

Co-loayrtys

Catreeney: C'raad ta Peddyr cummal? Vel fys ayd?
Finlo: Cha nel fys aym .... ayns Rhumsaa?
Catreeney: Cha nel. Cha nel eh cummal ayns Rhumsaa noadyr.
Finlo: Vel eh cummal ayns Purt le Moirrey ny Purt Chiarn? Cha s'ayms.
Catreeney: Shen eh! T 'eh cummal ayns Purt Chiarn.

Cur Gaelg orroo shoh:
 

1. at you (one person)
2. at me
3. I don't know.
4. You don't know.
5. she, her
6. he, him
7. at you (more than one person)
8. knowledge
9. at all
10. that's it!
11. she is
12. she is living / she lives / she does live
13. he is
14. he is living / he lives / he does live
15. You know.
16. I know.
17. Do you know?

Answer in English
 

1. Where does Peter live?
2. Where does Finlo think Peter lives?

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Cur Baarle orroo shoh:
 

1. Cha nel ee cummal ayns Doolish.
2. Cha nel Finlo cummal ayns Rhumsaa.
3. Cha nel fys aym noadyr.
4. Cha s'ayms. Ta fys ayd .
5. C'raad ta Catreeney cummal?
6. Shen eh! Gura mie ayd.
7. Ta Peddyr cummal ayns Purt Chiarn.
8. T'ee cummal ayns Purt ny Hinshey.
9. T'eh cummal ayns Doolish ny Rhumsaa.
10. Vel ee cummal ayns Purt ny Hinshey?
11. Vel eh cummal ayns Purt le Moirrey?
12. Vel fys ayd? Cha nel.

 

1. Word for word,what does 'Vel fys ayd?' mean?

2. In common with other Celtic languages Manx does not have a verb 'to have'.
How do you say that you have something?

3. 'Cha nel fys aym,' means, I don't know,' how else is it often expressed?
 
 

+ Ta aym

? Vel fys ayd

- Cha nel
 
 

Ta Peddyr Purt Chiarn
Purt ny Hinshey
T' ee Doolish
cummal ayns Rhumsaa
Vel eh Purt le Moirrey
Doolish
Cha nel Finlo 

cre'n? (krinn) - what?
laa (laa) - day
ayn (awn) - in, in it

Cre'n laa t'ayn? (krinn-LAA-tawn) - What day is it?

'Cre'n laa t'ayn?' really means 'What day is in (existence)?'
 

Laghyn ny shiaghtin (LAA-an-na-SHAKH-tin) - The days of the week
 

Jelune (ja-LOON) - Monday
Jemayrt (ja-MERT) - Tuesday
Jecrean (ja-KRAYN) - Wednesday
Jerdein (jer-DAYN) - Thursday
Jeheiney (ja-HAYN-ya) - Friday
Jesarn (ja-SARN) - Saturday
Jedoonee (ja-DOON-ee) - Sunday
 

Gow my leshtal - excuse me
beggan - a little
 

my sailt - please
Gaelg - Manx

Catreeney: Moghrey mie. Kys t'ou?
Peddyr: Braew, gura mie ayd.
Catreeney: Gow my leshtal - c'raad t'ou cummal?
Peddyr: Ta mee cummal ayns Purt Chiarn.
Catreeney: Shen eh. Vel Gaelg ayd?
Peddyr: Cha nel fys aym! Ta Gaelg aym, mie dy liooar.
Catreeney: Nish, cre'n laa t'ayn jiu? Ayns Gaelg, my sailt ..
Peddyr: Jecrean - Jecrean t'ayn jiu.
Catreeney: Shen eh! Ta Gaelg ayd, mie dy liooar.
 

Cur Gaelg orroo shoh:

1. day
2. Friday
3. in, in it
4. Monday
5. now
6. Saturday
7. Sunday

 

 

8. The days of the week
9. Thursday
10. today
11. Tuesday
12. Wednesday
13. What day is it?
14. what?

1. What does 'Cre'n laa t'ayn?' literally mean?

 
2. Which days of the week are these anagrams for?

 

1. army jet -
2. can jeer -

 

1. Peel
2. Port St. Mary
3. Ramsey
4. Douglas 

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traa (traa) - time

Cre'n traa t'eh nish? (krinn-TRAA-tay-NISH) - What time is it now?

nane-jeig (NAAN-jegg) - eleven
daa-yeig (DAA-yegg) - twelve

munlaa (munn-laa) - midday
mean-oie (mayn-ee) - midnight
 

Cre'n traa t'eh nish? (krinn-TRAA-tay-NISH) - What time is it now?

er y chlag (err-a-KHLAGG) - o'clock

T'eh hoght er y chlag (tay-HAWKH-err-a-KHLAGG) - It's eight o'clock.

cuin? (kwunn) - when?

foast (fohss) - yet / still

Vel eh nuy er y chlag foast? (VELL-a-NEE-err-a-KHLAGG-fohss)
- Is it nine o'clock yet?
 

Cre'n traa t'ou uss goll? - What time are you going?

Ealish: Vel oo goll dys Doolish nish?
Catreeney: Ta. Ta mee goll nish. Cre'n traa t'ou uss goll?
Ealish: Hoght er y chlag - traa dy liooar.
Catreeney: Cre'n traa t'eh nish, vel fys ayd?
Ealish: T'eh shiaght er y chlag nish. Ta traa dy liooar ayd.
Catreeney: Cha nel, dy jarroo! Slane lhiat nish.
Ealish: Slane lhiat.

Cur Gaelg orroo shoh:

1. eleven
2. Is it nine o'clock yet?
3. It's eight o'clock
4. midday
5. midnight
6. o'clock

 

 

7. time
8. twelve
9. What time are you going?
10. What time is it now?
11. when?
12. yet / still



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Cur Baarle orroo shoh:
 

1. Cha nel, dy jarroo!
2. C'raad ayns Mannin ta Finlo cummal?
3. C'raad t'ou cummal?
4. Cre'n traa t'eh nish?
5. Cre'n traa t'ou uss goll?
6. Cre'n traa ta Finlo goll?
7. Hoght er y chlag.
8. Slane lhiat.
9. Slane lhiat nish.
10. T'eh shiaght er y chlag nish.
11. Ta Ealish cummal ayns Mannin.
12. Ta Ealish goll nish.
13. Ta Finlo cummal ayns Rhumsaa.
14. Ta traa dy liooar ayd.
15. Traa dy liooar.
16. Vel fys ayd? Ta.
17. Vel oo cummal ayns Sostyn?
18. Vel oo goll dys Doolish nish? Cha nel. 

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Good morning. How are you? = Moghrey mie. Kys t’ou?
Fine, thanks. How are you yourself? = Braew, gura mie ayd. Kys t’ou hene?

Good afternoon/evening. How are the children? = Fastyr mie. Cre’n aght ta ny paitçhyn?
They’re OK = T’ad mie dy liooar.
Middling = Castreycair.
He’s not too good = Cha nel eh ro vie.

This is Catreeney = Shoh Catreeney.
I’m pleased to meet you = S’mie lhiam çheet dty whail.

Excuse me, who’s that? = Gow my leshtal, quoi shen?
That’s Peter = Shen Peddyr.

Thanks = Gura mie ayd (Said to one person in a friendly way)
Thanks = Gura mie eu. (Said to more than one person, or politely to one person)

Please = My sailt (One person, friendly)
Please = My sailliu (More than one person, or one person, formal)

Say that again, please = Abbyr shen reesht, my sailt.
Speak more slowly, please = Loayr-shiu ny smelley, my sailliu.

Goodbye = Slane lhiat (One person, friendly)
Goodbye = Slane lhiu (More than one person, or one person, formal)
 

I’ll see you = Hee’m oo / Hee’m shiu.

Goodnight = Oie vie.

1. Slane lhiu.
2. S’mie lhiam çheet dty whail.
3. My sailliu.
4. Gura mie eu.
5. Shoh Catreeney.
6. Moghrey mie.
7. Braew, gura mie ayd.
8. Hee’m shiu.
9. Shen Peddyr.
10. Kys t’ou hene?
11. Loayr-shiu ny smelley, my sailliu.
12. Slane lhiat.
13. Gura mie mooar eu.
14. Oie vie.
15. Kys t’ou?
16. Abbyr shen reesht, my sailt.
17. Hee’m oo.
18. Gura mie ayd.
19. Gow my leshtal, quoi shen?
20. Gura mie mooar ayd.
21. Castreycair.
22. Fastyr mie.
23. My sailt.
24. Cre’n aght ta ny paitçhyn?
25. T’ad mie dy liooar.
26. Cha nel eh ro vie.

 

1. How are you?
2. Thank you very much.
3. Good afternoon/evening.
4. Please (one person)
5. This is Catreeney.
6. Goodbye (one person)
7. Goodnight
8. Thanks a lot.
9. How are the children?
10. Middling
11. He’s not too good
12. Excuse me, who’s that?
13. I’ll see you (one person)
14. Thanks (one person)
15. They’re OK
16. Good morning.
17. Please ( more than one)
18. I’m pleased to meet you
19. Speak more slowly, please
20. I’ll see you ( more than one)
21. Thanks( more than one)
22. That’s Peter
23. Say that again, please
24. Fine, thanks.
25. How are you yourself?
26. Goodbye ( more than one)