Part 4.3: Personalised Dialogues
Ayrn 4.3: Coloayrtyssyn Persoonit

a. You are Kirree Crennell and you are talking with Ealee and Juan about a trip to the Museum:

Uss: (Ask if they’re sure they can come.)
Ealee: Ta, son shickyrys. Ta laghyn seyrey ain.
Uss: (Ask if they’ve both got jobs.)
Ealee: Ta, kiartaghyn-offish.
Uss: (Say you couldn’t work in an office.)
Juan: T’eh dree.
Uss: (Say you are ready to go.)


b. Ealee, Juan and Kirree are in the Museum, talking about the geography of the Island. You are Juan:

Uss: (Say ‘Here’s a big map of the Island’.)
Ealee: T’eh tree kilomeadar jeig as daeed er liurid.
Uss: (Ask what that is in miles.)
Ealee: Tree meeiley jeig as feed.
Uss: (Say that she’s like a tourists’ book.)
Ealee: Ersooyl lhiat!
Kirree: C’raad ta shinyn nish?
Uss: (Say ‘In the middle, on the east side of the Island’.)


c. Ealee, Juan and Kirree are looking at the Celtic and Scandinavian stones and slabs. You are Kirree:

Juan: Jeeagh, shoh ny shenn lhic va jeant ec ny Celtiee as Loghlinee.
Uss: (Say OK, but you prefer people.)
Juan: S’mie lhiam ny shenn chlaghyn.
Uss: (Ask if there’s anything about farming.)
Ealee: Ta, son shickyrys. T’eh heese.
Uss: (Say ‘Let’s go!’)


d. Ealee, Juan and Kirree are looking at the old Manx house in the Museum. You are Ealee:

Uss: (Say ‘Your ancestors lived in a house like this’.)
Kirree: Vel recortyssyn erbee ayns shoh?
Uss: (Say they are in the Records Office.)
Kirree: Mie dy liooar.