Part 5.3: Personalised Dialogues
Ayrn 5.3: Coloayrtyssyn Persoonit

a. You are Juan and you are discussing with Ealee how to get to the north of the Island:

Uss: (Ask ‘Shall we go on the electric railway?’)
Ealee: Agh beemayd shirrey son y gowaltys!
Uss: (Say ‘We’ll have to go in the car’.)
Ealee: Dooar oo pedryl?
Uss: (Say you got some yesterday.)


b. You are Kirree. You make comments as the car goes north:

Uss: (Ask ‘Where is this?’)
Ealee: Shoh Skyll Maghal.
Uss: (Say that it’s beautiful country.)
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Ealee: Shen Rhumsaa heese ayns shen.
Uss: (Say that the land is flat down there.)
Ealee: Ta, ta shen goan dy liooar ayns Mannin.
Uss: (Ask where Ballaugh is.)
Ealee: Ta Balley ny Loghey kuse dy veeilaghyn ersooyl.


c. You are Ealee. You are going round the Curraghs in the car with Juan and Kirree:

Uss: Say ‘The land is very wet here’.
Juan: Cooinee: ‘Ooilliu thalloo bog ayns Balley ny Loghey’.
Uss: Say ‘We’ll look in the records to find out about the farm’.
Juan: Feer vie. Bee eh aashagh dy liooar.
Lhig dooin scuirr son lhongey-mooie.
Uss: Say ‘All right - but I don’t like the flies. Let’s park here’.


d. You are Juan, talking about the geography of the Island:

Uss: Say ‘We’ll go back through Michael and Peel’.
Kirree: Vel baljyn elley ayn?
Uss: Say ‘Yes, Castletown, Port Erin and Port St Mary in the south’.
Kirree: Vel ram crink ayn?
Uss: Say ‘Yes, except for the north’.
Kirree: Jeeagh, t’eh ceau nish.