Bee as Jough Module 3 Food and Drink

Ayns y Çhapp

In the Shop

shapp a shop ayns y çhapp in the shop

Notice that after 'ayns y', 'shapp' changes to 'çhapp'. This letter change, or 'mutation', is typical of a Celtic language like Manx.

Co-loayrtys

Juan: Ta mee laccal bainney, my sailliu. C'raad t'eh?
Shappedyer: Ayns shen. Ayns y chorneil.
Juan: Shoh eh. Vel bainney scarrit eu, my sailliu?
Shappeyder: Cha nel, s'treih lhiam. T'eh ooilley ersooyl Ta'n bainney lieh-scarrit ain as y bainney lane.
Juan: Bee y bainney lieh-scarrit mie dy-liooar, gura mie eu. As by vie lhiam arran neesht. Arran dhone. Bwilleen mooar slissit.
Shappeyder: Shoh eh. Shen kiare feed ping son y vainney. As tree feed ping as jeih son yn arran. Punt dy lieh ooilley cooidjagh, my sailliu.
Juan: Shoh daa phunt.
Shappeyder: Gura mie eu. Shoh lieh phunt dy vrishey.


Fockleyr

gura mie eu thank you
laccal want
lane whole, full
lieh phunt half a pound
lieh-scarrit semi-skimmed
mooar large
my sailliu please
neesht also
ooilley all
punt pound
s'treih lhiam I'm sorry
scarrit skimmed
shappeyder shopkeeper
Shoh Here is
slissit sliced

1. large sliced loaf
   
2. pound and a half (one pound fifty)
   
3. shop
   
4. all
   
5. all together
   
6. also
   
7. away, gone
   
8. brown bread
   
9. Have you got skimmed milk?

   

   
   

10. Here's two pounds change
    
11. Here's 50p.
    
12. I'm sorry
    
13. I want
    
14. in the corner
    
15. in the shop
    
16. please (polite)
    
17. semi-skimmed milk
    
18. shopkeeper
    
19. skimmed milk
    
20. thank you (polite)
    
21. there
    
22. whole
    

1. Bwilleen mooar slissit, my sailliu.
   
2. As by vie lhiam arran neesht.
   
3. Arran dhone.
   
4. Vel bainney scarrit eu, my sailliu?
   
5. Shoh eh.
   
6. Shoh yn arran.
   
7. Shoh lieh phunt dy vrishey.
   
8. Shoh daa phunt.
   
9. T'eh ooilley ersooyl.
   
10. Ta mee laccal bainney, my sailliu.
    
11. Ayns y chorneil.
    
12. Cha nel, s'treih lhiam.
    
13. Punt dy lieh ooilley cooidjagh, my sailliu.
    
14. Tree feed ping as jeih son yn arran.
    
15. Gura mie eu.
    
16. Shen kiare feed ping son y vainney.
    
17. Bee y bainney lieh-scarrit mie dy-liooar.
    
18. Ayns shen.
    
19. Ta bainney lieh-scarrit ain as bainney lane.
    
20. C'raad t'eh?
    

1. Cha ____, s'treih lhiam.
   
2. T'eh ooilley ____
   
3. Ta'n bainney lieh-scarrit ____ as y bainney lane.
   
4. Shoh eh. Vel ____ scarrit eu, my sailliu?
   
5. Bee y bainney lieh-scarrit mie ____, gura mie eu.
   
6. As by vie lhiam ____ neesht. Arran dhone.
   
7. Bwilleen ____ slissit.
   
8. Ayns ____. Ayns y chorneil.
   
9. Ta mee laccal bainney, my ____. C'raad t'eh?
   
10. Shoh ____ phunt.
    
11. Gura mie eu. Shoh lieh phunt dy ____.
    
12. Shoh eh. Shen kiare ____ ping son y vainney.
    
13. As tree feed ping as jeih son yn ____.
    
14. Punt dy lieh ____ cooidjagh, my sailliu.

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Goll Shappal

Going Shopping

Look at the way we say we have something in Manx. For instance:
Ta thie eck - She has a house (There is a house at her).

This 'at' construction used to be heard very often in the English spoken on the Island. Listing most of the 'at' words you need:

aym (emm) - at me
ayd (edd) - at you (speaking to one person)
echey (EGG-a) - at him or at it
eck (eck) - at her or at it
ain (ine) - at us
eu (EH-oo) - at you
oc (ock) - at them

Co-loayrtys

Juan: Ta mee goll magh nish. Vel oo laccal red erbee voish ny shappyn?
Ealish: Fuirree ...... vel bainney ain? As vel arran ain?
Juan: Cha nel fys aym.
Ealish: Shen eh. Ta shin laccal bainney as arran
Juan: Mie dy-liooar. Quoid bainney as quoid arran?
Ealish: Daa phynt dy vainney as bwilleen dy arran. Vel argid ayd?
Juan: Cha nel, dy-jarroo.
Ealish: Ta argid aym: shoh eh.

Fockleyr

1. shoh eh
   
2. bainney
   
3. magh
   
4. red erbee
   
5. shin
   
6. vel oo laccal?
   
7. voish
   
8. arran
   
9. shappal
   
10. fuirree!
    
11. ny shappyn
    
12. quoid?
    
13. bwilleen
    
14. laccal
    
15. argid
    
16. goll
    

1. at her
   
2. at him
   
3. at it
   
4. at me
   
5. at them
   
6. at us
   
7. at you (pl)
   
8. at you (sing)
   

1. ayd
   
2. eu
   
3. eck
   
4. echey
   
5. aym
   
6. ain
   
7. oc
   
8. echey
   

1. Cha nel argid ayd.
   
2. Cha nel bainney oc.
   
3. Cha nel fys eu.
   
4. Cha nel red erbee ayd.
   
5. Cha nel arran ain.
   
6. Daa phynt dy vainney as bwilleen dy arran.
   
7. Fuirree, Ealish.
   
8. Quoid bainney eck as quoid arran eu?
   
9. Shen eh dy-jarroo.
   
10. Shoh Juan.
    
11. Ta argid aym.
    
12. Ta mee goll magh nish.
    
13. Ta shin laccal bainney as arran
    
14. Ta shin mie dy-liooar.
    
15. Ta thie eck.
    
16. Vel argid ayd?
    
17. Vel bainney echey?
    
18. Vel argid eck?
    
19. Vel bwilleen dy arran oc?
    
20. Vel Juan laccal red erbee?
    
21. Vel oo laccal red erbee voish yn thie?
    

1. Ta argid aym: shoh eh.

   

   
   

2. Cha nel fys aym.
   
3. Fuirree ...... vel bainney ain? As vel arran ain?
   
4. Cha nel, dy-jarroo.
   
5. Ta mee goll magh nish.
   
6. Vel oo laccal red erbee voish ny shappyn?
   
7. Mie dy-liooar. Quoid bainney as quoid arran?
   
8. Shen eh. Ta shin laccal bainney as arran
   
9. Daa phynt dy vainney as bwilleen dy arran.
   
10. Vel argid ayd?
    

Gee ec y Scoill

Eating at School

Remember that in Manx the letter 'g' is pronounced hard, as in 'get', not as in 'gesture'.
Historically, 'gee' came from 'ec ee', meaning 'at eating'. The first word, 'ec', reduced to 'g' and became virtually permanently fixed to 'ee', giving 'gee'.
The same development took place with other verbal nouns which started with vowels.

Note the following:

1. Er-lhiam dy vel ad mie.

   

   
   

2. 

   S'mie lesh Breeshey ad, ansherbee.
   

3. Cre goll rish ta ny jinnairyn?
   
4. T'eh cur lesh
   
5. T'ee gee
   
6. T'ee cur lhee
   
7. T'ee gee ny jinnairyn-scoill.
   
8. Cre goll rish ta ny jinnairyn ec y scoill shen?
   
9. Vel Breeshey cur lhee braghtanyn dys y scoill?
   
10. T'ou cur lhiat

    

    
    

Cur Gaelg orroo shoh.

1. I bring
   
2. anyway
   

3. 

   you bring
   

4. sandwiches
   
5. I think
   
6. school-dinners
   

   

   
   

7. he brings
   
8. she eats
   
9. she is eating
   
10. she brings
    
11. What are the dinners like?
    
12. dinner
    

1. What does Ealish do for dinner?
   
2. What does Catreeney think of school dinners?
   
3. Does Breeshey bring sandwiches to school?
   
4. Does Ealish like school dinners?
   
   
   

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Quoid t'eh costal?

How much does it cost?

quoid? (kwud) - how much?
t'eh (tay) - it is; he is
costal (KAWS-tal) - costing; expensive

To discuss the cost of things, we need such words as:

punt (punt) - pound
ping (ping) - penny
argid (ERG-id) - money

Certain letters change ('mutate') after 'un' ('one') and 'daa' ('two'):

Un phunt (unn-funt) - One pound.
Daa phing (daa-fing) - Two pence.

Study these examples:

Tree ping (tree-ping) - 3p
Queig punt (kwegg-punt) - 5

In Manx, we say 'Three penny' and 'Five pound' and so on. We use 'ping' and 'punt' all the time after numbers rather than the Manx for 'pennies' and 'pounds'.
Note how to deal with more complicated numbers:

Kiare ping jeig (KAYR-ping-JEGG) - 14p
Un phing as feed (UNN-fing-azz-FEED) - 21p
Shiaght ping jeig as feed (SHAKH-ping-jegg-azz-FEED) - 37p

Tree punt jeig (TREE-punt-JEGG) - 13
Kiare punt as feed (KAYR-punt-azz-FEED) - 24
Tree feed punt (tree-feed-punt) - 60
Keead punt (KEE-ud-PUNT) - 100
Thousane punt (tow-ZAAN-punt) - 1,000
Kiare feed thousane punt (KAYR-feed-tow-ZAAN-punt) - 80,000


Co-loayrtys

Juan: Ta Peddyr creck bee as jough ayns thie-bee noa.
Finlo: Ta. T'eh laccal argid dy liooar son jinnair.
Juan: Quoid t'eh laccal?
Finlo: Hoght punt as tree feed ping.
Juan: Vel? Jinnair costal!


Cur Gaelg orroo shoh:

1. costing; expensive
   
2. eighty thousand pounds
   
3. five pounds
   
4. fourteen pence
   
5. How much does it cost?
   
6. how much?
   
7. it is; he is
   
8. money
   
9. one hundred pounds
   
10. One pound.
    
11. one thousand pounds
    
12. penny
    
13. pound
    
14. sixteen
    
15. sixty pounds
    
16. thirteen pounds
    
17. thirty-seven pence
    
18. three pence
    
19. twenty-four pounds
    
20. twenty-one pence
    
21. two pence
    

1. Cha nel Finlo creck bee costal.
   
2. Cha nel un phing as feed ec Juan.
   
3. Keead thousane punt.
   
4. Lhig dooin coontey shiaght ping jeig as feed.
   
5. Lhig dooin creck jees son jeih punt.
   
6. Lhig dooin creck bee as jough.
   
7. Lhig dooin creck y thie-bee.
   
8. Quoid t'eh costal?
   
9. Quoid t'eh laccal son y yinnair?
   
10. T'ee laccal kiare feed thousane punt.
    
11. T'eh creck y bee son argid dy liooar.
    
12. T'eh laccal argid dy liooar son y jough.
    
13. Ta Ealish kionnaghey jinnair costal.
    
14. Bee as jough costal.
    
15. Vel keead punt eck?
    
16. Vel kiare punt as feed echey?
    

Lhig dooin coontey.

Let's count.

lhig dooin (l'yigg-dunn) - let us
coontey (COON-da) - counting

In Manx, there are two words for 'one' and two words for 'two':

nane (naan) - one jees (jeess) - two

un (unn) - one daa (daa) - two


We use 'nane' and 'jees' when we are talking about numbers only, such as giving a
telephone number:

Shey, jees, nane, tree, nane, hoght - 621318.

But if we want to say things like 'One house' or 'Two days', we use 'un' and 'daa':

Un thie (unn-ty) - One house.
Daa laa (daa-laa) - Two days.

Notice that we say 'Two day', 'Two penny' and so on.

As in other Celtic languages (and in French), we count in twenties in Manx:

feed (feed) - 20
jeih as feed (JY-azz-FEED) - 30 (ten and twenty)
daeed (DY-eed) - 40
jeih as daeed (JY-azz-DY-eed) - 50
tree feed (TREE-feed) - 60 (three twenties)
jeih as tree feed (JY-azz-TREE-feed) - 70
kiare feed (KAYR-feed) - 80 (four twenties)
jeih as kiare feed (JY-azz-KAYR-feed) - 90
keead (KEE-ud) - 100
shey feed (SHAY-feed) - 120
thousane (tow-ZAAN) - 1,000

1. coontey
   
2. daa
   
3. daa laa
   
4. daa-yeig as kiare feed
   
5. daeed
   
6. feed
   
7. jees
   
8. jeih as daeed
   
9. jeih as feed
   
10. jeih as kiare feed
    
11. jeih as tree feed
    
12. keead
    
13. kiare feed
    
14. lhig dooin
    
15. nane
    
16. nane as feed
    
17. nane-jeig as feed
    
18. queig-jeig
    
19. shey feed
    
20. shey, nane, jees
    
21. thousane
    
22. tree feed
    
23. tree, hoght nane
    
24. un
    
25. un thie
    

1. Let's count two days.
   
2. Let's sell one.
   
3. Let's buy one house.
   
4. Let's count two.
   
5. Catherine does not have three houses.
   
6. Finlo is not selling one house.
   
7. Ealish is buyng one or two.
   
8. Has he got one house?
   
9. Has she got two houses?
   

Cha mie lhiam shen.

I don't like that.

s'mie lhiam (SMY-l'yamm) - I like
cha mie lhiam (ha-MY-l'yamm) - I don't like

lhiam (l'yamm) - with me
lhiat (l'yatt) - with you (one person, familiar form)
lhiu (l'yoo) - with you (more than one person / polite, one person)

In literal terms, 'S'mie lhiam' means 'Is good with me' and
'Cha mie lhiam' means 'Not good with me'.

ushtey (USH-cha) - water
bainney (BANN-ya) - milk
tey (tay) - tea
caffee (KAFF-ee) - coffee
shugyr (SHOO-gar) - sugar

Cha mie lhiam ushtey (ha-MY-l'yamm-USH-cha) - I don't like water.
S'mie lhiam tey, cha mie lhiam caffee
(SMY-l'yamm-TAY ha-MY-l'yamm KAFF-ee) - I like tea, I don't like coffee.
S'mie lhiat shugyr as bainney?
(SMY-l'yatt-SHOO-gar-azz-BANN-ya) -Do you like sugar and milk?

To ask 'Would you like?' we say 'By vie lhiat?' This really means
'Would be good with you?'

by vie lhiat? (ba-VY-l'yatt) - would you like?
by vie lhiat (ba-VY-l'yatt) - you would like
by vie lhiam (ba-VY-l'yamm) - I would like

my sailt (ma-SYLCH) - please (familiar one person form)
my sailliu (ma-SELL-yoo) - please (more than one person/one person, polite)

gow my leshtal (GOW-ma-LESH-chal) - excuse me ('take my excuse')

1. coffee
   
2. please (one person)
   
3. I like tea
   
4. I don't like
   
5. I don't like that.
   
6. milk bainney
   
7. Excuse me
   
8. you would like
   
9. I don't like coffee.
   
10. Do you like Alice and Catherine?
    
11. I don't like water.
    
12. I like
    
13. please (more than one person)
    
14. would you like?
    
15. with you (one person)
    
16. with you (more than one person)
    
17. I would like
    
18. with me
    
19. water
    
20. tea
    
21. Do you like sugar and milk?
    
22. sugar
    

1. By vie lhiam bainney, my sailt.
   
2. By vie lhiam tey.
   
3. By vie lhiam ushtey my sailt.
   
4. By vie lhiat bainney as shugyr?
   
5. By vie lhiat caffee? Gura mie ayd.
   
6. C'red by vie lhiat? Ealish.
   
7. Cha mie lhiam Catreeney.
   
8. Cha mie lhiam shen!
   
9. Cha mie lhiam shugyr.
   
10. Gura mie ayd, Ealish.
    
11. Mie dy liooar, Ealish.
    
12. Shoh Catreeney.
    
13. Shoh yn tey as y bainney.
    
14. Tey, caffee, bainney as ushtey.
    

1. I would like tea.
   
2. I don't like Catherine.
   
3. Coffee, milk, tea and water.
   
4. I would like milk please.
   
5. Here's the tea and the milk.
   
6. What would you like, Alice?
   
7. I don't like sugar.
   
8. Would you like sugar?
   
9. Here's Catherine.
   
10. Good enough, Alice
    
11. I don't like that.
    
12. Thank you Alice
    
13. I would like water please.
    
14. Would you like coffee? Thank you
    

Gee as Giu

Eating and Drinking

gee (gee) - eating
giu (g'yoo) - drinking

C'red by vie lhiat? (KERR-id-ba-VY-l'yatt) -What would you like?
by vie lhiam (ba-VY-l'yamm) - I would like

Word for word, 'C'red by vie lhiat?' means 'What would be good with you?'

awree (OW-ree) - soup
soo-mess (soo-mess) - fruit juice

Notice that 'mess' (meaning 'fruit') comes after 'soo' ('juice').


feill (fayl) - meat

eeast (yeest) - fish

spollagyn (SPOL-yag-un) - chips
praaseyn (PRAAZ-un) - potatoes
praaseyn broiet (PRAAZ-un-BRYT) - boiled potatoes

feeyn (FEE-un) - wine
lhune (l'yoon) - beer

caffee - coffee
tey - tea
soo mess - fruit juice

slaynt (slentch) - health
Slaynt vie! (slentch-VY) - Good health!

1. beer
   
2. boiled potatoes
   
3. chips
   
4. coffee
   
5. drinking
   
6. eating
   
7. fish
   
8. fruit juice
   
9. Good health!
   
10. health
    
11. I would like
    
12. meat
    
13. potatoes
    
14. soup
    
15. What would you like?
    
16. wine
    

1. Feill ny eeast?
   
2. Slaynt vie!
   
3. By vie lhiam soo-mess.
   
4. Feill as spollagyn, my sailt.
   
5. Gee as giu.
   
6. C'red by vie lhiat?
   
7. By vie lhiam awree.
   
8. Mie dy liooar.
   
9. Cha mie lhiam Finlo.
   
10. Cha mie lhiam feill.
    
11. Cha nel fys aym.
    
12. By vie lhiam lhune.
    
13. Catreeney ny Finlo?
    
14. Awree ny soo-mess?
    
15. By vie lhiam eeast as praaseyn broiet.
    
16. Feeyn ny soo-mess?
    
17. C'red by vie lhiat giu?
    

Vel shoh oor?

Is this fresh?

Catreeney: Cre cho mennick as t’ou goll shappal?

Moirrey: Ta mee goll dys yn ard-vargey un cheayrt sy çhiaghtin as ta mee kionnaghey bainney, arran, lossreeyn, mess, feeyn as bee-kayt.

Catreeney: T’eh orrym geddyn praaseyn as ooylyn jiu.

Moirrey: Vel ny oohyn shoh oor ny dyn?

Catreeney: Er-lhiam nagh vel.

Moirrey: Er lhiam dy vel yn caashey shoh loau neesht.

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Fockleyr

1. I buy milk, bread, vegetables, fruit, wine and cat food
   
2. I don’t think so.
   
3. Are these eggs fresh or not?
   
4. How often do you go shopping?
   
5. I think that this cheese is bad as well
   
6. I have to get potatoes and apples
   
7. I go to the supermarket once a week