Spoyrt Module 3 Sport

Cre’n Spoyrt

What Sport

cre’n spoyrt (krinn-SPOHRT) - what sport


Catreeney: Ren oo fakin ny naightyn mychione ny Gammanyn Olympagh Er-lheh?

Ealish: Ren. Ta mee lhaih my-e-chione ayns shoh. Chossyn y skimmee Manninagh ram medallyn: shiaght jeu airh, hoght jeu argid as daa-yeig ooha. As va shen ayns skibbyltys, troggal-pooar, snaue, markiaght as spoyrtyn elley.

Catreeney: Ren ad dy mie mirrilagh. Va traa mie oc ayns ny Steatyn Unnaneyssit.



ren oo fakin? (RENN-oo-FAHG-in) - did you see?

The question mark makes all the difference here. ‘Ren oo fakin?’ means ‘Did you see?’ and ‘Ren oo fakin’ means ‘You saw’.

Answers to the questions are ‘Ren’ (effectively ‘Yes’) and ‘Cha ren’ (effectively ‘No’).

If Catreeney had said ‘Vaik oo?’ (vack-oo) - ‘Did you see?’ - Ealish would have answered ‘Honnick’ (HONN-ick) - ‘Saw’ (effectively ‘Yes’).
‘No’ here would be ‘Cha vaik’ (ha-VACK) - ‘Not saw’.

ny naightyn (na-NY-akht-un) - the news(es)
mychione (ma-H’YOWN) - about
Gammanyn Olympagh (GAMM-an-un-oll-IMP-akh) - Olympic Games
er-lheh (er-L’YAY) - special
ta mee lhaih (TAMM-ee-L’YA-ee) - I’m reading
my-e-chione (ma-a-H’YOWN) - about it
chossyn (KHOZZ-un) - won, gained
skimmee (SKIMM-ee) - team; crew
ram medallyn (ram-MEDD-al-in) - lots of medals

+ ? _

Did Ren Ren Cha ren


+ ? _

saw Honnick Vaik Cha vaik

gamman (GAMM-an) - game; sport

‘Gammanyn ny hEllanyn’ (GAMM-an-un-na-HELL-yan-un) means ‘The Games of the Islands’. We do not say ‘Ny Gammanyn ny hEllanyn’, just as we don’t say ‘Yn Cronk ny Mona’. In Celtic languages in general, when we want to say ‘The X of the Y’, the first ‘the’ is not needed - the Celtic expression consists of three words (the ‘Celtic 1-2-3’).

Ealish: Ta mee lhaih dy vel hoght feed as jees dy ‘leih goll voish Mannin dys Gammanyn ny hEllanyn ayns Gibraltar. ‘Gammanyn ny Greiney’ t’ad gra roo. Bee eh grianagh dy liooar ayns shen.
Catreeney: Ta ny gammanyn shoh ayn dy chooilley chor vlein, nagh vel?
Ealish: Ta. V’ad ayns Ellan Eeaght daa vlein er dy henney.

Note how Ealish says ‘a hundred and sixty-two people’ - ‘hoght feed as jees dy ‘leih’ (HAWKH-FEED-azz-JEESS-the-LY). Literally, this is ‘eight twenties and two of people’.

goll (gull) - going
voish Mannin (vush-MANN-in) - from Mann
Gammanyn ny Greiney (GAMM-an-un-na-GRAYN-ya) - the Sun Games

Here we have another Celtic 1-2-3: ‘Gammanyn ny Greiney’ translates as ‘The Games of the Sun’. The basic word for ‘sun’ is ‘grian’ (GREE-an). In what we might call ‘Classical Manx’, ‘grian’ has the special form ‘greiney’ which is used to express ‘of the sun’ or ‘of sun’.

Using technical language, ‘greiney’ is the genitive form of ‘grian’.

There was a strong tendency in Manx to drop the genitive forms of nouns, so an alternative expression is ‘Gammanyn y Ghrian’ (GAMM-an-un-a-GHREE-an).

Yet another way to say ‘The Sun(shine) Games’ is ‘Ny Gammanyn-Greiney’ (na-GAMM-an-un-GRAYN-ya).

shennaghys (SHAN-akh-iss) - history

Instead of ‘Shennaghys ny Gammanyn’, we could say ‘Yn Shennaghys jeh ny Gammanyn’ (in-SHAN-akh-iss-jay-na-GAMM-an-un) for ‘The History of the Games’.

Catreeney: Cre cho shenn as ta ny gammanyn shoh?
Ealish: V’ad currit er bun ec Mannin ayns Blein y Spoyrt, ayns nuy cheead jeig, queig as kiare feed. Hooar ny Manninee y varriaght sy vlein shen ayns Mannin hene. As hooar Mannin y varriaght daa vlein lurg shen ayns Guernsey, as ayns Ellanyn ny Geyrragh neesht, ayns nuy cheead jeig, nuy as kiare feed.
Catreeney: Ta lane fys ayd er y chooish shoh, nagh vel?
Ealish: Cha nel noadyr. Ta mee lhaih eh sy phabyr-naight.

cre cho shenn as ta ...? (kra-ho-SHANN-azz-taa...) -how old is/are..?
ny gammanyn shoh (na-GAMM-an-un-SHAW) - these games

currit (KURR-it) - put
bun (bun) - base; meaning

Note the idiom for ‘founding’: ‘V’ad currit er bun ec Mannin’ (vadd-KURR-it-er-BUN-eck-MANN-in) - ‘They were founded by the Isle of Man’ (‘They were put on base at Mann’).

Blein y Spoyrt (BLAYN-a-SPOHRT) - The Year of (the) Sport
nuy cheead jeig (NA-EE-khee-ad-JEGG) - nineteen hundred
hooar (hoor) - got, found
y varriaght (a-VARR-ee-akht) - the victory

Hooar ny Manninee y varriaght (HOOR-na-MANN-in-ee-a-VARR-ee-akht) - The Manx won (‘The Manx got the victory’).

Ny Roaryn-Bree

The Motorbikes

roar (rawr) - bike
bree (bree) - energy
roar-bree (rawr-BREE) - motorbike
ny roaryn-bree (na-RAW-run-BREE) - the motorbikes

In general, the Manx for 'the' is 'yn' or 'y' if we are talking about one (or two) things:

yn roar (an-RAWR) - the bike

In the plural, 'ny' is the word for 'the':

ny roaryn (na-RAW-run) - the bikes


Co-loayrtys

Ean: Bee roortyssyn ayn fastyr jiu?
Peddyr: Bee.
Ean: Cuin vees ny raaidyn dooint?
Peddyr: Ec jees er y chlag, er-lhiam.
Ean: Foddee nagh bee ad goaill toshiaght ec y traa shen.
Peddyr: Cre'n fa nagh?
Ean: Kay er Giat y Clieau.
Peddyr: Dy-jarroo! T'eh braew ayns shoh.

1. a beginning, a start
   
2. bike
   
3. closed, shut
   
4. energy
   
5. I think
   
6. mist
   
7. motorbike
   
8. practices
   
9. starting ('taking a start')
   
10. taking
    
11. the motorbikes
    
12. There will be (Yes).
    
13. when?
    
14. Why not?
    

1. Er-lhiam nagh bee ad goaill toshiaght jiu.
   
2. Er-lhiam nagh bee ny raaidyn dooint.
   
3. Bee ny roaryn-bree er Giat y Clieau.
   
4. Bee roortyssyn ayn fastyr jiu?
   
5. Cuin vees ny roortyssyn goaill toshiaght?
   
6. Bee queig-jeig as feed goaill toshiaght
   
7. Cuin vees Peddyr goaill toshiaght?
   
8. Bee eh braew ec jees er y chlag, er-lhiam.
   
9. Foddee ec y traa shen.
   
10. Cre'n fa nagh bee ad goaill toshiaght?
    
11. Bee kay er Giat y Clieau fastyr jiu.
    
12. Bee eh braew er Giat y Clieau.
    
13. Dy-jarroo, Ean.
    
14. T'eh braew ayns shoh.
    
15. Cuin vees ny raaidyn dooint?
    
16. Foddee nagh bee ad goaill toshiaght.
    
17. Bee roortyssyn ayn ec jees er y chlag?
    

Ny Ratchyn



The Races

ny ratchyn (na-RATCH-un) - the races

Co-loayrtys

Ean: Row uss jeeaghyn er ny ratchyn jea?
Peddyr: Va. V'ad feer vie.
Ean: C'raad ren oo goll?
Peddyr: Va mee ec Creg ny Baa. Va'n emshyr mie dy liooar.
Ean: Row monney sleih ayns shen?
Peddyr: Va, v'eh lung-lane. Va ram sleih ayn. C'raad ren uss goll?
Ean: Cha ren mee goll dys ny ratchyn. Ren mee goll dys y Cheyllys.
Peddyr: Ren oo scapail veih ny roaryn-bree!

row? (row) - was? were? ('row' rhymes with 'how')
uss (uss) - you
row uss? (row-uss) - were you?

'uss' is the emphatic form of 'oo'. Although no emphasis is needed here, we say 'Row uss?' instead of 'R'ou?' (Were you?) to make the meaning quite clear.

jeeaghyn (JEEKH-un) - watching, looking
jea (jay) - yesterday
va (vaa) - was, were ('Yes' in answer to 'Row uss?')
v'ad (vadd) - they were
ren oo goll (renn-oo-GULL) - you went ('you did going')
va mee (va-mee) - I was
monney (MONN-a) - many, much
sleih (sly) - people

Lurg ny Ratchyn

After the Races

Co-loayrtys

Catreeney: Nagh vel eh feagh lurg ny ratchyn!
Ealish: Ta, bwooise da Jee.
Catreeney: Nagh mie lhiat ny ratchyn?
Ealish: Cha mie lhiam yn feiyr as ny drogh-haghyrtyn.
Catreeney: She, agh ta thousaneyn dy 'leih goaill soylley mooar jeu. T'ad yindyssagh.
Ealish: Foddee dy vel.

nagh vel eh? (nakh-VELL-a) - Isn't it?
feagh (FEE-akh) - quiet
lurg (lurg) - after
bwooise (bweess) - thanks
da (daa) - to
Jee (jee) - God
bwooise da Jee (BWEESS-daa-JEE) - thank God
Nagh mie lhiat? (nakh-MY-l'yatt) - Don't you like? ('Isn't good with you?')
Cha mie lhiam (ha-MY-l'yamm) - I don't like ('Not good with me')
yn feiyr (in-FYR) - the noise (say 'fire')
drogh-haghyrt (drawkh-HAGH-ert) - accident

'drogh-haghyrt' literally means 'a bad happening'

drogh (drawkh) - bad, evil
taghyrt (TAGH-ert) - happening

1. a bad day
   
2. accident
   
3. after
   
4. After the races
   
5. an old woman
   
6. bad, evil
   
7. Don't you like? (Isn't good with you?)
   
8. enjoying 'taking enjoyment)
   
9. God
   
10. happening
    
11. I don't like (Not good with me)
    
12. Isn't it?
    
13. of them
    
14. quiet
    
15. thank God
    
16. thanks
    
17. the noise
    
18. they are
    
19. thousands of people
    
20. to
    
21. wonderful

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1. Foddee dy vel ny ratchyn yindyssagh.
   
2. Cha mie lhiam ny ratchyn.
   
3. Nagh vel eh drogh laa?
   
4. Nagh vel Catreeney feagh?
   
5. Cha mie lhiam thousaneyn dy 'leih.
   
6. Ta, bwooise da Jee.
   
7. Nagh mie lhiat ny ratchyn?
   
8. Cha mie lhiam Catreeney.
   
9. Nagh vel eh feagh lurg ny ratchyn!
   
10. Cha mie lhiam yn feiyr as ny drogh-haghyrtyn.
    
11. Nagh mie lhiat yn feiyr?
    
12. Ta thousaneyn dy 'leih goaill soylley mooar jeu.
    
13. T'ad yindyssagh.
    
14. Nagh vel eh goaill soylley mooar jeu?
    
15. Ta Ealish yindyssagh.
    
16. Nagh vel Catreeney as Ealish goaill soylley mooar jeu?
    

Tooilley Ratchyn



More Races

tooilley (TULL-ya) - more, additional

Co-loayrtys

Ean: Bee uss jeeaghyn er ny ratchyn mairagh?
Peddyr: Cre ny ratchyn?
Ean: Ratchyn ny roaryn, son shickyrys.
Peddyr: She. Yarrood mee dy beagh ad ayn.
Ean: S'mie lhiam ny roaryn shen. Cha nel ad feiyral goll rish y TT. T'ad feer feagh.

bee uss? (bee-uss) - will you be?
er ny ratchyn (err-na-RATCH-un) - on the races

In Manx, we look ON things rather than AT them.

mairagh (MAA-rakh) - tomorrow
Cre ny ratchyn? (kra-na-RATCH-un) - What races?

'What race?' is 'Cre'n ratch?' ('What [the] race?')

ratchyn ny roaryn (RATCH-un-na-RAW-run) - the bike races
('the races of the bikes')

1. What races?
   
2. on the races
   
3. very quiet
   
4. that they would be
   
5. tomorrow
   
6. in it
   
7. the bike races
   
8. these houses
   
9. bikes
   
10. making a noise
    
11. like the TT
    
12. will you be?
    
13. additional
    
14. those bikes
    
15. for sure
    
16. this house
    
17. more races
    
18. resembling, being similar to
    
19. that bike
    
20. I forgot
    

1. S'mie lhiam ny roaryn shen.
   
2. Cha nel ad feiyral goll rish y TT.
   
3. Yarrood mee dy beagh ad ayn I forgot that they would take place.
   
4. Ratchyn ny roaryn, son shickyrys.
   
5. Cre ny ratchyn?
   
6. T'ad feer feagh.
   
7. Cre'n ratch?
   
8. Bee uss jeeaghyn er ny ratchyn mairagh?
   

Bluckan-coshey

Football

Co-loayrtys

Chalse: Cre'n spoyrt share lhiat, ghooinney?
Orree: Bluckan-coshey, son shickyrys.
Chalse: Vel oo cloie eh dy mennick?
Orree: Cloie eh? C'red t'ou cheet er? Ta mee jeeaghyn er bluckan-coshey er y chellveeish. Cha nel mee keoi!
Chalse: Heill mee dy row uss dty ghooinney skibbylt. S'mie lhiams goll roie.
Orree: She dooinney mie uss.

share lhiat (SHARE-l'yatt) - you prefer

You can translate 'share lhiat' as 'is better with you' or 'is best with you'.
In normal English, 'share lhiat' means 'you prefer' or 'you like best'.

ghooinney! (WUNN-ya) - man!
bluckan-coshey (BLUGG-an-KAWZH-a) - football

'bluckan' means 'ball' and 'coshey' means 'of foot'.

cloie (KLA-ee) - playing

dy mennick (the-MENN-ick) - often

cheet er (chitt-err) - meaning ('coming on')

'C'red t'ou cheet er?' (KERR-id-tow-CHITT-err) is the Manx for 'What do you mean?'

keoie (KA-ee) - mad
heill mee (HEEL-mee) - I thought, I supposed
skibbylt (SKIBB-ilt) - agile

Heill mee dy row uss dty ghooinney skibbylt (HEEL-mee-the-row-
USS-the-WUNN-ya-SKIBB-ilt) - I thought you were an agile man
('I thought that you were in your agile man').

goll (gull) - going roie (RA-ee) - running

Spoyrt Dy Liooar

Sport Enough

dy liooar (the-L'YOOR) - enough

Co-loayrtys

Orree: Vel oo goll roie feer vennick, ghooinney?
Chalse: Ta, bunnys dy chooilley laa.
Orree: Graih veen! As cre cho foddey as t'ou roie?
Chalse: Mysh queig meeiley dagh laa.
Orree: Bee uss marrooit. Cha nel spoyrt elley ayd, vel?
Chalse: Ta, snaue as bassag-boayrd.

mennick (MENN-ick) - often
feer vennick (feer-VENN-ick) - very often

Remember that 'feer' ('very') causes letter changes. One of these is that 'm' becomes 'v'.

bunnys (BUNN-iss) - nearly, almost
dy chooilley (the-KHULL-ya) - each, every

Other ways of saying 'each' are 'gagh' (gakh) and 'dagh' (dakh).
'Dy chooilley' causes letter changes similar to those caused by 'feer'.
'Dagh' and 'gagh' do not change letters:

moghrey (MORR-a) - morning
dy chooilley voghrey (the-KHULL-ya-VORR-a) - every morning
dagh moghrey (dakh-MORR-a) - every morning

Graih veen! (GRA-ee-VEEN) - Dear love!
cre cho foddey? (kra-ho-FAWTH-a) - how far?
mysh (mush) - about
queig meeiley (kwegg-MEEl-ya) - five miles
marrooit (MARR-oo-it) - killed

Cha nel spoyrt elley ayd, vel? (ha-NELL-spohrt-ELL-ya-edd, VELL) -
You haven't another sport, have you?


snaue (SNAA-oo) - swimming

bassag (BAZZ-ag) - tennis



bassag-boayrd (BAZZ-ag-BORD) - table tennis

troddan (TROTH-an) - match, contest
laa (laa) - day

The English for 'Troddan y laa' is 'The match of the day'. This type of expression is typical of Manx and of Celtic languages in general.
Notice that three words in Manx are equivalent to five in English here.
Other examples are:

ben y thie (BENN-a-TY) - the woman of the house
Bayr ny Foillan (BURR-na-FOAL-yun) - The Way of the Seagull


Co-loayrtys

Orree: Bee'm goaill ayrn ayns spoyrt noght.
Chalse: Cha nel mee credjal eh.
Orree: She, bee'm jeeaghyn er Troddan y Laa.
Chalse: Cha jean oo geddyn lheiltys liorish shen.
Orree: Nee'm geddyn lheiltys. Bee'm lheim as gyllagh magh!

bee'm (BEE-um) - I will be
goaill ayrn (GAW-il-ARN) - taking part
noght (nawkh) - tonight
credjal (KREDJ-al) - believing
jeeaghyn er (JEEKH-un-err) - watching, looking at
cha jean oo (ha-JINN-oo) - you'll not make, you'll not do
geddyn (GETH-un) - getting, finding
lheiltys (LEEL-tus) - exercise (motion)

Cha jean oo geddyn lheiltys - You'll not get exercise.

liorish (L'YAW-rish) - by
nee (nee) - will make, will do
nee'm (NEE-um) - I'll make, I'll do

Nee'm geddyn lheiltys - I'll get exercise.

Instead of saying 'Nee'm geddyn' for 'I'll get' we could say 'Yioym' (YOW-um).


And instead of 'Cha jean oo geddyn' for 'You'll not get', we could say 'Cha vow' (ha-VOW).

lheim (l'yimm) - jumping
gyllagh magh (GILL-akh-MAKH) - calling out

ratchal (RATCH-al) - racing


Yn Coorse TT

Ta'n Coorse TT goaill toshiaght ayns Doolish, ayns Raad Ghlion y Chruitcheree, ec yn ardan-soie. T'ou goll er y raad dys Purt ny hInshey, trooid Skeerey Marooney. Eisht, t'ou chyndaa my-yesh ec Balley Craine as goll trooid Balley Keeill Vaayl as Balley ny Loghey.

Lurg shen, ta'n coorse goll trooid Sulby, as trooid Kerrin y Valley ayns Rhumsaa. T'ou goll seose ayns ny sleityn, shaghey Sniaul. T'ou goll trooid Creg ny Baa as Cronk ny Moaney dys yn ardan-soie reesht.

Yn Coorse TT (in-KOORSS-TT) - The TT Course
goaill toshiaght (goyll-TOZH-akht) - starting

Word for word, 'goaill toshiaght' means 'taking a beginning'.

Doolish (DOO-lish) - Douglas
Raad Ghlion y Chruitcheree (raad-GL'YON-a-KHRUTCH-a-ree)
- Glencrutchery Road
ardan-soie (ERD-an-SY) - grandstand
Purt ny hInshey (PURT-na-HINZH-a) - Peel

The Manx for 'Peel' means 'The Port of the Isle' (St. Patrick's).

If motion is involved, particularly with the word 'going', we use 'seose' for 'up'.

ayns ny sleityn (UNNSS-na-SLAY-jun) - in the mountains
shaghey Sniaul (shah-SNAAL) - past Snaefell
Cronk ny Moaney (KRONK-na-MAWN-a) - Cronk ny Mona

Yn Coorse TT: tooilley

Turrysagh: Cre cho liauyr as ta'n coorse TT?
Manninagh: Shiaght meeiley jeig as feed as tree kerroo.
Turrysagh: Liauyr dy liooar! C'raad ta ny markee goll smoo tappee?
Manninagh: Ec Sulby. Bee ad roshtyn daa cheead meeiley syn oor my vees ny roaryn-bree gaase ny smoo niartal!
Turrysagh: Nagh bee cagliagh currit er niart ny roaryn-bree?
Manninagh: Foddee dy bee.

tooilley (TULL-ya) - more, additional
turrysagh (TURR-izz-akh) - tourist
liauyr (l'yowr) - long
cre cho liauyr as ta...? (kra-ho-L'YOWR-azz-ta) - how long is....?
Manninagh (MANN-in-akh) - Manx person
meeiley (MEEL-ya) - a mile

Remember that it is common to leave nouns of measure like 'meeiley' in the singular.

markee (MARK-ee) - riders
smoo (smoo) - more, most
tappee (TAVV-ee) - fast
smoo tappee (smoo-TAVV-ee) - fastest ('most fast')
roshtyn (RAWSH-chun) - reaching
daa cheead (daa-KHEE-ud) - two hundred

The basic word for 'hundred' is 'keead'. This becomes 'cheead' after 'daa'.

jarrood! (jarr-OOD) - forget!

'jarrood' can also mean 'forgetting'. The most important parts of verbs in Manx are the imperative (order) and the verbal noun (ends in '-ing' in English).

Generally, the imperative and the verbal noun are not the same in Manx - 'jarrood' is an exception.


Co-loayrtys

Markys: Ren oo fakin ny ratchyn?
Steoin: Cha ren. Cha ren mee ny ratchyn y 'akin. Agh ren mee goll dys y giense-straid. V'eh yindyssagh.
Markys: Nagh row eh fliugh?
Steoin: Va, agh by chummey shen. Va kiaulleeaght ayn as ram reddyn elley.
Markys: Ren oo lheim-bungee?
Steoin: Cha ren. Cha nel mee keoi.

Markys (MARK-us) - Mark
fakin (FAHG-in) - seeing
Steoin (st'yone) - Stephen