R13 Telling the Time
One o’clock - Nane er y chlag (‘on the clock’)
Two clock - Jees er y chlag.
What time is it? It’s eight o’clock - Cre’n traa t’eh? T’eh hoght er y chlag.
Half past six - Lieh-oor lurg shey.
Quarter to three - Kerroo gys tree.
Quarter past four - Kerroo lurg kiare.
Five minutes past nine - Queig minnid lurg nuy.
Twenty-five minutes to seven - Queig minnid as feed dys shiaght.
Sixteen minutes past six - Shey minnid jeig lurg shey.
Midday - Munlaa.
Midnight - Mean oie.
One second - Un ghrig.
Sixty seconds - Tree feed grig.