Manx lesson 9

Dialogue

Vocabulary and phrases

Moghrey mie, aalin. Hello (lit: good morning), beautiful. 

• moghrey mie good morning
• aalin beautiful

Fow royd! Go away!

Cha row shen coar. That wasn’t nice.

• shen that
• coar nice

Agh cha mie lhiam eh. But I don’t like him.

• agh but

Cre’n fa nagh? Why not?

Er yn oyr dy vel eh graney. Because he’s ugly.

• er yn oyr/ er yn fa because
• graney ugly

Er lhiam nagh vel eh. I think that he’s not.

As myr shen, lhiats eh. Well then, he’s yours.

• lhiats yours

Feer aitt. Very funny.

• aitt funny

Grammar

Likes and dislikes

One common way of saying you like something is ‘s’mie lhiam‘, followed by what you like. Examples:

• S’mie lhiam pizza. I like pizza.
• S’mie lhiam roie. I like running./ I like to run.

To say somebody else likes something, you simply modify the statement according to who is doing the liking. Examples:

• S’mie lhiat bainney. You like milk (to one person).
• S’mie lesh eeastagh. He likes fishing.
• S’mie lhee eh. She likes him.

To say you don’t like something, we simply replace ‘s’mie‘ with ‘cha mie‘. Examples:

• Cha mie lhiam caffee. I don’t like coffee.
• Cha mie lesh Illiam snaue. Illiam (William) doesn’t like swimming.