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Vocabulary In this lesson we learn to talk about things we are doing at the moment, some of which may be hobbies. As with feelings, the way to say "I am" is "ta mee" and the way to say "I am not" is "cha nel mee." We can also use "vel oo?" to ask "are you?" just as we did with feelings. We put our doing word (the verb) after "ta mee" or "cha nel mee," as in the following examples:
Notice that in Manx there is just one word where English has two (for example, "shooyl" means both "walk" and "walking"). Notice also that the way to say "I'm sleeping" has the word "my" in it. This is because in Manx we're saying something similar to "I'm in my state of sleeping" or "I'm in my sleep." Finally, the way to say "I'm watching television" includes the words "er y" which mean "on the." To say we're watching anything in Manx we actually say "looking on," so we're saying that we're "lookin on the television." Example conversations Have a go translating these conversations yourself. If you get stuck take another look at this lesson and/or go back to the lessons we've done before now. Example 1 (Q) Kys t'ou? (A) Ta mee çheh. (Q) Vel oo roie? (A) Cha nel mee roie, ta mee markiaght er roar. (Q) Huh! T'eh ceau fliaghey. Ta mee jeeaghyn er y çhellveeish. Example 2 (Q) Vel oo cloie Playstation jiu? (A) Ta. Ta'n emshyr feayr. (Q) Ta mee cloie bluckan coshey as ta mee feayr! (A) Mie lhiat cloie bluckan coshey? (Q) S'mie. S'mie lhiam roie. Mie lhiat roie? (A) Cha mie. S'mie lhiam snaue. Ta mee snaue ayns Doolish. (Q) Ta mee shooyl ayns Doolish. Nee Jemayrt t'ayn? (A) Cha nee, she Jecrean t'ayn. (Q) Ah, cha nel mee shooyl ayns Doolish jiu! |
