Adrian Cain's Manx Language Podcast

Vel yn jough ayd feayr? - Is your drink cold? Nagh vel yn cabbyl eck scooyrit? - Isn't her horse drunk? Ta'n gleashtan jiarg - The car is red Vel yn moddey echey çhing? - Is his dog ill?

Yn moddey aym = my dog yn moddey ayd = your dog

Argid - money Ta'n jough ec y thie - the drink is at the house Vel jough ayd? - do you have a drink?

yn = the Vel oo gobbragh ayns yn thie? = are you working in the house?

nagh vel jough echey? = doesn't he have a drink? ec = at ta thie ec Juan = Juan has a house

eck = at her feer vooar = very big er-lhiam dy vel eh bane = I reckon that it is white jough = drink

Nagh vel thie ayd? - don't you have a house? echey - at him Ta moddey doo echey - he has a black dog Cabbyl - horse Jiarg - red

Gleashtan = car Beg = small

Bane = white Vel thie aym? = Do I have a house? Ayd = at you Vel thie ayd? = Do you have a house?

Moddey = dog aym = at me Ta moddey aym = I have a dog Cha nel moddey aym = I don't have a dog Thie = house Thie mooar = big house

er y fa dy vel mee geearree cloie = On the reason that I want to play/because I want to

C'raad? = Where? Kys? = How? C'red? = What? Cre'n fa t'ou cloie? = Why are you playing? er y fa = because (on the reason) er y fa dy vel eh = because it is

S'liklee = probably Nagh vel Illiam beaghey ayns Purt ny h-Inshey? Doesn't Illiam live in Peel? Jiu = today

Foddee nagh vel oo skee - Perhaps you are not tired? Mooar = big Foddee nagh vel eh geearree goll - perhaps he doesn't want to go

Foddee - Maybe Foddee dy vel eh feayr - maybe it is cold Purt ny h-Inshey - Peel

C'red t'ou jannoo? - What are you doing? Craad t'ad cloie Cammag? - Where are they playing Cammag?

Er-lhiam nagh? - I reckon not... Er-lhiam nagh vel eh feayr - I reckon that it's not cold C'red t'ad jannoo ayns Balley Keeill Eoin? - What are they doing in St Johns? Er-lhiam nagh vel ad ayns Balley Keeill Eoin - I reckon that they are not in St Johns

Er-lhiam dy vel eh gobbragh agh cha nel mee shickyr I reckon that he's working but I'm not sure Ta mee shickyr dy vel ad = I am certain that they are Ansherbee = anyway

er-lhiam = I reckon er lhiam dy vel mee ayns Doolish = I reckon that I'm in Douglas er lhiam dy vel ad cloie = I reckon that they are are playing

C'red t'ou geearree jannoo? - What do you want to do? Eisht - then Goll dys - going to Ta mee goll dys Doolish - I am going to Douglas Craad t'ou goll? - Where are you going?