Manx Basics!

So, first of all, I’d like to begin any lesson with basic vocabulary.

There’s no “hello” here, instead we have:

Good morning: Moghrey mie (pronounced as mo-reh (soft o as in mom and reh as in , then mie = English’s “my”)

Good afternoon: Fastyr mie (fastyr = “faster” but with a little more of an “ur” sound at the end”)

Good night (usually used as a parting, if saying hello, just use fastyr mie instead most likely): Oie vie (oie = an “ee” sound)

You may notice that the word for “good” (mie) changes letters from an “m” to a “v”. This is because of the grammar system. I suppose you could say that it’s similar to how in English we use both “a” and “an” when referring to nouns, like “a dog” or “an apple” depending on whether the noun begins with a vowel or not. This part of grammar is something I’ll go over in the next lesson, and I’ll include all the changes that different letters go through that will be commonly needed.

Welcome: Failt erriu (welcoming a group) (falch air-oo - fal as in falcon and ch as in change)

Welcome (singular): Failt ort

This essentially means Failt on you (“welcome on you”). When describing someone our grammar translates literally to “___ on you”. I’ll go over this, again, in another lesson that’s more dedicated to grammar.

Heem shiu: I’ll see you (goodbye, plural) (Heem shoo)

Heem oo: I’ll see you (goodbye, singular) (Heem oo - pronounced as seen)

My sailt: Please (my pronounced like a muh/meh - essentially a soft y sound like a soft L sound, like an “uh”. Sailt is said either like sellch or salch, sell or sal like in Sally with a ch like change on the end)

Gura mie ayd: Thank you (gurrah my - like the English word my again, confusing I know - then ayd is = to “ed”)

And those are some basic conversational phrases! Hope I can continue teaching some people my language :)