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Intro. vii. Lenition. Flashcards

In Manx, sometimes the first sound of a word can change. The first type of changes you'll learn is called 'lenition' - which means 'softening'. You'll learn all the circumstances in which this happens in later lessons. This lesson is to help you remember what those changes are, and introduces three circumstances in which it happens: after 'my' (my), 'ayns yn' / 'syn' / 'ayns y' / 'sy' (in the), 'fo'n' (under the) and 'ec yn' (at the).

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b changes to ?

A

v

eg; baatey → vaatey

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c changes to ?

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ch

eg; carrey → charrey

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çh changes to ?

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h

eg; çheh → heh

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d changes to ?

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gh

eg; dorrys → ghorrys

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f changes to ?

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‘

eg; fouyr → ‘ouyr

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g changes to ?

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gh

eg; garey → gharey

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gi changes to ?

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yi

eg; giat → yiat

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j changes to ?

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y

eg; Juan → Yuan

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k changes to ?

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ch

eg; keeill → cheeill

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m changes to ?

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v

eg; moddey → voddey

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mw changes to ?

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w

eg; mwannal → wannal

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p changes to ?

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ph

eg; poagey → phoagey

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qu changes to ?

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wh

eg; queeyl → wheeyl

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s changes to ?

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h

eg; sooill → hooill

or

t

eg; sooill → tooill

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sh changes to ?

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h

eg; shuyr → huyr

or

çh

eg; shuyr → çhuyr

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th, or t changes to ?

A

h

eg; thie → hie

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Baatey means ‘boat’.

How do you say ‘my boat’?

A

my vaatey

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Carrey means ‘friend’.

How do you say ‘my friend’?

A

my charrey

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Dorrys means ‘door’.

How do you say ‘my door’?

A

my ghorrys

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Fastyr means ‘afternoon’.

How do you say ‘in the afternoon’?

A

ayns yn ‘astyr

or

syn ‘astyr

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Garey means ‘garden’.

How do you say ‘my garden’?

A

my gharey

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Garey means ‘garden’.

How do you say ‘in the garden’?

A

ayns y gharey

or;

sy gharey

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Giat means ‘gate’.

How do you say ‘my gate’?

A

my yiat

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fo’n

A

under the

Q

under the gate

A

fo’n yiat

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ec yn

A

at the

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“Keeill” means “church”.

How do you say “in the church”?

A

ayns y cheeill

or;

sy cheeill

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‘at the church’

A

ec y cheeill

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Moddey means ‘dog’.

How do you say ‘my dog’?

A

my voddey

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Mwannal means ‘neck’.

How do you say ‘my neck’?

A

my wannal

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Poagey means ‘bag’.

How do you say ‘in the bag’?

A

sy phoagey

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‘under the bag’

A

fo’n phoagey

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Queeyl means ‘wheel’.

How do you say ‘under the wheel’?

A

fo’n wheeyl

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Sooillyn means ‘eyes’.

How do you say ‘my eyes’?

A

my hooillyn

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Shuyr means ‘sister’.

How do you say ‘my sister’?

A

my huyr

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“Thie” means “house”.

How do you say “my house”?

A

my hie

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“baatey” means “boat”.

How do you say “in the boat”?

A

sy vaatey

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“Gleashtan” means “car”.

How do you say “under the car”?

A

fo’n ghleashtan

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Kione means ‘head’.

How do you say ‘my head’?

A

my chione

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Thoin means ‘bottom’.

How do you say ‘my bottom’?

A

my hoin

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Laue means ‘hand’.

How do you say ‘my hand’?

A

my laue

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in my hand

A

ayns my laue

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under my hand

A

fo my laue

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Bolg means ‘stomach’.

How do you say ‘in my stomach’?

A

ayns my volg

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dreeym means ‘back’.

How do you say ‘my back’?

A

my ghreeym