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).
b changes to ?
v
eg; baatey → vaatey
c changes to ?
ch
eg; carrey → charrey
çh changes to ?
h
eg; çheh → heh
d changes to ?
gh
eg; dorrys → ghorrys
f changes to ?
‘
eg; fouyr → ‘ouyr
g changes to ?
gh
eg; garey → gharey
gi changes to ?
yi
eg; giat → yiat
j changes to ?
y
eg; Juan → Yuan
k changes to ?
ch
eg; keeill → cheeill
m changes to ?
v
eg; moddey → voddey
mw changes to ?
w
eg; mwannal → wannal
p changes to ?
ph
eg; poagey → phoagey
qu changes to ?
wh
eg; queeyl → wheeyl
s changes to ?
h
eg; sooill → hooill
or
t
eg; sooill → tooill
sh changes to ?
h
eg; shuyr → huyr
or
çh
eg; shuyr → çhuyr
th, or t changes to ?
h
eg; thie → hie
Baatey means ‘boat’.
How do you say ‘my boat’?
my vaatey
Carrey means ‘friend’.
How do you say ‘my friend’?
my charrey
Dorrys means ‘door’.
How do you say ‘my door’?
my ghorrys
Fastyr means ‘afternoon’.
How do you say ‘in the afternoon’?
ayns yn ‘astyr
or
syn ‘astyr
Garey means ‘garden’.
How do you say ‘my garden’?
my gharey
Garey means ‘garden’.
How do you say ‘in the garden’?
ayns y gharey
or;
sy gharey
Giat means ‘gate’.
How do you say ‘my gate’?
my yiat
fo’n
under the
under the gate
fo’n yiat
ec yn
at the
“Keeill” means “church”.
How do you say “in the church”?
ayns y cheeill
or;
sy cheeill
‘at the church’
ec y cheeill
Moddey means ‘dog’.
How do you say ‘my dog’?
my voddey
Mwannal means ‘neck’.
How do you say ‘my neck’?
my wannal
Poagey means ‘bag’.
How do you say ‘in the bag’?
sy phoagey
‘under the bag’
fo’n phoagey
Queeyl means ‘wheel’.
How do you say ‘under the wheel’?
fo’n wheeyl
Sooillyn means ‘eyes’.
How do you say ‘my eyes’?
my hooillyn
Shuyr means ‘sister’.
How do you say ‘my sister’?
my huyr
“Thie” means “house”.
How do you say “my house”?
my hie
“baatey” means “boat”.
How do you say “in the boat”?
sy vaatey
“Gleashtan” means “car”.
How do you say “under the car”?
fo’n ghleashtan
Kione means ‘head’.
How do you say ‘my head’?
my chione
Thoin means ‘bottom’.
How do you say ‘my bottom’?
my hoin
Laue means ‘hand’.
How do you say ‘my hand’?
my laue
in my hand
ayns my laue
under my hand
fo my laue
Bolg means ‘stomach’.
How do you say ‘in my stomach’?
ayns my volg
dreeym means ‘back’.
How do you say ‘my back’?
my ghreeym
