Some great Gaelg hereâŚyindyssagh. Please feel free to contact me adrian@culturevannin.im if you want more help on the Manx front.
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Yn Cheen! Shen symoil! Craad vâou cummal ayns yn Cheen? Cha nel me er ve dys yn Cheen. By vie lhiam goll dys Xian, ny Beijing, foddee Manchuria. Ta bee Sheenagh blasstal dy lioaar. Sâmie lhiat Tsingtao?
Gura mie ayd! Sâmie lhiam memes! Tâad cur orrym gearey 
As kys ta mee gra âGame of Thronesâ ayns gaelg, foddee âCloie ny Reeaghynâ (?)
China! Thatâs interesting! Where in China did you live? I have not been to China. I would like to go to Xian, or Beijing, maybe Manchuria. Chinese food is pretty tasty. Do you like Tsingtao?
Thanks! I like memes. They make me laugh. And how do I say "Game of Thrones in gaelg, maybe âCloie ny Reeaghynâ (?)
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Feer vie! Shen symoil. Cha nel mee gui Tsingtao, cha mie lhiam. Agh sâmie lhiam lhune. As vel gaal-baarnee ayns Nerin (as Mannin) nish? Ren mee clashtyn dy row eh mooar.
Foddee ayns gealg, âCloie ny Crooinneyâ? Ta mee er nyannoo meme elley 
shoh. Shen topic âGame of Thrones ayns gaelgâ nish 
Very good! Thatâs interesting. I donât drink Tsintao, I donât like it. But I like beer. And is there a hurricane in Ireland (and Mannin) now? I heard it was big
Maybe in gaelg âGame of Crownsâ? I have made another meme. This topic is âGame of Thrones in Gaelgâ now lololol
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O vaân gaal-baarnee ayns Nerin feer olk agh er lhiam dy row eh ny sloo olk er yn Ellan Vannin.
Ren oo jeeaghyn er y claare çhellveeish 'Stranger Things er Netflix? Foddee ayns Gaelg âReddyn Ny Smoo Quaaghâ? Tâeh ny smoo tappee as asshagh dy ghra ayns Baarle!
Row Halloween mie ayd? Row ram trick-or-treaters ec dty thie? Va mee ayns Nerin agh va mee sheese er y çheer ec thie my phaarantyn myr shen cha row trick-or-treaters aym erbee! Va mee mollit er y fa dy ren mee cookies son nyn!
Oh the hurricane in Ireland was very bad but I think it was less bad on the Isle of Man.
Did you watch the tv show âStranger Thingsâ on Netflix? Maybe in Manx itâs âReddyn Ny Smoo Quaaghâ? Itâs quicker and easier to say in English!
Did you have a good Halloween? Did you have a lot of trick-or-treaters at your house? I was in Ireland but I was down the country at my parents house so I had no trick-or-treaters at all. I was disappointed because I made cookies for them!
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She, she, ta mee jeeaghyn er âStranger Things.â Ta feer vie! Sâmie lhiam y chiaull. Sâmie lhiam âReddyn Ny Smoo Quaaghâ Foddee âQuoi Shohâ ny âShoh taân Oieâ 
Va Halloween mie aym. Ren me gee ram miljyn. As ren mee jeeaghyn er âStranger Things.â Cha nel trick-or-treaters ec my hie. Ta mee cummal er cronk mooar as cha nod ad shooyl shoh! Ta mee baghey ayns San Francisco, as ta mooarane crink shoh. Creân aught va cookies ayd? Blasstal?
Yeah! I watch Stranger Things. Its very good. I like the music. I like âReddyn Ny Smoo Quaaghâ. Maybe âWhoâs Hereâ or âThis is the Nightâ
I had a good Halloween. I ate lots of candy. And I watched Stranger Things. I didnât have any tricker or treaters at my house. I live on a big hill and they canât walk here. I live in San Francisco, and there are lots of hills here. How were your cookies? Tasty?
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Sorry to go off-topic slightly - but Iâd love to hear the back story of why someone in San Francisco is learning Manx⌠
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@aran Feysht vie! 
Taân lught-thie aym veih yn ellan. Agh ta shin cummal ayns ny Steatyn nish, as hie mee sheear dys San Francisco! Ta mee cummal shoh ec y traa tâayn, as gynsagh gaelg . Agh cha noddym feddyn Gaelgyr shoh! Ta mee foast ronsee! Nish, ta mee cliaghtey rish yn moddey aym 
agh cha nel gaelg mie echey.
As taân eymshyr shoh feer gheayagh. Ta kay dy-liooar. Agh cha nel eh ro olk. Sâmie lhiam y kay. Taân ennym er Karl . Ta shen cur orrym gearey.
Great question! My family is from the Island. We live in the states now, and I went west to San Francisco. I live here at the moment and learn Manx. I cannot find a manx speaker here! I am still searching! Now, I practice with my dog, but his Manx is not good.
And the weather here is windy. There is a lot of fog. But itâs not so bad. I like the fog. His name is Karl. That makes me laugh.
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How interesting - thank you! How old were you when your family moved? Or were you born over there? [Sorry for my lack of Manx - Iâve only had time to do two days so far⌠]
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Shea dty vea! Va mee feer veg. Haink mee dys ny Steatyn bleeantyn er-dy-henney. She feer vie tâayn . Taân shiaghtin shoh Thanksgiving. Ta mee goll gee ram kellog-frangagh (I just look up this word its âfrench roosterâ! 
) as jeeaghyn er y bluckan coshey Americaanagh.
Youâre welcome! I was very little. I came to the States years ago. Itâs very nice. This week is Thanksgiving. Iâm going to eat a lot of turkey and watch American football.
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Ta shen feer symoil! Kys tâou gynsagh Gaelg? Vel peiagh erbee elley ta loayrt Gaelg syns SF? Sâdoillee lhiam dy loayrt Gaelg as ta mee cummal er yn Ellan Vannin!
Thatâs very interesting! How to you learn Manx? Is there anyone else who speaks Manx in SF? Itâs difficult for me to speak Manx and I live on the Isle of Man!
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Kys ta mee gynsagh Gaelg? Ta mee gynsagh dy moal ee! Agh ta mee lhaih lioaryn. As ta mee clashtyn (?) dys SSi as podcast. Ta mee gimman dagh laa dys yn obbyr aym. Ta traa dy-liooar aym. Er lhiam nagh vel peiagh erbee ta loaryt Gaelg ayns San Francisco. Agh ta mee foast ronsee! As uss-hene, kys tâou gynsagh Gaelg? Vel oo cliaghtey ee dy mennick?
How do I learn Gaelg? I learn it very slowly. lolololol. But I read books. And I listen (?) to SSi and podcasts. I drive to my job everyday. I have a lot of time. I donât think there is anyone who speaks Gaelg in SF. But I am still searching! And you, how do you learn Gaelg. Do you practice it often?
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Ta mee jus goaill toshiaght lessoon jees! Hooin roin!
I just started lesson 2! Lets go!
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My-e-chione âCloie ny Troynynâ --foddeeâ? Ren mee shirrey enmyn ny Troynyn ayns Gaelg. Ayns yn fockleyr --tlReader-- liorish Phil Kelly. Cloie beggan quaagh er lhiam, agh cliaghtey mie.
Cre heeilys oo?:
aegan = slender youth; arrys = regret; bran = blackness of soul, sorrow; baillish = he would wish; gilley = brighter whiter; jeor = limit; joarey = boundary, joaree = foreigner, joareeagh = banish; lann = enclosure, habitation, lannoon = twins; lhiann = adhere to, lhiannan = mistress, lover;
varrysâshall kill, will kill.
Regarding âGame of Thronesâ I searched ânames of Thronesâ in Manx Gaelic in the tlReader by Phil Kelly. A pastime that is a little odd I suppose, but good practice.
What do you think?:
aegan = slender youth; arrys = regret; bran = blackness of soul, sorrow; baillish = he would wish; gilley = brighter, whiter; jeor = limit; joarey = boundary, joaree = foreigner, joareeagh = banish; lann = enclosure, habitation, lannoon = twins; lhiann = adhere to, lhiannan = mistress, lover;
varrysâshall kill, will kill.
I can say only 1 sentence of the first lesson so sorry, not writing in Manx, but in the context of quote above ⌠@aran why not open Slack WSP for practicing other languages too, if not them all then at least for Celtic languages? This idea ripes in me for a while already and I just grabbed the opportunity to mention it here just right now. What do you think?
On the topic! I like these practice topics and it could be of other languages also. For now Iâm not too skilled in any of them to participate but Iâd love to in the future.
Best wishes!
Tatjana 
I donât speak Manx, but I wanted to ask if youâd mind, @Watles84, if I stole this idea for a Cornish version of this thread?
@tatjana That is such a good idea! Please, @aran, can we have a Celtic Languages practice Slack so we can all practice some Manx and Cornish and so on?
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Iâve actually got the idea that weâd use the same Slack network just having Celtic own channel or maybe each language could have its own channel but WSP would be renamed to just SP (Speaking practice) or maybe SPC (Speaking Practice Community). Well, this is also one of ideas too.
I strongly believe this could be borrowed for having some practice in whatever language one learns. The more SSiLanguages comes out the more Speaking practice topics or even deviding âOther languagesâ to the General/Questions and Speaking Practice which wouldnât be restricted to any language but maybe the topics should be limited to only one for each desired language. One of such topics could be opened in Spanish part of the forum also.
Ideas, ideas âŚ
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I think thatâs a terrific idea - we probably want to get to more of a tipping point with our Welsh Speaking Practice one first (if itâs too quiet at first, people often lose heart, so weâd want to be ready to do quite a lot to promote it) - but I think weâll definitely get there in the not-too-distant futureâŚ
Yeah no worries, I got the idea from the Welsh thread! 
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Might I suggest that us Manx learners all join Amikumu and talk to each other on that? I donât believe the app existed when yaâll were having this conversation, but it does now and the last I checked I am the only person on the planet using that app for Manx. Please join me! itâs lonely with no one else! ^/^
I joined Amikumu, but I saw the same thing.
I would love to get in touch with more Manx speakers! I didnât see a Slack channel, so I went ahead and made one for those that are interested. Here is the link to join:
https://join.slack.com/t/gaelg/shared_invite/enQtOTQ3ODIyMzQ1NDI2LWU4YThhNDdkNTllNWFmMzViZDBlY2NjOTI3NjU5N2RiNGEzYTRiOTA2MjFjMGM0NTc2ODNlNzcwYTlhMWE3NjY
To the admins of this forum, Iâd be more than happy to make you admins on the channel.
Hope to see some speakers there. So much to learn!
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