Previously, I learnt that “Ta” and “Cha nel” precede statements confirming or negating the statement. Asking questions of people is stupidly easy as it uses a single word, “vel” as a predicate. This works for both positive and negative questions.
Positive questions seem to just replace “ta” with “vel”.
| mee | I | Vel mee gynsaghey? | Am I learning? | |
| oo | thou | Vel oo gynsaghey? | Are you learning? | Used when speaking to a single person for politeness |
| eh | he | Vel eh gynsaghey? | Is he learning? | |
| ee | she | Vel ee gynsaghey? | Is she learning? | |
| shin | we | Vel shin gynsaghey? | Are we learning? | |
| shiu | you | Vel shiu gynsaghey? | Are you learning? | Used to address more than one person. |
| ad | they | Vel ad gynsaghey? | Are they learning? |
Negative questions simple add “nagh”, or sometimes “ny”. I’m sticking to “nagh” for simplicity’s sake. The forms here feel contrived, but are basically “aren’t I?”, “aren’t you?”, etc.
| nagh vel mee | Am I not? | Nagh vel mee gynsaghey? | Am I not learning? | |
| nagh vel oo | Art thou not? | Nagh vel oo gynsaghey? | Aren’t you learning? | Used when speaking to a single person for politeness |
| nagh vel eh | Is he not? | Nagh vel eh gynsaghey? | Is he not learning? | |
| nagh vel ee | Is she not? | Nagh vel ee gynsaghey? | Is she not learning? | |
| nagh vel shin | Are we not? | Nagh vel shin gynsaghey? | Aren’t we learning? | |
| nagh vel shiu | Are you not? | Nagh vel shiu gynsaghey? | Aren’t you learning? | Used to address more than one person. |
| nagh vel ad | Are they not? | Nagh vel ad gynsaghey? | Aren’t they learning? |
So to use one of those forms in an actual sentence, we could use the famous quote from the 2000 Gladiator film:
Am I not merciful?
might be:
Nagh vel mee myghin er?
Taking the meaning of “merciful” as “myghin” according to the online dictionary developed by J. F. Craine at http://www.mannin.info/Mannin/fockleyr/e2m.php.
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