Lesson 17 - Describing people

Body parts
Folt – Hair
Sooill – Eye
Sooillyn – Eyes
Stroin – Nose
Beeal – Mouth
Faasaag – Beard
Cleaysh – Ear
Cleashyn – Ears
Laue – Hand
Laueyn – Hands
Mair - Finger
Mairyn – Fingers
Thoyn – Bottom
Cass – Foot
Cassyn –Feet

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She has long black hair
Ta folt liauyr eck – She has long hair

Ta folt liauyr doo eck – She has long black hair

Ta folt fynn eck – She has blond hair

Ta sooillyn dhone eck – She has brown eyes

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He has blue eyes
Ta sooillyn gorrym echey – He has blue eyes

Cha nel folt doo echey, ta folt fynn echey – He doesn’t have black hair he has blond hair

Ta stroin vooar echey as cleayshyn liaurey - He has a big nose and long ears

Shen quaagh – That’s strange

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Some points to remember
Eck = at her; echey = at him