Future Tense in Manx

How to conjugate regular verbs in Manx

What is the future tense?

The future tense or emshyr ry heet as it is known in Manx, is used to speak about future events or plans.

It is formed adding endings to the root of the verb and actually resembles the present/future tenses found in Irish or Scottish Gaelic despite being used only for the future tense.

Loayrym rish my vayrey.

I will speak to my mother.

Hig eh dys y fartee.

He will come to the party.

  1. Take the root of the verb (note that this is the command form of the verb, not the verbal noun we find in the present tense).

  2. Add the ending -ym and -mayd for the first person singular and plural.

  3. For all other persons, add -ee plus the pronoun.

So … what changes do we make?

caill (cayll) - to lose

caillym

caillmayd

caillee oo / eh / ee / shiu / ad

More examples:

loayr → Loayrym rish my chaarjyn mairagh (I will speak to my friends tomorrow)

roie → Roiee Juan moor-hooyl (Juan will run a marathon)

lhaih → Lhaihee oo yn pabyr naight (You will read the newspaper)

screeu → Screeumayd screeuyn da. (We will write him a letter)