Manx word

cre

what

pronoun

cre means “what” in Manx and is used as a pronoun.

Mutation forms

Q. Cre t’ou toiggal liorish yn Chargys? A. Trostey ’sy niarragh car da-eed laa roish y chaisht.

Q. What do you mean by Lent? A. The spring fast of forty Days before Easter.

Ren ee briaght jeh cre'n aght va y voir echey.

She asked him how his mother was.

Cre'n laa jeh'n çhiaghtin t'eh?

What day of the week is it?

Cre yiow jeh'n chayt agh y crackan echey?

What will you get from the cat but its skin?

Cre'n çheu ta'n thalloo ayn?

How does the land bear?

Communication

c'raad

where

c'red

what

cre'n

which

she

kys

how

you

quoi

who?

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