The purpose of this list is to give a rough idea of the Manx language. The words listed below are not the most common words, but a broad sampling of words. See the Word Lists page for more details.
| English | Manx |
| I | mee |
| you | oo |
| he | eh |
| we | shin |
| you (plural) | shiu |
| they | ad |
| this | yn … shoh |
| that | yn … shen, yn … shid |
| here | ayns shoh, aynshoh |
| there | ayns shen, ayns shid |
| who | quoi |
| what | cre, c'red |
| where | c'raad |
| when | cre'n traa, cuin |
| how | kys, kanys, cre'n aght |
| not | cha |
| all | ooilley |
| many | ram, mooarane |
| some | shiartanse, kuse |
| few | beggan |
| other | elley |
| one | unnane, nane, un |
| two | daa |
| three | tree |
| four | kiare |
| five | queig |
| big | mooar |
| long | foddey, liauyr |
| wide | lhean |
| thick | çhiu |
| heavy | trome |
| small | beg |
| short | giare |
| narrow | coon |
| thin | thanney |
| woman | ben |
| man (adult male) | fer, dooinney |
| man (human being) | dooinney |
| child (a youth) | lhiannoo, paitçhey |
| wife | ben, ben phoost, ben heshey |
| husband | dooinney, dooinney poost, sheshey, sheshey poost |
| mother | moir |
| father | ayr |
| animal | baagh, baaghtagh, bioagh, cretoor |
| fish | eeast |
| bird | ushag |
| dog | moddey |
| louse | meeyl |
| snake | aarnieu, ardnieu |
| worm | beishteig, beisht, dhiane |
| tree | billey |
| forest | keyll |
| stick (of wood) | maidjey |
| fruit | mess, troar |
| seed | sheel, rass |
| leaf | duillag |
| root | fraue |
| bark (of tree) | roost |
| flower | blaa |
| grass | faiyr |
| rope | tead |
| skin (of a person) | crackan |
| meat (as in flesh) | feill |
| blood | fuill |
| bone | craue |
| fat (noun) | sahll, blennick |
| egg | ooh |
| horn | eairk, corn |
| tail | famman, arbyl |
| feather (rather not down) | clooie, fedjag |
| hair | gruag, folt |
| head | kione |
| ear | cleaysh |
| eye | sooill |
| nose | stroin |
| mouth | beeal |
| tooth (rather not molar) | feeackle |
| tongue | çhengey |
| fingernail | ingin |
| foot | cass |
| leg | cass, lurgey |
| knee | glioon |
| hand | laue |
| wing | skian |
| belly | bolg |
| guts | collane |
| neck | mwannal |
| back | dreeym |
| breast | keeagh |
| heart | cree |
| liver | aane |
| to drink | iu |
| to eat | ee |
| to bite | greimmey |
| to suck | soo, jiole |
| to spit | ceau shelley, tilgey shelley |
| to vomit | skeeah, skeay |
| to blow (as wind) | sheid |
| to breathe | tayrn ennal |
| to laugh | gearey |
| to see | faik |
| to hear | cluin, clasht |
| to know (a fact) | ta fys ec … |
| to think | smooinee |
| to smell (sense odor) | soaral |
| to fear | goaill aggle roish |
| to sleep | cadley |
| to live | bee bio, bee er mayrn |
| to die | geddyn baase |
| to kill | marr |
| to fight | caggey |
| to hunt (transitive) | shelg |
| to hit | bwoalley |
| to cut | giarrey |
| to split | scoltey, skeiltey |
| to stab (or stick) | seiy |
| to scratch (an itch) | screebey |
| to dig | cleigh, reurey |
| to swim | snaue |
| to fly | etlagh, ettyl |
| to walk | shooyl |
| to come | çheet, tar |
| to lie (as on one's side) | lhie |
| to sit | soie |
| to stand | shass |
| to turn (change direction) | cassey |
| to fall (as in drop) | tuitt |
| to give | toyr |
| to hold (in one's hand) | cum |
| to squeeze | çhionney, faastey, craishtey |
| to rub | rubbal |
| to wash | niee |
| to wipe | glenney, rubbal |
| to pull | tayrn |
| to push | broo |
| to throw | ceau, tilg |
| to tie | kiangley |
| to sew | whaaley, fuailley |
| to count | coontey |
| to say | abbyr |
| to sing | goaill arrane, kiaulley |
| to play | cloie |
| to float | snaue |
| to flow | stroo, sheeley, shiaulley, thooilley |
| to freeze | riojey |
| to swell | att |
| sun | grian |
| moon | eayst |
| star | rollage |
| water | ushtey |
| rain | fliaghey |
| river | awin |
| lake | logh |
| sea (as in ocean) | mooir, keayn, faarkey |
| salt | sollan |
| stone | clagh |
| sand | geinnagh |
| dust | joan |
| earth (as in soil) | thalloo |
| cloud | bodjal, niaul |
| fog | kay |
| sky | aer, speyr, niau |
| wind (as in breeze) | geay |
| snow | sniaghtey |
| ice | rio |
| smoke | jaagh |
| fire | aile, çhenney |
| ash | leoie |
| to burn (intransitive) | lostey |
| road | raad, bayr |
| mountain | slieau |
| red | ruy, jiarg |
| green | glass, eayney |
| yellow | buigh |
| white | bane, fynn |
| black | doo |
| night | oie |
| day (daytime) | laa |
| year | blein |
| warm (as in weather) | çheh |
| cold (as in weather) | feayr |
| full | lane |
| new | noa, oor |
| old | shenn |
| good | mie |
| bad | olk, drogh |
| rotten (as, a log) | loau, breinn |
| dirty | sollagh, broghe, breinnagh |
| straight | jeeragh |
| round | cruinn |
| sharp (as a knife) | geyre |
| dull (as a knife) | moal |
| smooth | meein, rea |
| wet | fliugh |
| dry (adjective) | çhirrym |
| right (correct) | kiart |
| near | faggys, er çheu, er gerrey |
| far | foddey |
| right (side) | jesh |
| left (side) | clee, toshtal |
| at | ec |
| in | ayns |
| with (accompanying) | lesh, marish |
| and | as |
| if | my, ga |
| because | er-yn-oyr |
| name | ennym |