he Grammar

(Such as it is so far)

erbs

Inter Celtic or Celltiecc uses an uninflected verbal system. This means that the verb needs helping words. The infinitive of the verb is used with the verb to be, in the apropriate tense, along with the preposition 'err', which means 'at' or 'on'.

So, to say I go you would say in Celltiecc:

Ois mi err immind.

'Ois' is the verb 'to be' in the present tense.

'mi' is the pronoun I.

'err' is the preposition at or, on

And, 'immind' is the verb to go.

The literal translation is:

'I am at going'

The pronoun follows immediately after the verb to be.

This is the usual sentence construction for all verbs in the present tense. Notice that the verb 'to be' comes first in the sentence. this is a common construction in the Celtic languages.

Where the verb 'to be' is the only verb, the sentence structure is similar.

Ois mi dunn. = I am a man

Ois benn err yn dors. = There is a woman at the door. (ois can take on the meaning of 'there is')

The past tense of the verb to be is 'viys'. So, the past tense of our original sentence would be:

Viys mi err immind. = I went or I was going

Only the verb to be has to be changed.

Bid mi err immind. = I will go, I will be going.

Bidyn mi err immind. = I would go, I would be going.

o far in the developement of Inter Celtic, only the verb to be has different forms. That may change as a need is seen and, time goes on.

o show the negative we use a particle 'nigh' this is placed before the verb to be. It also affixes an 'h' to the following word if that word begins with a vowel like 'Ois'

Nigh hois mi err immind.

Nigh viys mi err immind.

Nigh bid mi err immind.

Nigh bidyn mi err immind.

o show the interogative another particle is used: 'A'. Like 'nigh' it is placed before the verb to be. It affixes an 'r' to following words which, begin with a vowel. So.

A rois mi err immind?

A viys mi err immind?

A bid mi err immind?

A bidyn mi err immind?

o show the negative interogative use both particles.

Nigh ha rois mi err immind?

Notice here that 'Nigh affixed an 'H' to the interogative particle 'a'.

ouns

Nouns in Inter Celtic have no gender. They have extremely simplified cases.

The plural of nouns is always done in the same way; add the suffix '-iuvv" to the noun. This does not change the stress of the word. It remains on the sme syllable of the root word.

acoin = complaint -acoiniuvv complaints

apasdyl = apostle -apasdyliuvv apostles

auinn = river -auinniuvv rivers

benn = woman -benniuvv women

diaul = devil -diauliuvv devils

he Genitive of nouns is shown by juxtaposition. There is no actual genitive case in Celltiecc. The word that is in the genitive is mutated where possible.

***The system of mutations has been simplified in Celltiecc. I have chosen to represent the mutations using the Irish system for eclipsis. Solely because the spelling for Celltiecc gives it an abundant Brythonic flavor, and I feel this balances it out in a small way.

b becomes mb

c becomes gc

g becomes chg ( remember that 'ch' is a single letter)

m becomes vm

p becomes bp

t becomes dt

This is not as impossible as it seems. The second letter is simply ignored and, not pronounced at all.***

Dors dti = a door of a house

acoin aba = an abbot's complaint

Lavyrt dunn =a man's language

But;

Dors yn dti = The door of the house.

Acoin yn aba = The complaint of the abbot.

Lavyrt yn dunn = The complaint of the man.

Notice that the first 'The' is left off and only the second is used.

ronouns

mi, I, me

ti, you, (informal)

e, he, him

i, she her, also it.

muijj, we, us

siv you, plural (and formal)

aid, they, them

osessive pronouns

my, my

dy, your

egh, his (In this case it then mutates the noun it owns)

egh, her (no mutatiom)

In the case of the plural posessive pronouns a suffix is also added to the noun. (As an example I'll use 'dunn' - man)

enn dunn-negh

ecc dunnsegh

egh dunnsyn (this suffix differentiates from the other two egh's)

Plural nouns would be:

enn dunniuvvnegh

ecc dunniuvvsegh

egh dunniuvvsyn

repositional Pronouns

Prepositional pronouns , for those of you who are not familiar with the Celtic languages, are a sort of cojugated preposition. They are very common in all the extant Celtic languages. In Inter Celtic, however, there is a very regular system for forming them. Once you know how to form one , you know how to form all of them, once you know the preposition.

Simply add these endings to the preposition.

(i)mm =me

(i)tt =you

e = he

(h)i = she, it

(i)jj = we

(i)vv = you pl. and formal

(i)d = they

Here are two prepositional pronouns completely cojugated so you can see how this works.

ganimm = with me......... ganijj with us

ganitt = with you ........................ganivv =with you pl. and formal

gane = with him

gani = with her, with it..................... ganid with them.

damm = to me, for me

datt = to you, for you

dae = to him, for him

dahi = to her, for her, to it, for it

dajj = to us, for us

davv = to you, for you formal and pl.

dad = to them, for them