Galk (Lytnish Gaelic)

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This conlang is a Celtic language based on Scottish Gaelic (Gàidhlig) and it is being created to seem like it is spoken in a place where also Lytnish is spoken.

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Nouns and articles

Nouns and their articles do only change in number, not in case.

a feskar, (on) feskar - the evening, (an) evening

The plural is made with "-n" or "-en" after b, d, f, k, m, n, p, s and t.
The noun endings "-g" or "-eg" change to "-jen" in the plural.
The ending "-a" changes to "-ajn".

(na) feskarn - evenings

Furthermore, there are some irregular nouns:
éa (horse) > aj (horses)
ku (dog) > køn (dogs)
dyn (person) > dýn (persons)
long (ship) > lyng (ships)
kat (cat) > kæt (cats)
smal (dust) > smil (dustclouds)
...

The singular definite article is "a" and the plural one is "na".

Lenition takes places, when a definite article stands before a feminin noun.
b, m > v
f, s > h (replaced by apostrophe before consonant)
p > f

The indefinite article is "on".

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Verbs

There are three types of finite verb forms:
- independent (used in positive statements)
- dependent (used for negations and questions)
- relative (used in relative clauses)

Present active:

The independent present is made with the ending "-a".

ól (to drink) > óla (drinks)

The dependent present is made with "-l" or "-el" after b, d, f, k, m, n, p, s and t.

an óll? - drinks?
kan óll - doesn't drink
na h-óll? - doesn't drink?

Past active:

The independent past is made with the ending "-av".

ólav - drank

The dependent past is made with "-ar".

an ólar? - drank?
kan ólar - didn't drink
na h-ólar? - didn't drink?

Future active:

The future is made with the ending "-oj".

óloj - will drink
an óloj? - will drink?
kan óloj - won't drink
na h-óloj? - won't drink?

The relative future is made with "-ojs".

ólojs - (that) will drink

Conditional active:

The conditional form for 2. and 3. person is made with the ending "-g" or "-eg" after b, d, f, k, m, n, p, t and v.

ólg - would drink
an ólg? - would drink?
kan ólg - wouldn't drink
na h-ólg? - wouldn't drink?

The conditional form for the 1. person singular is made with the ending "-n" or "-en" after b, d, f, k, m, n, p, s and t.

óln - I would drink
an óln? - would I drink?
kan óln - I wouldn't drink
na h-óln? - wouldn't I drink?

The conditional form for the 1. person plural is made with the ending "-mes".

ólmes - we would drink
an ólmes? - would we drink?
kan ólmes - we wouldn't drink
na h-ólmes? - wouldn't we drink?