#sealbhach

[blondebrainpowered]

Geronimo of the Bedonkohe band of the Apache driving a motor car, 1905

Beside him is Edward Le Clair Sr., a Ponca Indian. Geronimo liked his vest, and it was gifted to him later that day. Geronimo was buried in that vest.

[ly0nstea]

Irish grammar spotlight/An spotsolas gramadach Gaeilge - pronouns/forainm

Me - Mé (May)

You(Sg.) - Tú (Too)

He/It - Sé (Shay)/É (ay)

She - Sí (She)/Í (ee)

We - Sinn(shin)/Muid (mwid)

You (Pl.) - Sibh (Shiv)

They (Sg./Pl.) - Siad (She-id)/Iad(ee-id)

Possessive forms/Cinéalacha Sealbhach

My - Mo (muh)

Your (Sg.) - do (duh)

His/Her/Its - A (Ah)

Our - Ár (our)

Your (Pl.) - Bhur (Vur)

Their (Sg./Pl.) - A (Ah)

[toinghaeilge]

Prepositional Pronouns 2: Possessive Pronouns

mo do a a ár bhur a

mo do a a ár bhur a

mo do a a ár bhur a

le mo le do lena lena lenár le bhur lena

dom do mo do do dá, á dá, á dár dá, á

de mo de do dá dá dár de bhur dá

ó mo ó do óna óna ónar ó bhur óna

ar mo ar do ar na, ar a arna, ar a arnár, ar ár ar bhur arna, ar a

i mo i do ina ina inár in bhur ina

faoi mo faoi do faoina faoina faoinár faoi bhur faoina

trí mo trí do trína trína trínár trí bhur trína

Note:

In Munster:

These: lem led óm ód dom dod im id fém féd srl.

Replace these: le mo le do ó mo ó do do mo do do i mo i do faoi mo faoi do srl.

e.g.: im leabhar instead of i mo leabhar

Further changes:

For dialects that pronounce bhur with a 'w' sound instead of the Munster 'v', bhur becomes nbhur, with the exception of in bhur as in is seen as an alternative for the urú.

Part 1: Prepositional Pronouns Masterpost

[fluereternelle]

Verlie received a little boat and a band of sailors from her family on the day she married Great Sealbhach and their kingdom merged with the Amor. She would travel from the Letucian lands of her husband, all the way down to her homeland with sacks of grain and trade for dried fish from her family. Much of it was used by the castle, as she insisted the staff be issued one a week each on top of their wages of grain. She would then trade excess fish for more grain at the market town that would millennia later become Lumiose. She made a small excess in her trading and her prizes remained hers even as much else over the thirty years of their lives ended up in the hands of Sealbhach.

Her little boat was her favourite place to be when she was given leave from the running of the kingdom, her hands rough from rope and her face red from salt wind. When she returned to him smelling of fish and the marketplace, the king would nod and divert the staff heat her a scented bath. A small and rare consideration from him.

[cerfdelavie]

@fluereternelle​ is about to meet a terrible fate

Unlike the other one, Louis recognizes the King the moment he sees his face. He’s....different. Very different, but the shape of his face, the eyes, everything-

He’s no longer the little boy he knew, or even the man that he’d become.

It’s him. It’s him it’s him it’s-

“Sealbhach Lutecia. Has it been so long that you don’t remember the faces of those who you have wronged?”

[cosmiicson]

[ @fluereternelle​ - from here - ✪ ]

Thing? Uxie asked their messiah, a little thrown off by the crass greeting. 

“Don’t worry, Uxie. He’s like that.” Brett sighed, “AZ, you can’t just say that. They’re the being of knowledge, Uxie. From the north lake Acuity.” 

The guardian smiled, This is why I like you, little starshine. They turned to AZ, AZ. The beginning and the end. King Sealbhach. So you yet live. How did being a scholar king work for you?

Brett sighed again, putting his face in a hand, “I’m... not even surprised.”

[toingaeilge]

Different Types of Possession

You may want to recap on this:

Masterpost: Prepositional Pronouns

To have vs. To own

If Cathal has a big hat:

Cathal has a big hat A big hat is at Cathal Tá hata mór ag Cathal

And if we specify that Cathal has ownership of his big hat, the copula is used:

The big hat belongs to Cathal The big hat is with Cathal Is le Cathal an hata mór

Relationships

Relationships follow the ownership preposition:

She is Cathal’s daughter

She is daughter with Cathal (Is) iníon le Cathal í

What family are you from? Who are you with? Cé leis thú?

Skills

Skills follow the preposition of ‘to have’:

She can play music Music is at her Tá ceol aici

Illnesses and Conditions

An illness or condition is usually ‘on’ someone, but some take other forms:

I am hungry Hunger is on me Tá ocras orm

I hate fish Fish is hatred with me Is fuath liom iasc

I hate fish I have hatred on fish: Hatred is at me on fish Tá an ghráin agam ar iasc

Certain emotions can take two prepositions:

I can’t help it I don’t have strength on it: The strength is not at me on it Níl neart agam air

Knowledge, Academic Knowledge and Recognition

Knowledge is presented by having it:

I know who he is The knowledge of who he is is at me Tá a fhios agam cé hé

Academic knowledge uses eolas and two prepositions:

I don’t know about literature I do not have knowledge on literature: The knowledge is not at me on literature. Níl eolas agam ar an litríocht

Recognition of a person follows the same form, but with aithne and two prepositions:

Do you know Seán? Is the recognition at you on Seán? An bhfuil aithne agat ar Sheán?

Of the Demonic Sort

This one is represented by being in someone:

They are possessed by evil spirits The evil spirits are inside them Tá na spioraid urchóideacha iontu

Try it

Translate these:

1. Do you have a cold? 2. Is that car yours? 3. She knew my cousin.

Hover below for answers

1. An bhfuil slaghdán ort? 2. An leatsa an carr sin? 3. Bhí aithne aici ar mo chol ceathar.

[3000yearmonarch-archived]

Anonymous asked: King Sealbhach passed Gervase without a word. He had his arms full of scrolls and was reading one off to the floette at his shoulder. It wasn’t uncommon for him to walk around as he worked and just as common for him to completely ignore his brother until he spoke. After all, he was busy. The advisor following him bowed politely to his highness, offering a warm wish for his health before he hurried to catch up.

Gervase didn’t have much choice, either physically or formally, but to move out of the way, pressing himself back against the wall of the hallway. Sharp eyes followed his brother’s movements, a bitter distaste creeping into his mouth as he did so.

“Good morning to you, too.” The words were spat quietly but gruffly, some cautious part of him hoping that the King wouldn’t hear. But a greater part wanted him to hear, wanted him to know just what he thought.

With the advisor, Gervase responded to his bow with a nod, returning the greeting in a tone that had a slightly less aggressive tone.

[sealbhach]

Health, Technology, and Education in Sealbhach

Technology is Sealbhach isn't very advanced, however; what they lack in machinery they make up in magic.

You won't find guns or automobiles in Sealbhach, but you will find flying carpets and enchanted strap-on wings to get you around, or crossbows with rapid fire enchantments. 

Enchanted books and catalog spells can replicate what a computer database can do if created by a powerful person.

Medical equipment is instead replaced with Alchemists and potions or Druids/Clerics/Priests and spells. Summoning creatures from the Ether with more knowledge of the human body (or diving powers) is a solution as well.

There are very few serious natural illness' left in the world that there is not a cure or a fix. Magic and potions has made it so that people live longer and healthier lives. (not all are necessarily able to afford it, but many in the artisan and scholar Castes have set up guilds and charities towards making cures more readily available for the non-wealthy)

However, that does not mean there is no illness in Sealbhach. Where naturally occurring illness and disease has be conquered, artificially created illness and disease has filled the gap. People who stray on the wrong side of the moral compass have created plagues and death with magic and potions. Biochemical war-fare is a very common tactic.

So while the common cold is not so common, hexed-sickness and bottled-bubonic plagues are.

Education is extremely varied in Sealbhach, for the sheer number of things one can learn. Mandatory education in basic matters (math, history, language, and culture) are required until the age of 16, where the citizen is then allowed to choose whether or not they wish to continue for another 2 years (with classes in math, history, language, culture, etiquette, and living skills) Most citizens choose to continue for the additional 2 years, unless they have a family business to join.

Higher education is obtained in many varied ways as well. There are universities to attend in nearly every subject and ability, apprenticeships to take on, Guilds to join, communities to learn from, or religious/cults to join. Expenses of education are determined on how powerful/how much knowledge you wish to gain in the subject or ability you are learning about.

[toinghaeilge]

The Possessive Adjective

Before Vowels

Before Consonants

Mine Yours His Hers Ours Yours(p) Theirs

Mo chara Do chara A chara A cara Ár gcara Bhur gcara A gcara

M'athair D'athair A athair A hathair Ár n-athair Bhur n-athair A n-athair

Possessive Prepositional Pronouns

[toinghaeilge]

Masterpost: Emphatic Forms

Emphatic form describes when emphasis is placed on the word. The equivalent in English would be stressing words: You are here.

Mé Tú/ thú Sé / é Sí / í Muid / sinn Sibh Siad / iad

mise tusa / thusa seisean / eisean sise / ise muidne / sinne sibhse siadsan / iadsan

The forms thú, é, í, iad, thusa, eisean, ise and iadsan take the object form (as opposed to the subject form). This means that they are not the subject or main actor in a sentence. You can read about this in depth in Tú vs. Thú.

Also, for fun, inn and ibh are archaic emphatic forms of sinn and sibh. Sinn is not just an archaic form and still used in Munster, but it's interesting to note that muid originated in Ulster. It's obvious that linn/linne are contractions of le and sinn/sinne.

Possession

Mo Do A A Ár Bhur A

Consonant Mo mhacsa Do chatsa A bheansan A fearse Ár dteachtne Bhur gcarrsa A mbósan

Vowel M'athairse D'airdse A aghaidhsean A háilleachtsa Ár n-eiteogna Bhur n-oifigse A n-uaighsean

Note: féin, meaning "self", can also be used for emphasis. However, it cannot follow immediately after emphatic pronouns. Instead, they have to be written as mise mé féin — I myself.

Try it

Put emphasis on these:

1. Mo ghrá 2. Tá sé an-mhaith. 3. Bhí trí cheile orainn

Hover below for answers

1. Mo ghrá-sa 2. Tá seisean an-mhaith. 3. Bhí trína cheile orainn

[toinghaeilge]

Multiple People

When someone has something, it is, for example,

Tá airgead ag Pól.

However, when it comes to multiple people, it is

Tá airgead ag Pól agus ag Síle.

Which is to say, we can’t say the money is ‘at Pól and Síle’ as we do in English, we say ‘at Pól and at Síle’. One way of seeing it is as though the preposition is attached to the pronoun.

Likewise, this would apply to any preposition where we have people as a collective.

Rithfidh mé leatsa agus le Padraig amárach.

An exception would be if we can pluralise the object — Here, it is obvious that "in their sleeping" is plural:

Tá Seán agus Máire ina gcodladh.

Try it

Translate these:

1. They are sitting in the car. 2. She had ribbons and paint. 3. I bought food for the cat and the dog.

Hover below for answers

1. Tá siad ina suí sa charr. 2. Ribíní agus dáth aici. 3. Cheannaigh mé bia don chat agus don mhadra.

[toinghaeilge]

Different Types of Possession

You may want to recap on this:

Masterpost: Prepositional Pronouns

To have vs. To own

If Cathal has a big hat:

Cathal has a big hat A big hat is at Cathal Tá hata mór ag Cathal

And if we specify that Cathal has ownership of his big hat, the copula is used:

The big hat belongs to Cathal The big hat is with Cathal Is le Cathal an hata mór

Relationships

Relationships follow the ownership preposition:

She is Cathal’s daughter

She is daughter with Cathal (Is) iníon le Cathal í

What family are you from? Who are you with? Cé leis thú?

Skills

Skills follow the preposition of ‘to have’:

She can play music Music is at her Tá ceol aici

Illnesses and Conditions

An illness or condition is usually ‘on’ someone, but some take other forms:

I am hungry Hunger is on me Tá ocras orm

I hate fish Fish is hatred with me Is fuath liom iasc

I hate fish I have hatred on fish: Hatred is at me on fish Tá an ghráin agam ar iasc

Certain emotions can take two prepositions:

I can’t help it I don’t have strength on it: The strength is not at me on it Níl neart agam air

Knowledge, Academic Knowledge and Recognition

Knowledge is presented by having it:

I know who he is The knowledge of who he is is at me Tá a fhios agam cé hé

Academic knowledge uses eolas and two prepositions:

I don’t know about literature I do not have knowledge on literature: The knowledge is not at me on literature. Níl eolas agam ar an litríocht

Recognition of a person follows the same form, but with aithne and two prepositions:

Do you know Seán? Is the recognition at you on Seán? An bhfuil aithne agat ar Sheán?

Of the Demonic Sort

This one is represented by being in someone:

They are possessed by evil spirits The evil spirits are inside them Tá na spioraid urchóideacha iontu

Try it

Translate these:

1. Do you have a cold? 2. Is that car yours? 3. She knew my cousin.

Hover below for answers

1. An bhfuil slaghdán ort? 2. An leatsa an carr sin? 3. Bhí aithne aici ar mo chol ceathar.

[toinghaeilge]

Whom’st’ves 5: Ownership

Following from Whom’st’ves 4, we can of course say a person has something by using ag — an bhean a bhfuil an cat aici. However, when we are actually expressing ownership:

The man whose wife is happy An fear a bhfuil a bhean sásta

Of course, apply the appropriate rules for possessives. Once again, as in Whom’st’ves 4, notice that the verb takes urú instead of séimhiu.

Try it

This Try It will be more of a test on the rules for possessives, given how little has changed from Whom’st’ves 4. As usual, translate these:

1. The woman whose son is sick. 2. The people whose child won a prize.

Hover below for answers

1. An bhean a bhfuil a mac tinn. 2. Na daoine ar bhuaigh a bpáiste duais.

[toingaeilge]

Whom’st’ves 5: Ownership

Following from Whom’st’ves 4, we can of course say a person has something by using ag — an bhean a bhfuil an cat aici. However, when we are actually expressing ownership:

The man whose wife is happy An fear a bhfuil a bhean sásta

Of course, apply the appropriate rules for possessives. Once again, as in Whom’st’ves 4, notice that the verb takes urú instead of séimhiu.

Try it

This Try It will be more of a test on the rules for possessives, given how little has changed from Whom’st’ves 4. As usual, translate these:

1. The woman whose son is sick. 2. The people whose child won a prize.

Hover below for answers

1. An bhean a bhfuil a mac tinn. 2. Na daoine ar bhuaigh a bpáiste duais.

[toinghaeilge]

What Has Pól Done?

You'll need to reference this post:

Forming Verbal Adjectives

Here we know that Pól is in possession of the money

Tá an t-airgead ag Pól

Expanding on the form for possession, we can say what Pól has done to the money:

Tá an t-airgead ite ag Pól Tá an t-airgead caillte ag Pól

Ignoring the fact that Pól isn’t exactly the smartest man in the world, we have expressed that he has eaten or lost the money.

Try it

Translate this:

1. She was eating a full breakfast

Hover below for answers

1. Bhí bricfeasta iomlán ite aici