Breton/Level 3/Lesson 3


Brezhoneg Tri/Lesson 3 - Identity edit

You will learn edit

  • How to say something is something
  • Adjectives
  • More nouns

Geriadur edit

An____-se

       This ___

An____-mañ

       That ___

Eo

       Is

Eo / Geo

       It is (Yes) / Yes, it is (to insist)

N'eo ket

       It isn't (No)


Nouns edit

Gwer

       Glass

Gwin

       Wine

Lousoù

       Plants

Lann

       Gorse

Hennezh

       That (one)

Hemañ

       This (one)

Re

       Some/ones

Ar re-se

       These

Ar re-mañ

       Those

Tra

       Thing

Prenn

       Wood

Ostaliri

       Hotel

Evaj

       Drink

Derv

       Oak

Pluenn

       Pen

Adjectives edit

Mat

      Good

Droug

      Bad

Klok

      Complete

Torret

      Broken

Du

      Black

Gwenn

      White

Naet

      Clean

Lous

      Dirty

Gleb

      Wet

Sec'h

      Dry

Gwan

      Weak

Kreñv

      Strong

Brezhoneg

      Breton

Saoznek (person) Saozneg (adjective)

      English

Kozh

      Old

Nevez

      New

Ledan

      Wide

Strizh

      Narrow

Leun (a)

      Full (of)

Goullo

      Empty

Skañv

      Light

Pouezhus

      Heavy

Uhel

      High

Izhel

      Low

Braz

      Big

Bihan

      Small


Eg. Gwin gwenn eo ar gwin-mañ.

 This wine is white wine

Goullo eo ar gwer ha gleb eo an daol. Ac'h, gwin daonet !

 The glass is empty and the table is wet. Bloody wine.


Ober/Exercises edit

Ex 1 edit

Write out the Breton words, section by section.

Have 2 columns, clearly separated, and write Breton and English. Then cover up one column (eg. English) with paper and write the corresponding words on the paper. Then try it the other way round, cover up the Breton, and write out the words using the English as cues. This will be a little bit more difficult.

Repeat all this after an interval, the more you do it the easier you will remember the words.

Ex 2 edit

Make up 10 sentences of your own using vocabulary you have learnt

Ex 3 edit

Now , this will be a little more difficult

Take the adjectives listed above, and put them down on paper

Now, Each one has an opposite. Now re write the positives beside them

Cover up the original list, and write the list in English as before.
eg.
bihan - small
goullo - empty


And again cover up the Breton, but write the English Opposite.
Eg.
small- big
empty - full

Now, Cover up the first English column, and write the Breton for the 2nd English.

big - braz
full - leun

Cover up the English and write the opposites again.

braz - bihan
leun - goullo

Then back to the beginning again

bihan - small
goullo - empty

Carry on doing this until you can do it with ease.

Again, you will learn these verbs really quite quickly while doing this.


You can also do this the same for nouns and verbs

mamm - mum - dad - tad - mamm

You can include as many words as you want.

ar vaouez vihann - the small woman - the big man - an den braz - ar vaouez vihann

You can do practically anything with this.