Breton/Level 2/Lesson 1

__NOTOC__ __NOEDITSECTION__ {| cellpadding="10" cellspacing="5" style="width: 99%; background-color: inherit;color:inherit; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto" | style="background-color: #87e990;; border: 1px solid #777777; -moz-border-radius-topleft: 8px; -moz-border-radius-bottomleft: 8px; -moz-border-radius-topright: 8px; -moz-border-radius-bottomright: 8px;" colspan="2" | Kentel 1: Verbs This Lesson contains a few common verbs you will need to know for a conversation. Vocabulary / Geriadur Note : The examples use different tenses (present, imperative, past, ...). These tenses are explained later on ... so, don't worry ! BrezhonegEnglishExample mont, or monet To go Mont a ran da Gemper I go to Kemper bout or bezañ To beLaouen on I am happy Anavezout To know Bro Saoz az anavezan mat I know well England Gouzout To know Me oar mat Brezhoneg I know well Breton Deskiñ To learn Deskit Brezhoneg ! Learn Breton ! Kregiñ To start Kroget am eus da zeskiñ Brezhoneg I have started to learn Breton Echuiñ To end Echuet eo va labour ganin I have finished my work Debriñ To eat Un aval a zebran I eat an apple Evañ To drink Kafe a evomp We drink coffee Ober To do / To make Trouz a reont e-pad an noz They make noise during the night Dont or Donet To come Deus 'ta buan !Come quick ! C'hoari To play Deus da c'hoari ganin !Come and play with me ! Karout To love / To like Karet out ganin I love you Kaozeal To speak Gant piv e c'hellin kaozeal a-zivout ar gavadenn-se? With whom will I be able to speak about this finding ? Lavarout or Lavaret To say Ha me lavar hag a lavaro ... And I say and will say ... skrivañ To write Ul lizher hir a skrivomp We write a long letter Lenn To read Ul levr a lennit You read a book kazout To hate Ar big he deus kazet he neizh The magpie has started to hate her nest (from a person that will not come back home) Mennout To will Mennout a rit staliañ anezho ? Do you want to install them ? Prederiañ To think Met ma prederian warno ur wech an amzer ...But when I think of them from times to times ... Ganet Born Me zo bet ganet e-kreiz ar mor ...I was born in the middle of the sea ...(excerpt of a poem) Gwelout or Gwelet To see Plijet on o welout ac'hanout I am glad to see you Sellout To look Sell 'ta piv ! Look who's coming ! Mervel To die Ret eo d'an holl mervel teir gwech ... All must die three times ...(excerpt from a song in Barzhas Breizh) Komz To speak / To chat Komzit Brezhoneg d'ho pugale ! Speak Breton to your children ! Labourat To work Bevomp ha labouromp e Kreiz-Breizh ! Let's live and work in Center Brittany ! Gwerzhañ To sell Kemer To take Degemer To receive Kas| To send | |- |colspan="3"| |} Exercises/Poelladenn As in the previous courses, do this exercise: Ex 1 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 Now , this will be a little more difficult Take the following verbs and put them down on paper Skrivañ Echuiñ Karout Kas Sellout Mervel Kregiñ Kemer Mont Dont 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. Karout - LoveSkrivañ - Write And again cover up the Breton, but write the English Opposite. Eg.Love- HateWrite - ReadNow , Cover up the first English column, and write the Breton for the 2nd English.Hate - KazoutRead - Lenn Cover up the English and write the opposites again. Kazout - Karout Lenn - Skrivañ Then back to the beginning again Karout - LoveSkrivañ - WriteCarry on doing this until you can do it with ease. Again, you will learn these verbs really quite quickly while doing this. But you can also use Adjectives Bras - Big - Small - Bihan - Bras ect. And nouns Mamm - Mum - Dad - Tad - Mamm You can include as many words as you want. ar vaouez vihan - The small woman - the big man'' - an den bras - ar vaouez vihan''' You can do practically anything with this. If you want, you can go back to Level 1 And use this technique as a test to see if you remember them. If you wish, add more verbs to your list , and if you find a pair of verbs (eg.Love/Hate) Add them firstly to the complete list and then to the smaller list in Ex 2. deep