Breton/Introductory lessons/Breton Pronunciation

Introduction to BretonBreton Pronunciation Introduction: this is an introductory lesson. It should teach students how to pronounce Breton and how to write Breton. Near the end of this lecture, you will find a dictionary and place for global discussions. Universal keyboard This link allows to type all accentuated letters. Pronunciation Listen first ! Gerioù kentañ e Brezhoneg (First words in Breton) Image:E_Brezhoneg.ogg Some stories told by Breton native speakers Ar sakrist hag ar marc'hadour-lousoù (The sacristan and the herbs remedies seller) Roched un den eürus (the shirt of a happy man) Pronunciation rules The Breton alphabet A simplified notation of the International Phonetic Alphabet is used, accordingly to the one chosen in « Grammaire bretonne » from Roparz Hemon (Al Liamm - 1984). Breton pronunciationSimplified IPABreton spellingEnglish spelling Other [a]a (karr = car)a (car)[b]b (bara = bread)b (bold)[d]d (dor = door)d (door)[e]e (goude = after)e (red)[f]f (fur = wise)f (foot)[g]g (ger = word)g (gear)[h]h (hir = long)h (house)[i]i (listri = ships)i (engine)[j]y (yar = hen)y (yatagan)[k]k (kein = back)k (keel)[l]l (laer = thief)l (long)[l’]lh (dilhad = clothes)(none)ll (Spanish : llano)[m]m (mab = son)m (more)[n]n (naon = hunger)n (night)[n’]gn (pign = climb)Nonegn (French: gagne) [n~]n (sanket = sunk)ng (sing)[o]o (tost = close)o (pot)[o’]eu (nebeut = few)(none)eu (French: seul)[p]p (park = field)p (park)[r]r (rann = part)(none)r (French: rire)[s]s (samm = load)s (son)[s’]ch (chom = stay)sh (shark)[t]t (ti = house)t (tea)[u]ou (poull = pool)oo (pool)ou (French: tout)[u’]u (rust = rude)(none)u (French: cru)[v]v (voulouz = velours)v (victory)[w]w (gwan = weak)w (twin)[w’]u (mui = more)(none)u (French: nuit)[x]c’h (sac’h = bag)(none)ch (German: Nacht)[z]z (ezel = member)z (zone)[z’]j (nijal = to fly)s (pleasure)j (French: joli) [ã]añ (skañv = ill)(none)an (French: cran)[ẽ]eñ (kreñv = strong)(none)in (French: fin)[ĩ]iñ (biñs = bolt)(none)in (Portuguese: importância)[õ]oñ (skaoñ = bench)(none)on (French: mon)[õ’]euñ (bleuñv = flower)(none)un (French: brun)[ũ]ou (pounner = heavy)(none)um (Portuguese: comum)[ũ’]uñ (puñs = pit)(none)Image:Breton Pronunciation.ogg[ei]ei (Breizh Brittany)ey (Hey)eil (French: pareil)[ai]ai (a raio = will do)(none)ahi (French: trahi) Note : the letter “v” in final is pronounced “o” or “u” ; this may also be the case within a word. For instance: « war-sav » (stand up) is pronounced “war-sao” « levr » (book) is pronounced “leor”. Here write down your own explanation of the pronunciation if you feel it different from that one up: "gn" /n´/ as: ñ (Spanish: "español") Different spelling systems Peurunvan Skolveurieg Etrerannyezhel English translation GLAV GLAO GLAW rain PIV PIOU PIW who LEVR LEOR LEVR book UR EUR UR one EVIT EVID EWID for GANT GAND GAND with ANEZHI ANEZI ANEZHI to her OUZHPENN OUSPENN OUZHPENN more, on top of something BRAVAÑ BRAVA BRAVAÑ nicest ASANTIÑ ASANTI ASANTIÑ to accept PELEC’H PELEH PELEC’H where AR C’HI AR HI AR C’HI the dog BLOAVEZH BLOAVEZ BLOAWEZH year Basic dictionary br en karr car kar bara bread bara dor door dor goude after gude fur wise fu’r ger word ger hir long hir listri ships listri yar hen jar kein back kein laer thief laer dilhad clothes dil’ad mab son mab naon hunger naon unan one unan tiker HouseTown tiker |} deep