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Breton/Level 1/Lesson 1/Saludiñ/Quiz
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Order the Breton sentence by entering the sequence numbers :
1 = first,
2 = second,
etc.
X = Does not belong to the sentence
Start with this example
{ Good day to you.
|type="{}"}
Dit{ 2 _1 }
|| "Dit" = To thee (2nd singular)
Demat{ 1 _1 }
|| "Demat" = Deiz mat (Day good), the "z" is only pronounced in the north-west of Brittany.
<tr>Eo{ x|X _1 }
|| Does not belong to the sentence.
||
|| Demat dit !
|| = Day-good to thee.
Now go on with the quiz
{ Goodbye.
|type="{}"}
All{ 4|x|X _1 }
|| "All" = Other.
Ar wech{ 3|x|X _1 }
|| "Ar wech" = The time / The occasion.
|| Not to be confused with "Amzer" which corresponds to the english notions of weather and time/hour.
|| "Ar wech all" = The next time.
Ken{ 1 _1 }
|| "Ken" = Same/as.
|| But here "Ken" = Soon.
A vo{ 2 _1 }
|| "A vo" = Will be.
|| The future tense is described in Level 4, Lesson 4.
||
|| Two forms are commonly used :
|| Kenavo !
|| Ken a vo ar wech all !
{ I must go now.
|type="{}"}
Ret{ 1 _1 }
|| "Red" or "Ret" = Necessity
A zo{ x|X _1 }
|| Does not belong to the sentence.
Bremañ{ 5 _1 }
|| "Bremañ = Now.
Din{ 3 _1 }
|| "Din" = To me.
|| The preposition "Da" (= To / Toward) varies according to the person (Din = To me, Dit = to thee, etc.).
|| Prepositions are treated in Level 2, Lesson 6
Eo{ 2 _1 }
|| "Eo" = Is.
|| The present tense of the verb "to be" is treated in Level 2, Lesson 3.
Mont{ 4 _1 }
|| "Mont" = To go.
||
|| Ret eo din mont bremañ !
|| Necessity is to me to go now ! = I must go now !
{ The weather is fine.
|type="{}"}
An{ 3 _1 }
|| "An" = The.
|| Articles are treated in Level 1, Lesson 3.
Brav{ 1 _1 }
|| "Brav" = Beautiful.
Mat tre{ x|X _1 }
|| Does not belong to the sentence
Amzer{ 4 _1 }
An{ 3 _1 }
|| "Amzer" = Time and Weather.
|| Here "Amzer" = Weather.
Eo{ 2 _1 }
|| "Eo" = Is.
|| The present tense of the verb "to be" is treated in Level 2, Lesson 3.
||
|| Brav eo an amzer !
|| Pronounced : Brao é n amzer
|| This is a common greeting, often used instead of "Demat" which was deprecated before the renewal of the Breton literature.
{ How are you ?
|type="{}"}
Ganit{ 4 _1 }
|| "Ganit" = With thee.
|| The preposition "Gant" (= With) varies according to the person (Ganin = With me, Ganit = With thee, etc.).
|| Prepositions are treated in Level 2, Lesson 6.
Emañ{ 2 _1 }
|| "Emañ" = Is.
|| The present tense of the verb "to be" is treated in Level 2, Lesson 3.
Ar bed{ 3 _1 }
|| "Ar bed" = The world.
Penaos{ 1 _1 }
|| "Penaos ?" = How ?
|| Questions are treated in Level 2, Lesson 5.
||
|| Penaos emañ ar bed ganit ?
|| How is the world with thee ? = How are you ?
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