Kentel 2 - Demat!
Version 1.1 (07-04-95) A. Cedelle
2.1 Diviz / Conversation
Demat deoc'h, itron Penneg
Demat deoc'h, aotrou Skouarneg
Mont a ra mat ganeoc'h?
Ya, mont a ra mat ganin. Ha ganeoc'h ?
Mat a-walc'h
2.2 Geriou / Vocabulary
Demat good day
deoc'h to you (polite plural)
itron madam
Aotrou mister
mont a ra : It goes (it does go)
mont a ra mat : It goes well. In the interrogative form: "Does it go well?"
ya yes
ganin with me
ganeoc'h with you
gant with
Ha , hag and
mat good/well
a-walc'h enough
2.3 Distagadur / Pronunciation
MAT : the a is long [ma:t]
The spelling of the final 't' turns to a 'd' before a vowel:
[ma:d-a-walc'h].
The rule is the same for 'mont' [mond-a-ra], although common
usage also tends to remove the 'd' : [mon-a-ra]
The stress is in the second last syllable for the word Aotrou, but
it is on the last syllable for demat, itron, a-walc'h, ganin, ganeoc'h...
2.4 Yezhadur / Grammar
mont a ra mat ganeoc'h
The verb "mont" (to go) is used here, with the auxiliary verb 'ober' (to do).
The subject indication is included in the auxiliary form (ra).
It's a common Breton form, the conjugation of the present tense is:
mont a ran I go ( = go i do ) mont a reomp we go
mont a rez you go mont a rit you go
mont a ra he/she/it goes mont a reont they go
mont a reer one goes
In Breton, the sentence emphasizes the first word. Here, the verb is
more important than the subject. There exist other forms where the subject
is used in first position.
The same sentence is used for interrogative form:
Mont a ra mat ? - mont a ra mat !
Ganeoc'h is built with the conjugation of the preposition Gant (with):
ganin with me ganimp or ganeomp with us
ganit with you ganeoc'h with you
gantan with him ganto or gante with them
ganti with her
The same thing happens with the preposition Da (to)
din (to me) dit (to you) dezhan (to him) dezhi (to her)
deoc'ch (to you, plural/polite)
2.5 Poelladennoł / Exercises
a- From the example of the preposition Gant, provide the forms for:
"to us" and "to them"
b- Using the verb 'komz' (to speak), conjugate the expression:
komz a ran brezhoneg (I speak breton)
c- Put the words in the correct order:
SOAZ : mat ra Anna a ganit mont ?
ANNA : ganin ra ya, mat a mont
Here are the solutions.
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