Lesson 4/Kentel Pevar
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This uses vocabulary from both Brezhoneg Unan and Daou
- (Yann is speaking to his mum, Soazig.)
- Yann : Mintin vat, Mamm, mat ar jeu ?
- Soazig : Demat dit Yann, laouen on, trugarez vras, ha ganit ?
- Yann : Mat-kenañ, trugarez dit Mamm.
- Soazig : Lavar din 'ta, petra hoc'h eus graet a-hed ar sizhun ? N'em eus ket gwelet ac'hanout a-hed ar sizhun!
- Yann : Desket em eus brezhoneg, dreist eo !
- Soazig : Mat a-walc'h... O, me zo bet er stal hiziv ha gwelet em eus Laouena, matezh ar c'hafe...
- Yann : Splann, petra he deus lavaret ?
- Soazig : Hi az kwelas er c'hafe, te a lavaras dezhi e oas o teskiñ brezhoneg.
- Yann : Ya, hi zo o teskiñ brezhoneg ivez !
- Soazig : Neuze, me 'm eus kavet labour, en un iliz.
- Yann : Se zo mat-tre.
- Soazig : O, me zo o vont d'al labour bremañ... Kenavo dit, mab!
- Yann : Chañs vat dit, Mamm, kenavo!
Poelladenn (Exercise)
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Write down this dialogue, without looking at the answers below, and translate it; try to do it from memory.
- Extra vocabulary
- sizhun week • -tre or -kenañ very • tra thing • labour work/job • kavout → kavet to find → found • neuze so
- Yann : Mintin vat, Mamm, mat ar jeu ?
- (Literally: "Morning good, Mother, good the game?") Good morning, Mother, how ar you?
- Soazig : Demat dit Yann, laouen on, trugarez vras, ha ganit ?
- ("Day good to you, Yann, happy I am, thank big, and with you?") Hello Yann, I'm fine, thanks, and you?
- Yann : Mat-kenañ, trugarez dit Mamm.
- ("Good very, thank to you Mother") In good health, thanks Mother.
- Soazig : Lavar din 'ta, petra hoc'h eus graet a-hed ar sizhun ? N'em eus ket gwelet ac'hanout a-hed ar sizhun!
- ("Tell to me so, what have you (pl.) done all along the week? I haven't seen of you (sg.) all along the week!") Tell me, I say, what have you done all week long? I haven't seen you all week long!
- Yann : Desket em eus brezhoneg, dreist eo !
- ("Learnt I have Breton, beyond it is!") I've kearnt Breton, it's brilliant!
- Soazig : Mat a-walc'h... O, me zo bet er stal hiziv ha gwelet em eus Laouena, matezh ar c'hafe...
- ("Good enough... O, I've been in the shop today and seen I've Laouena, servant ar pub") Okay... O, I went to the shop today and saw Lowena, the barmaid...
- Yann : Splann, petra he deus lavaret ?
- ("Splendid, what has she said?") Excellent, what did she say?
- Soazig : Hi az kwelas er c'hafe, te a lavaras dezhi e oas o teskiñ brezhoneg.
- ("She you saw in the pub ,you said to her you were learning Breton") She saw you in the pub, you told her you were learning Breton.
- Yann : Ya, hi zo o teskiñ brezhoneg ivez !
- ("Yes, she is learning Breton too!") Yes, she is learning Breton too!
- Soazig : Neuze, me 'm eus kavet labour, en un iliz.
- ("So, I've found work, in a church") So, I've found a job, in a church.
- Yann : Se zo mat-tre.
- ("That is good-very") That is very good.
- Soazig : O, me zo o vont d'al labour bremañ... Kenavo dit, mab!
- ("O, I am going to the work now... Goodbye to you, son") Oh, I'm going to work now... Good bye, son!
- Yann : Chañs vat dit, Mamm, kenavo!
- ("Luck good to you, Mother, goodbye") Good luck, Mother, goodbye!
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