Brezhoneg Daoù/Lesson 5

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Lesson 5: Questions / Kentel Pemp : Goulennoù Here are the main ways of asking a question. (br) (en) IPA notation Piv ? Who? ['piu] Pe ? What? [pe] Pet ? How many? [pet] Pelec'h ? Where? (lit . What place?) [pe'lex] Petra ? What? (lit. What thing?) [pe'trɑ] Pegoulz ? When? (lit. What period?) [pe'guls] Penaos ? How? (lit. What shape? [pe'no:s] Perak ? Why? (lit. What cause?) [pe'rak] Pegement ? How much? (lit. What quantity?) [pe'gemɛ̃nt]

What: Pe, Petra You will notice there are two ways of saying "what" in Breton: pe and petra. They're all translated as "what" or "which" in English, but are they are put together with different words. Pe only goes with a noun: Pe gador ? Which/What chair? Petra' only goes with verbs: Petra emaoc'h o'ch ober ? What are you doing? Some questions Petra eo hemañ ? What is this? Petra eo hennezh ? What is that? Pe anv oc'h ? What is your name? (lit. What name are you?) Pe hini ? Which one?

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