# Brezhoneg Daoù/Lesson 1

Kentel 1: Verbs
This Lesson contains a few common verbs you will need to know for a conversation.
Vocabulary / Geriagoueg
Note : The examples use different tenses (present, imperative, past, ...). These tenses are explained later on ... so, don't worry!
BrezhonegEnglishExample
Mont (or monet in Gwenedeg)
To go
Ret eo din mont da Gemper I must go to Kemper
Bout' or Bezañ
To be
Laouen on I am happy
Anavezout
To know
Bro-Saoz a anavezan mat I know well England
Gouzout
To know
Me a oar mat brezhoneg I know well Breton
Deskiñ
To learn
Deskit brezhoneg ! Learn Breton!
Kregiñ
To start
Kroget em eus da zeskiñ brezhoneg I have started to learn Breton
Echuiñ
To end
Echuet eo va labour ganin I have finished my work
Debriñ
To eat
Un aval a zebran I eat an apple
Evañ
To drink
Kafe a evomp We drink coffee
Ober
To do / To make
Trouz a rejont e-pad an noz They made noise all along the night
Dont (or Donet in Gwenedeg)
To come
Deus buan ! Come quick!
C'hoari
To play
Deus da c'hoari ganin ! Come and play with me!
Karout
To love
Karet out ganin I love you
Kaozeal
To speak
Gant piv e c'hellin kaozeal a-zivout ar gavadenn-se? With whom will I be able to speak about this finding?
Lavarout or Lavaret
To say
Ha me a lavar hag a lavaro... And I say and will say...
Skrivañ
To write
Ul lizher hir a skrivomp We write a long letter
Lenn
To read
Ul levr a lennit You read a book
Kazout
To hate
Ar big he deus kazet he neizh The magpie has started to hate her nest (from a person that will not come back home)
Mennout
To will
Mennout a rit staliañ anezho ? Do you want to install them?
Prederiañ
To think
Met pa brederian warno ur wech an amzer... But when I think of them from times to times...
Genel
To beget
Me zo bet ganet e-kreiz ar mor... I was born in the middle of the sea... (excerpt of a poem)
Gwelout or Gwelet
To see
Plijet on o welout ac'hanout I am glad to see you
Sellout
To look
Sell 'ta piv ! Look now who's coming!
Mervel
To die
Ret eo d'an holl mervel teir gwech... All must die three times... (excerpt from a song in Barzhaz Breizh)
Komz
To speak / To chat
Komzit brezhoneg d'ho pugale ! Speak Breton to your children!
Labourat
To work
Bevomp ha labouromp e Kreiz-Breizh ! Let's live and work in Central Brittany!
Gwerzhañ
To sell
Gwerzhet em eus ma c'harr I have sold my car
Kemer
To take
Kemerit ho amzer! Take your time!
Degemer
To receive
Dec'h hor boa degemeret ho koulenn We received your request yesterday
'Kas
To send
Kasit ul lizher dezho ! Send a latter to them!
Exercises/Poelladennoù
As in the previous courses, do this exercise.
Ex 1
Write out the Breton words, section by section.
Have 2 columns, clearly separated, and write Breton and English. Then cover up one column (eg. English) with paper and write the corresponding words on the paper.
Then try it the other way round, cover up the Breton, and write out the words using the English as cues. This will be a little bit more difficult.
Repeat all this after an interval, the more you do it the easier you will remember the words.
Ex 2
Now, this will be a little more difficult.
Take the following verbs , and put them down on paper:
Skrivañ • Echuiñ • Karout • Kas • Sellout • Mervel • Kregiñ • Kemer • Mont • Dont
Now, Each one has an opposite. Now re-write the positives beside them.
Cover up the original list, and write the list in English as before.
e.g. Karout - Love Skrivañ - Write
And again cover up the Breton, but write the English Opposite.
e.g. Love- Hate • Write - Read
Now, cover up the first English column, and write the Breton for the 2nd English.
e.g. Hate - Kazout • Read - Lenn
Cover up the English and write the opposites again.
e.g. Kazout - Karout • Lenn - Skrivañ
Then back to the begginning again!
e.g. Karout - Love • Skrivañ - Write
Carry on doing this until you can do it with ease.
Again, you will learn these verbs really quite quickly while doing this.
But you can also use adjectives
Bras (big) • Bihan (small) • Bras etc.
And nouns
Mamm (mother) • Tad (father) • Mamm etc.
You can include as many words as you want.
Ar vaouez vihan (The small woman) • an den bras (the big person) • ar vaouez vras etc.
You can do practically anything with this.
If you want to, you can go back to Brezhoneg Unan and use this technique as a test to see if you remember them.
If you wish to, add more verbs to your list, and if you find a pair of verbs (e.g. Love/Hate) add them firstly to the complete list and then to the smaller list in Ex 2. :
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