How to use demonstrative pronouns in Breton

How to use demonstrative pronouns in Breton

You want to learn how to use demonstrative pronouns in Breton? You've come to the right place! Scroll down and see the short Breton lessons complete with useful examples. This house, that house... we make learning Breton demonstrative pronouns easy for you.

Breton demonstrative pronouns : this

Demonstrative pronouns are used with nouns to make them more specific. A unique feature of Breton is that, unlike English, the demonstrative pronoun comes after the noun. The English demonstrative pronoun 'this' is '-mañ' in Breton.

Examples

ar marc'h-mañ
this horse
ar plac'h-mañ
this girl
al levr-mañ
this book
an daol-mañ
this table
an den-mañ
this man
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Breton is a celtic language related to Welsh, Irish, Cornish and Gaelic. If you are planning on doing some travelling, learning Breton would be a great way to make the most of your trip.

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Basic words and phrases in Breton

Learn to get by in Breton with these useful words and phrases. The phrases below will help you to greet people in Breton, introduce yourself in Breton and even hold a conversation in Breton after you have met someone.

Nozvezh vat deoc'h !
Have a nice evening !
Devezh mat deoc'h !
Have a nice day !
Dilost-sizhun mat deoc'h !
Have a nice weekend !
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Devezh mat!
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Step 6 : Breton demonstrative pronouns

Demonstrative pronouns are used to refer to specific objects and their locations. In English, this would be the words this and these to refer to objects which are near and that and those to refer to objects which are further away. Using the nouns levr, kador and dor (book, chair, door) which you learned in Step 3, learn to use the demonstrative pronouns with each of these nouns (this book, that chair, these doors). You can scroll to the top of this page to see a short lesson about Breton demonstrative pronouns including useful examples. After you've learned to use the Breton demonstrative pronouns with the nouns levr, kador and dor and the plural nouns levrioù, kadorioù and dorioù you can move on to Step 7 (Breton adjectives).

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