Brezhoneg Daoù/Lesson 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.

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.