Everyone in Brittany also speaks French, and this is a much more useful language to have as a visitor, but if Celtic culture is your thing and you want to impress the locals, this phrasebook should be a handy source.
Pronunciation guide
[edit]Phrase list
[edit]Basics
[edit]- Hello.
- Demat dit.
- Hello. (informal)
- Brav eo an amzer.
- How are you?
- Penaos eo ar bed ganit ?
- Fine, thank you.
- Dreist, trugarez dit.
- What is your name?
- Pe anv ho peus ?
- My name is ______ .
- Va anv 'zo _____ .
- Nice to meet you.
- Plijus eo daremprediñ.
- Please.
- Mar plij.
- Thank you.
- Trugarez.
- You're welcome.
- Da netra.
- Yes.
- Ya
- No.
- Nann
- Excuse me. (getting attention)
- Digarezit ac'hanon.
- Excuse me. (begging pardon)
- Digarezit ac'hanon.
- I'm sorry.
- .
- Goodbye
- Kenavo ar wech all.
- Goodbye (informal)
- Kenavo
- I can't speak Breton [well].
- Brezhoneg ne gomzan ket [, nemet un tammig]
- Do you speak English?
- Komz a rit saozneg ?
- Is there someone here who speaks English?
- Tud 'zo amañ evit komz saozneg ?
- Help!
- D'am sikour !
- Look out!
- Sell 'ta !
- Good morning.
- Mintin vat.
- Good evening.
- Nozvezh vat.
- Good night.
- Noz vat.
- Good night (to sleep)
- Kouskit vat.
- I don't understand.
- Ne gomprenan ket.
- Where is the toilet?
- Pelec'h emaint ar privezioù ?
Problems
[edit]Numbers
[edit]- one
- unan
- two
- daou (male)/ div (female)
- three
- tri (male)/ teir (female)
- four
- pevar (male)/ peder (female)
- five
- pemp
- six
- c'hwec'h
- seven
- seizh
- eight
- eizh
- nine
- nav
- ten
- dek
- eleven
- unnek
- twelve
- daouzek
- thirteen
- trizek
- fourteen
- pevarzek
- fifteen
- pempzek
- sixteen
- c'hwezek
- seventeen
- seitek
- eighteen
- eitek/triwec'h
- nineteen
- naontek
- twenty
- ugent
- twenty-one
- unan warn-ugent
- twenty-two
- daou warn-ugent
- thirty
- tregont
... Daou ugent ... Hanter kant ... Tri ugent ... pevar ugent ...
- hundred
- kant
... Mil ...
Time
[edit]Clock time
[edit]Duration
[edit]Days
[edit]- Monday
- dilun/Lun
- Tuesday
- dimeurzh/Meurzh
- Wednesday
- dimerc'her/Merc'her
- Thursday
- diriaou/Yaou
- Friday
- digwener/Gwener
- Saturday
- disadorn/Sadorn
- Sunday
- disul/Sul
Months
[edit]- January
- Genver
- February
- C'hwevrer
- March
- Meurzh
- April
- Ebrel
- May
- Mae
- June
- Mezheven
- July
- Gouere
- August
- Eost
- September
- Gwengolo
- October
- Here
- November
- Du
- December
- Kerzu
Writing time and date
[edit]Colours
[edit]- white
- gwenn
- black
- du
- yellow
- melen
- red/pink
- ruz
- green (artificial)
- gwer
- green/blue (natural)
- glas
- silver
- arc'hant