Brezhoneg Unan/Lesson 3

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Sentence structure
English is an adjective-noun language, which means that the adjective (describing word) comes before the noun (described word), and the noun comes before the verb (action). For instance: Breton on the other hand is a noun-adjective language, which means that the noun comes before the adjective.

Articles
The indefinite articles follow the same rule as the definite ones. The Breton preposition e "in" is contracted with the definite article (al, an, ar) to give:
 * Definite articles
 * al [al] before words beginning with "l": al labour "the work", al levr "the book", al liamm "the link", al louarn "the fox", al lur "the pound".
 * an [ãn] before "n", "d", "t", "h" and vowels: an nadoz "the needle", an dervenn "the oak", an tevenn "the cliff", an heol "the sun", an oabl "the sky".
 * ar [ar] before other letters: ar bara "the bread", ar c'harr "the car", ar mor "the sea", ar sae "the dress", ar yar "the hen".
 * Indefinite articles
 * ul ['œl] before "l": ul lenn "a lake".
 * un ['œn] before "n", "d", "t", "h" and vowels: un daol "a table", un erer "un eagle".
 * ur ['œr] before other letters: ur falc'h "a scythe".
 * Combination
 * el before "l": el liorzh "in the garden".
 * en before "n", "d", "t", "h" and vowels: en ti "in the house".
 * er before other letters: er straed "in the street".

Exercises
Write the following sentences with the correct grammar. → Go to  the answers page
 * The mayor is big. [Words : a ?  ("the"), zo ("is"), maer ("mayor"), bras ("big")]
 * The new town hall is beautiful. [Words : a ?  ("the"), zo ("is"), ti-kêr ("town hall"), brav ("beautiful") , nevez ("new")]
 * The big mayor went into the town hall, and thereafter to the old market. [Words : a ?  ("the"), da ("to"), tre e_ ("into"), goude-se ("after that, thereafter"), kozh ("old"), maer ("mayor"), bras ("big"), ti-kêr (town hall), a yeas ("went"), marc'had ("market"), ha ("and")]
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