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Kentel nav
Petra zo ganit ? Piv zo
ganit ? Zo / Emañ / Ez eus ... ganin
== Lesson 9 == There is/are/not Have (be
with)
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Y1. Gant
The preposition 'with', as is the case for most
prepositions, has personal forms. Both
ganin and ganeoc'h have been seen in the first lesson.
Here is the complete list :
- Ganin, ganit, gantañ,
ganti in the singular ;
- ganimp (or ganeomp), ganeoc'h
,ganto in the plural.
Y2. Be with - have ez eus /
emañ / zo.
'Be with', often 'have' in English, is expressed by the
various forms of the verb bezañ
and those of the preposition gant
:
- Petra zo ganit ?
- N'emañ ket ar c'harr
ganin
- N'eus karr ebet ganin
( What do you have? (What is with
you?) I don't have a car. (There isn't any car with me.
There is no car with me.))
Y3. Imperative
Ro and tañva are verb stems and imperative forms of
reiñ and tañva
Y4. Agreement of numbers.
Pet and numbers are followed by
singular nouns:
- -Pet vi zo ? Daou vi
- -Pet levr zo ? Tri
levr
Y5. Kalz
Kalz is followed by a
plural, or an uncount noun (as in English).
- Kalz vioù
- kalz traoù
- kalz labour
- kalz boued
Y6. The suffix -ad
The suffix -ad expresses the
contents, a little like -'ful' in English, but is much more
widely used in Breton :
- Un tiad
- ur sac'had
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