Do you speak Breton?
Would you like to be able to answer the question by saying….
Ya, un tammig hepken (yes, a little bit?)
Would you like to learn some simple Breton?
I’ll be publishing some simple Breton words and phrases here every Sunday.
Father – Tad
Mother – Mamm
Brother – Breur
Sister – C’hoar
Son – Mab
Daughter – Merc’h
Husband – Gwaz
Wife – Gwreg
Boy – Paotr
Girl – Dimezell
Man – Gwaz
Woman – Maouez
Marriage – Priedelezh
Neighbour – Amezeg
I have decided that, every Saturday, I shall publish some old photos of Brittany.
The photos published today come from the Life Magazine photo archive, the vast majority (97 percent) of which have never been seen by the public.
For more details on the Life Magazine photo archive, see the bottom of this page.
To see any of the photos full size, just click on them.
Do you speak Breton?
Would you like to be able to answer the question by saying….
Ya, un tammig hepken (yes, a little bit?)
Would you like to learn some simple Breton?
I’ll be publishing some simple Breton words and phrases here every Sunday.
Could you please speak more slowly? – Hui hellehè konz difoñnoh?
Could you write it down please? – Hui hellehè skriv en dra-sen, mar plij genoh?
I don’t know how to say that – Ouian ket penaos laret en dra-sen
I don’t know the right word – Ouian ket er gir mat
What did you say? – Petra ‘pes laret?
How do you say that in ……? – Penaos vè laret en dra-sen é…?
How do you write that? – Penaos vè skrivet en dra-sen?
How do you pronounce that? – Penaos vè distillet en dra-sen?
Can you translate this for me? – Hui hel troein en dra-sen dein?
Did I say that right? – Me ‘mes laret mat?
I have decided that, every Saturday, I shall publish some old photos of Brittany.
The photos published today come from the Life Magazine photo archive, the vast majority (97 percent) of which have never been seen by the public.
For more details on the Life Magazine photo archive, see the bottom of this page.
To see any of the photos full size, just click on them.
Every week I intend to publish some old Breton Proverbs that I have found on my travels.
It is my experience that the best Breton Proverbs are to be found hiding away in bars and as Breton Proverb Hunting is thirsty work that is where I shall concentrate my efforts!
Read more about… Breton Proverbs
As I am currently doing the early morning school run, I get to see a bit of La Gacilly every day.
Some things stand out.
Especially the pretty flower shop.
The prettiest flower shop in the world? Maybe, maybe not.
But, it’s certainly the prettiest flower shop in La Gacilly…..
…. and that’s good enough for me!
All the best
Do you speak Breton?
Would you like to be able to answer the question by saying….
Ya, un tammig hepken (yes, a little bit?)
Would you like to learn some simple Breton?
I’ll be publishing some simple Breton words and phrases here every Sunday.
Do you understand? – Hui gompren?
Do you understand me? – Hui em hompren?
I understand – Me gompren
I understand you – M’ho kompren
I don’t understand [it] – Gomprenan ket (en dra-sen)
I don’t understand you – N’ho komprenan ket
Could you please repeat that? – Hui hel laret en dra-sen éndro?
I have decided that, every Saturday, I shall publish some old photos of Brittany.
The photos published today come from the Life Magazine photo archive, the vast majority (97 percent) of which have never been seen by the public.
For more details on the Life Magazine photo archive, see the bottom of this page.
To see any of the photos full size, just click on them.
Every week I intend to publish some old Breton Proverbs that I have found on my travels.
It is my experience that the best Breton Proverbs are to be found hiding away in bars and as Breton Proverb Hunting is thirsty work that is where I shall concentrate my efforts!
Read more about… Breton Proverbs
Do you speak Breton?
Would you like to be able to answer the question by saying….
Ya, un tammig hepken (yes, a little bit?)
Would you like to learn some simple Breton?
I’ll be publishing some simple Breton words and phrases here every Sunday.
Bird – al labous, an evn
Dog – c’hi
Horse – ar marc’h
Cow – ar vuoc’h
Pig – ar pemoc’h
Chicken – ar yar
Duck – an houad
Sheep – an dañvad
I have decided that, every Saturday, I shall publish some old photos of Brittany.
The photos published today come from the Life Magazine photo archive, the vast majority (97 percent) of which have never been seen by the public.
For more details on the Life Magazine photo archive, see the bottom of this page.
To see any of the photos full size, just click on them.
I’m not 100% sure why I’ve received this but, I’ll pass it on anyway.
I have a feeling that these people contacted me a while ago to see if I was interested in publicising their activities.
Anyway, here it is… Saison 2010 du Centre Arthurien agenda in PDF format.
It’s in French and covers the period from the 4th of April to the 17th of October.
There seems to be a lot of interesting things happening – I’ll have to try and get along to a few of them.
It’s make a change from all those Vide-greniers!
All the best
I’m beginning to think that there is a conspiracy theory at work here.
Perhaps somewhere in Brittany there is a VSP owners club and the members take it in turn to park their cars (if you can call them that) where I am likely to come across them.
For example…..
I spotted this one today!
As you can see, the owner of this car (the smallest car in the world) isn’t happy with using one parking space.
No, he (or she) needs to take up two!
Are they doing it on purpose?
Just to wind me up?
Perhaps (and this does make a lot of sense, to me at least), the driver was so blind that he (or she) couldn’t see the white line!
Now, that makes me feel really comfortable !
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