Description
Book SynopsisColloquial Breton: The Complete Course for Beginners has been carefully developed by an experienced teacher to provide a step-by-step course to Breton as it is written and spoken today.
Combining a clear, practical and accessible style with a methodical and thorough treatment of the language, it equips learners with the essential skills needed to communicate confidently and effectively in Breton in a broad range of situations. No prior knowledge of the language is required.
Colloquial Breton is exceptional; each unit presents a wealth of grammatical points that are reinforced with a wide range of exercises for regular practice. A full answer key, a grammar summary, bilingual glossaries and English translations of dialogues can be found at the back as well as useful vocabulary lists throughout.
Key features include:
A clear, user-friendly format designed to help learners progressively build up their speaking, listening, reading and writing s
Trade Review
'This is definitely a well written and structured approach to learning colloquial Breton and I am sure that it meets a growing interest in learning minority languages in a rigorous and academic way.' - Francophonie, No. 32, Autumn 2005
Table of Contents1 En em gavout gant tud - Meeting people 2 Lec'hioù ha tud - Places and people 3 E kêr -In town 4 Oc'h ober prenadennoù hag oc'h azezañ en ostaleri - Shopping and sitting in the café 5 E kêr e vezomp alies, o labourat hag o c'hoari - We're often in town, working and playing 6 En ostaleri hag er stal-levrioù - In the café and the bookshop 7 Ar marc'had hag an aod - The market and the seaside 8 Selaou a reomp an dud o komz - We listen to people speaking 9 Ne gollimp ket hon hent! - We shan't lose our way! 10 Bremañ e kendalc'homp gant hon tamm tro war ar maez - Now we continue our little visit to the countryside x 11 Pell diouzh tousmac'h kêr
