Brezhoneg Daoù/Lesson 5

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Lesson 5/Kentell Pemp : Goulennoù

Here are the main ways of asking a question.

(br) (en) IPA notation
Piv Who piu
Pe What pe
Pelec'h Where (lit . What place) pelex
Petra What (lit. What thing) petra
Pegoulz When (lit. What period) peguls
Penaos How penaoz
Perag Why (lit. What cause) perag


What: Pe, Petra

You will notice there are two ways of saying "what" in Breton; pe and petra.
Pe only goes with a noun. And petra only goes with verbs. Petra is really a construction from "pe + tra".

Eg.

Pe gador? Which/What chair?
Petra emaomp ni o'ch ober? What are we doing?

They're all translated as "what" in English, but are they are put together with different words.


Some questions

Petra eo hemañ? What is this? (Note: "Is" is a part of the verb "to be")
Petra eo hennezh? What is that?
Pe anv ho peus? What is your name? (lit. What name have you?)
Pe hini? Which one?

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