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Breton, the language of Western Brittany in Northern France, is a Celtic language related to Cornish, Welsh and Irish. This is a Breton/English, English/Breton dictionary and phrasebook, giving an introduction to this ancient tongue, with a review of Breton grammar and common phrases.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is a useful phrasebook, but as a serious dictionary it is limited. The phrasebook part helps you to see how the language works and is constructed, but the dictionary aspect is pretty basic.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
An Acceptable Introductory Dictionary/Phrasebook for Breton
11 Nov 2007
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Conroy's Breton Dict. and Phrasebk. contains a fair amount of useful information, but it can be hard to find. For starters, it would be helpful if the phrasebook and grammar sections were either indexed or broken out in the contents. Instead, one is left to flip through the book if seeking information about, eg, numbers, verb conjugations or greetings. And the dictionary section is woefully incomplete, often omitting words that are covered in the non-indexed phrasebook section.
On the plus side, the sections on question words is full of good examples and the phrasebook - once you've found the desired section - contains far more of the sort of phrases you might need than show up in most phrase books.
If you're looking for a good Breton dictionary, particularly for translating, this isn't it. It is, however, a nice book to thumb through while working to expand your range of conversation in Breton.
On the plus side, the sections on question words is full of good examples and the phrasebook - once you've found the desired section - contains far more of the sort of phrases you might need than show up in most phrase books.
If you're looking for a good Breton dictionary, particularly for translating, this isn't it. It is, however, a nice book to thumb through while working to expand your range of conversation in Breton.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
" this is not it... "
24 Sep 2008
Format:Paperback
" this is not it... " G. BARTO reviewer accurately said. The best Breton / English , English Breton dictionary that I know of, is the
" brezhoneg saozneg / english breton Geriadur divyezhek / Bilingual dictionary" by Raymond Delaporte / Remon Ar Porzh. Editor: Muladuriou' Hor Yezh. 1995. available on Amazon.fr / Amazon.co.uk ( or local ( Brittany ) internet bookshop ( so postage will be medium for European deliveries but high for USA / other non-European continents. )) with 544 pages.
On Amazon.com, the publisher is Schoenhofs foreign books inc. ( 1995 )with 544 pages also , it says.
Beware of the shortened Elementary Br / Eng Dict / GeriadurIG Br / S , publishers Cook University Press at 110 pages only. I do not personally know this version, but it might be of the same " lightness " as this Hyppocrene book.
" brezhoneg saozneg / english breton Geriadur divyezhek / Bilingual dictionary" by Raymond Delaporte / Remon Ar Porzh. Editor: Muladuriou' Hor Yezh. 1995. available on Amazon.fr / Amazon.co.uk ( or local ( Brittany ) internet bookshop ( so postage will be medium for European deliveries but high for USA / other non-European continents. )) with 544 pages.
On Amazon.com, the publisher is Schoenhofs foreign books inc. ( 1995 )with 544 pages also , it says.
Beware of the shortened Elementary Br / Eng Dict / GeriadurIG Br / S , publishers Cook University Press at 110 pages only. I do not personally know this version, but it might be of the same " lightness " as this Hyppocrene book.
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