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qquestion about "n'eus ket"
1999-2001
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qquestion about "n'eus ket"
David Darr, 2000-03-10 19:53:30I had been doing a Breton correspondance course through Skol Ober, using the French edition of "Brezhoneg, Buan hag Aes" but got too busy and had to stop for a bit. I am about to re-start again and therefore I have been reviewing the work I had already done. I had gotten through the first two chapters. One thing I found was that I didn't really understand when one uses "n'eus ket" and when one uses "n'eus ... ebet". For example, using some examples similar to what one finds in the book, one says:
Glav a zo? Nann, n'eus ket; n'eus ket glav.
and one says:
Un aval a zo amañ? Nann, n'eus ket; n'eus aval ebet amañ.
Furthermore, to respond negatively to the question, "Un den a zo en ti?" one says, apparently, "N'eus den ebet en ti" and not, "N'eus ket un den en ti". The latter being what I wanted to say. What is the general rule for use of "n'eus ket" vs. "n'eus ... ebet"? In the examples above the only thing that really strikes me as different is that we have "glav a zo" versus "un aval a zo" and "un den a zo", in other words distinct objects (an apple and a man) versus a collective noun (rain).
trugarez bras, David in Seattle
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