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5 Breton Irregular Verbs

In Breton, irregular verbs carry essential everyday functions (such as “to be”, “to go”, and “to do”) and exhibit unique stem changes across tenses that must be learned individually.

Jump to Verb (5 verbs):

mont(to go)dont(to come)ober(to do, make)gouzout(to know)kaout(to have)

mont

irregular

Meaning: “to go”Verbal noun: mont

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Present Tense

1s	an
2s	ez
3s	a
1p	eomp
2p	it
3p	eont
autonomous	eer

Habitual Past / Imperfect

1s	aen
2s	aes
3s	ae
1p	aemp
2p	aecʼh
3p	aent
autonomous	aed

Past Tense

1s	is
2s	ejout
3s	eas
1p	ejomp
2p	ejocʼh
3p	ejont
autonomous	ejod

Future Tense

1s	in
2s	i
3s	aio
1p	aimp
2p	eot
3p	aint
autonomous	eor

Conditional Mood

1s	afen
2s	afes
3s	afe
1p	afemp
2p	afecʼh
3p	afent
autonomous	afed

pastConditional

1s	ajen
2s	ajes
3s	aje
1p	ajemp
2p	ajecʼh
3p	ajent
autonomous	ajed

Imperative Mood

2s	kae
3s	aet
1p	deomp
2p	kit
3p	aent

dont

irregular

Meaning: “to come”Verbal noun: dont

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Present Tense

1s	deuan
2s	deuez
3s	deu
1p	deuomp
2p	deuit
3p	deuont
autonomous	deuer

Habitual Past / Imperfect

1s	deuen
2s	deues
3s	deue
1p	deuemp
2p	deuecʼh
3p	deuent
autonomous	deued

Past Tense

1s	deuis
2s	deujout
3s	deuas
1p	deujomp
2p	deujocʼh
3p	deujont
autonomous	deujod

Future Tense

1s	deuin
2s	deui
3s	deuo
1p	deuimp
2p	deuot
3p	deuint
autonomous	deuor

Conditional Mood

1s	deufen
2s	deufes
3s	deufe
1p	deufemp
2p	deufecʼh
3p	deufent
autonomous	deufed

pastConditional

1s	deujen
2s	deujes
3s	deuje
1p	deujemp
2p	deujecʼh
3p	deujent
autonomous	deujed

Imperative Mood

2s	deu
3s	deuet
1p	deuomp
2p	deuit
3p	deuent

ober

irregular

Meaning: “to do, make”Verbal noun: ober

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Present Tense

1s	gran
2s	grez
3s	gra
1p	greomp
2p	grit
3p	greont
autonomous	greer

Habitual Past / Imperfect

1s	graen
2s	graes
3s	grae
1p	graemp
2p	graecʼh
3p	graent
autonomous	graed

Past Tense

1s	gris
2s	grejout
3s	greas
1p	grejomp
2p	grejocʼh
3p	grejont
autonomous	grejod

Future Tense

1s	grin
2s	gri
3s	graio
1p	graimp
2p	greot
3p	graint
autonomous	greor

Conditional Mood

1s	grafen
2s	grafes
3s	grafe
1p	grafemp
2p	grafecʼh
3p	grafent
autonomous	grafed

pastConditional

1s	grajen
2s	grajes
3s	graje
1p	grajemp
2p	grajecʼh
3p	grajent
autonomous	grajed

Imperative Mood

2s	gra
3s	graet
1p	greomp
2p	grit
3p	graent

gouzout

irregular

Meaning: “to know”Verbal noun: gouzout

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Present Tense

1s	gouzon
2s	gouzout
3s	goar
1p	gouzomp
2p	gouzocʼh
3p	gouzont
autonomous	gouzer

Habitual Past / Imperfect

1s	gouien
2s	gouies
3s	gouie
1p	gouiemp
2p	gouiecʼh
3p	gouient
autonomous	gouied

Past Tense

1s	gouezis
2s	gouezjout
3s	gouezas
1p	gouezjomp
2p	gouezjocʼh
3p	gouezjont
autonomous	gouezjod

Future Tense

1s	gouezin
2s	gouezi
3s	gouezo
1p	gouezimp
2p	gouezot
3p	gouezint
autonomous	gouezor

Conditional Mood

1s	goufen
2s	goufes
3s	goufe
1p	goufemp
2p	goufecʼh
3p	goufent
autonomous	goufed

pastConditional

1s	gouijen
2s	gouijes
3s	gouije
1p	gouijemp
2p	gouijecʼh
3p	gouijent
autonomous	gouijed

Imperative Mood

2s	gouez
3s	gouezet
1p	gouezomp
2p	gouezit
3p	gouezent

kaout

irregular

Meaning: “to have”Verbal noun: kaout

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Present Tense

1s	am eus
2s	acʼh eus
3sm	en deus
3sf	he deus
1p	hon eus
2p	hocʼh eus
3p	o deus

present_habitual

1s	am bez
2s	az pez
3s	en devez
1p	hor bez
2p	ho pez
3p	o devez

Habitual Past / Imperfect

1s	am boa
2s	az poa
3sm	en devoa
3sf	he devoa
1p	hor boa
2p	ho poa
3p	o devoa

imperfect_habitual

1s	am beze
2s	az peze
3s	en deveze
1p	hor beze
2p	ho peze
3p	o deveze

Past Tense

1s	am boe
2s	az poe
3sm	en devoe
3sf	he devoe
1p	hor boe
2p	ho poe
3p	o devoe

Future Tense

1s	am bo
2s	az po
3sm	en devo
3sf	he devo
1p	hor bo
2p	ho po
3p	o devo

Conditional Mood

1s	am befe
2s	az pefe
3sm	en defe
3sf	he defe
1p	hor befe
2p	ho pefe
3p	o defe

pastConditional

1s	am bije
2s	az pije
3sm	en dije
3sf	he dije
1p	hor bije
2p	ho pije
3p	o dije

Imperative Mood

2s	az pez
3s	en devezet
1p	hor bezet
2p	ho pez
3p	o devezet

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