Gallo - galo


Brittany became part of France in 1532 as the result of a royal marriage. Seven years leter, in 1539, Gallo and Breton were replaced by French as the only official language. The Gallo language didn't start as French and become Gallo. Rather, in late Roman times in Gaul the Vulgar Latin of the north used hoc ille for "yes" while the southern region simply used hoc. The northern forms became the Langues d'oïl and the southern forms became the Langues d'oc. French and Gallo both started as Langues d'oïl. Therefore Gallo isn't bad French or a dialect of French - French and Gallo are sister languages, coming from the same parent.

1. frére    brother        1. yan    yes        1. Combien qé l’là coût?    How much is that?
2. seu    sister        2. nenni    no        2. E’y’ou qé je dé païye?    Where do I pay?
3. fi    son        3. s’i ous pllét    please        3. Comprendr    To understand
4. fille    daughter        4. merci    thank you        4. Je comprends    I understand
5. pére    father                  5. Je ne comprends pâs    I don’t understand
6. mére    mother        1. dimaine    Sunday        6. Je ses    I know
          2. lundi    Monday        7. Je ne ses pâs    I don’t know
1. printemp    spring        3. mardi    Tuesday          
2. etë    summer        4. méqerdi    Wednesday        1. je ses    I am
3. otone    autumn        5. jeûdi    Thursday        2. t’és    you are
4. ivèr    winter        6. venderdi    Friday          
          7. samedi    Saturday        3. il ét    he is
1. cheva    horse                  ole ét    she is
2. chien    dog        1. vile    town          
3. chat    cat        2. vilaije    village        1. je sons    we are
4. vache    cow        3. rue    street        2. v’etes    you are
5. torè    bull        4. pllacis    square          
6. pourcè    pig        5. pont    bridge        3. i sont    they are (msc.)
7. mouton    sheep        6. ôtë    house        i sont    they are (fem.)
8. loû    wolf        7. jardrin    garden          
9. souri    mouse        8. egllize    church          
10. ouézè    bird        9. ecole    school        1. yun, yune    one (msc., fem.)
11. ouae    goose        10. gare    station        2. deûz    two
12. paisson    fish                  3. traez    three
                    4. catr    four
1. pain    bread        1. nair    black        5. cinc    five
2. pome    apple        2. bllanc    white        6. siz    six
3. cotine    nut        3. blleu    blue        7. set    seven
4. së    salt        4. vert    green        8. uit    eight
5. paivr    pepper        5. jaone    yellow        9. neu    nine
6. mië    honey        6. rouje    red        10. diz    ten
7. lèt    milk                  11. onze    eleven
8. beure    butter        1. vaer    to see        12. douze    twelve
9. fromaije    cheese        2. oui    to hear        13. treze    thirteen
10. ève    water        3. manjer    to eat        20. vint    twenty
11. vin    wine        4. baire    to drink        30. trente    thirty
12. biere    beer        5. chanter    to sing        100. cent    a hundred
                      
1. montagne    mountain        1. nom    name        1. pocr    hand
2. mè    sea        2. ecrire    to write        2. pië    foot
3. lac    lake        3. livr    book        3. qheur    heart
4. riviere    river        4. précher    to speak        4. sang    blood
5. vieu    old        5. jou    day        5. téte    head
6. nouviao    new        6. net    night        6. euil    eye
7. baté    ship        7. semaine    week        7. oraille    ear
8. train    train        8. maez    month        8. dent    tooth
9. busse    bus        9. an    year        9. pai    hair
10. port    harbour        10. e    and        10. dormi    to sleep
                      
1. jenvier    January        7. juillet    July        1. soulai    sun
2. feverier    February        8. oût    August        2. lune    moon
3. mars    March        9. septembr    September        3. etaile    star
4. avri    April        10. octobr    October        4. vent    wind
5. mai    May        11. novembr    November        5. pllée    rain
6. juin    June        12. decembr    December        6. neje    snow
                    7. grôe    ice
1. fret    cold        1. chaod    hot        8. feu    fire



Gallo is spoken in:

Resnn - Roazhon - Rennes
Saint-Nazaer - Sant-Nazer - Saint-Nazaire
Saint-Malô - Sant-Maloù - Saint-Malo


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