Sentence structure

English is an adjective-noun language, which means that the adjective (describing word) comes before the noun (described word), and the noun comes before the verb (action).
For instance:

Breton on the other hand is a noun-adjective language, which means that the noun comes before the adjective.

Articles

Definite articles

• al [al] before words beginning with "l": al labour "the work", al levr "the book", al liamm "the link", al louarn "the fox", al lur "the pound".
• an [ãn] before "n", "d", "t", "h" and vowels: an nadoz "the needle", an dervenn "the oak", an tevenn "the cliff", an heol "the sun", an oabl "the sky".
• ar [ar] before other letters: ar bara "the bread", ar c'harr "the car", ar mor "the sea", ar sae "the dress", ar yar "the hen".

Indefinite articles

The indefinite articles follow the same rule as the definite ones.

• ul ['œl] before "l": ul lenn "a lake".
• un ['œn] before "n", "d", "t", "h" and vowels: un daol "a table", un erer "un eagle".
• ur ['œr] before other letters: ur falc'h "a scythe".

Combination

The Breton preposition e "in" is contracted with the definite article (al, an, ar) to give:

• el before "l": el liorzh "in the garden".
• en before "n", "d", "t", "h" and vowels: en ti "in the house".
• er before other letters: er straed "in the street".