British

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British (Britainais) Is a Romance language. It is closely related to French, but retains some older pronunciations and spellings.

Contents 1 Common Prases in British 2 Comparisons between British and other languages 3 Phonology 3.1 Vowels and Diphthongs 3.2 consonants 4 Verb Conjugation

[edit] Common Prases in British

English	British	IPA transcription(Standard British)
British	Britainais	[bʁi.teːn.'eːz]
English	Anglais	[aŋg.'leːz]
Yes	Oíl	[o.'il]
No	No	[ˈno]
Hello	Ava	[ˈa.va]
How are you?	Com esse tu?	[kom .es .tu]
Good morning!	Bon matin	[ˈbon ˈma.tin]
Good afternoon/evening!	Bon tarde	[bon taʁd]
Good night!	bono nuit	[bon ˈnwit]
Goodbye	Ádiou	[ad.'ju]
Please	Pour favour	[ˈpuʁ fa.'vuʁ]
Thank you	Grace	[ˈgras]
Excuse me	Perdon	[peʁ.'don]
I'm Sorry	Perdon	[peʁ.'don]
Hurry!	avec haste!	[a.'vek. 'ast]
Because	Pourquá	[puʁ.'kwa]
Why?	Pour quá?	['puʁ. ˈkwa]
Who?	Qui?	[ˈki]
What?	Qua?	[ˈkwa]
When?	Quand?	[ˈkwand]
Where?	Ounde?	[ˈund]
How?	Com?	[ˈkom]
How much?	Quante?	[ˈkwant]
I do not understand	Je no comprende	[ʒe. no. com.'prend]
Help me (please) Help me!	me securez!	[me. ze.cu.'ʁez]
Where's the bathroom?	Ounde esse la toilette?	['und. es. la. toɪ.'let]
Do you speak English?	Parle tu Saçonais?	[ˈpar.le. tu. sa.so.'neːz]
Cheers! (toast)	Salute!	[sa.'lut]

[edit] Comparisons between British and other languages

British has very closely related to French, but many arcane spellings and pronunciations that continue in Britain today make a key difference. For example, e is the only letter in British that may be silent (and then only at the end of a word with no diacritic mark). Therefore, almost no letters have been shed by spelling reforms. x is never used for plurals.

Latin	French	British	English	Notes
nos	nous	nous	we
germanum	frere	frer	brother
cantion	chanson	canción	song
magis or plus	mais	mais	more
manum sinistrum	main gauche	main sinistre	left hand
nullam rem natam (lit. no thing born)	rien"	nul	nothing

[edit] Phonology

[edit] Vowels and Diphthongs

letter	IPA	notes
a	/a/
e	/e/	final e's are silent in words unless otherwise noted. silent e's usually also denote feminine nouns
i	/i/
o	/o/
u	/u/
y	/i/	a Y at the end of a denotes femininity
ai	/e/
ay	/aɪ/	aï also makes that sound
au	/aː/	an umlaut over the U denotes different pronunciation
eu	/ø/	an umlaut over the U denotes different pronunciation
ou	/u/

[edit] consonants

IPA	before i,e,y	before a,o,u	Example
/b/	b	b	Britainy
/k/	qu	c	parque cator
/d/	d	d	tarde
/f/	f	f	favour
/g/	gu	g	guerra
/ʒ/	g, j	j	gente Je
/l/	l	l	salute
/m/	m	m	mam
/n/	n	n	quante
/p/	p	p	parte
/r/	r	r	mar
/s/	c, ss	s, ss, ç	saçon
/t/	t	t	tour
/v/	v	v	ava
/ʃ/	ch	ch	bouche
/z/	s, z	z	magazine

[edit] Verb Conjugation

infinitive	present singular	present plural	past singular	past plural	future singular	future plural	gerund	subjunctive
esser (to be)	esse	esson	essé	essén	essá	essán	essen	essè
arrester (to stop)	arreste	arreston	arresté	arrestén	arrestá	arrestán	arresten	arrestè