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In today's lesson you will learn some useful vocabulary about ¨PRESENT TENSE¨ in Basque
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Present Tense in Basque
TO BE (IZAN)
Conjugation
Here is the conjugation table of IZAN (TO BE) in the present indicative:
| Euskara
|
English
|
| ni naiz
|
I am
|
| hi haiz
|
you are (to a relative)
|
| hau / hori / hura da
|
he/she is (according to proximity)
|
| gu gara
|
we are
|
| zu zara
|
you are / you are (to someone you are not close to)
|
| zuek zarete
|
you are (to a group)
|
| hauek / horiek / haiek dira
|
they are (according to proximity)
|
Some sample sentences:
| Basque
|
English
|
| ni gaztea naiz
|
me, i am young
|
| hi handia haiz
|
you are great (to a close person)
|
| gu gaixoak gara
|
we are sick
|
| hura polita da
|
she (over there), she is pretty
|
| zuek aberatsak zarete
|
you, you are rich (to a group)
|
| hauek txikiak dira
|
these are small / they are small
|
Note
In the sentences above, indicating the personal pronoun is not obligatory, since the verb is sufficiently differentiated between persons. Thus, these sentences can be written:
| Basque
|
English
|
| gaztea naiz
|
I am young
|
| handia haiz
|
you are tall (to a close person)
|
| gaixoak gara
|
We are sick
|
| polita da
|
she is pretty
|
| aberatsak zarete
|
you are rich (to a group)
|
| txikiak dira
|
these are small / they are small
|
TO LOVE
| BASQUE
|
ENGLISH
|
| Ni idazten dut
|
I love
|
| Zu idazten dituzu
|
You love
|
| Hau idazten du
|
He loves
|
| Gu idazten dugu
|
We love
|
| Zuek idazten duzu
|
You love
|
| Hauek idazten dute
|
They love
|
TO SPEAK
| Ni hitz egiten dut
|
I speak
|
| Zu hitz egiten dituzu
|
You speak
|
| Hau hitz egiten du
|
He speaks
|
| Gu hitz egiten dugu
|
We speak
|
| Zuek hitz egiten duzu
|
You speak
|
| Hauek hitz egiten dute
|
They speak
|
TO SLEEP
| Ni lo egiten dut
|
I sleep
|
| Zu lo egiten dituzu
|
You sleep
|
| Hau lo egiten du
|
He sleeps
|
| Gu lo egiten dugu
|
We sleep
|
| Zuek lo egiten duzu
|
You sleep
|
| Hauek lo egiten dute
|
They sleep
|
TO EAT
| I eat
|
| You eat
|
| He eats
|
| We eat
|
| You eat
|
| They eat
|
