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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
| ENGLISH
|
BASQUE
|
| I love
|
Ni idazten dut
|
| You love
|
Zu idazten dituzu
|
| He loves
|
Hau idazten du
|
| We love
|
Gu idazten dugu
|
| You love
|
Zuek idazten duzu
|
| They love
|
Hauek idazten dute
|
TO SPEAK
| I speak
|
Ni hitz egiten dut
|
| You speak
|
Zu hitz egiten dituzu
|
| He speaks
|
Hau hitz egiten du
|
| We speak
|
Gu hitz egiten dugu
|
| You speak
|
Zuek hitz egiten duzu
|
| They speak
|
Hauek hitz egiten dute
|
TO SLEEP
| I sleep
|
Ni lo egiten dut
|
| You sleep
|
Zu lo egiten dituzu
|
| He sleeps
|
Hau lo egiten du
|
| We sleep
|
Gu lo egiten dugu
|
| You sleep
|
Zuek lo egiten duzu
|
| They sleep
|
Hauek lo egiten dute
|
TO EAT
| I eat
|
Ni jaten dut
|
| You eat
|
Zu jaten dituzu
|
| He eats
|
Hau jaten du
|
| We eat
|
Gu jaten dugu
|
| You eat
|
Zuek jaten duzu
|
| They eat
|
Hauek jaten dute
|
