Aurrera!: A Textbook for Studying Basque, Volumes 1

Chapter Six Where Do We Go from Here?

134 Where Do We Go from Here? Dialogue Nora zoaz, Goxo? 1. xurga: Goxo, nora zoaz liburu urdin horrekin? 2. goxo: Etxera noa. Kobazulora noa. 3. x: Ni ere banoa. Ilun dago orain, eta kalera noa. 4. Kanpora noa. Zergatik ez zurekin? 5. g: Haitzuloa nahiko urruti dago. Bakarrik noa. 6. Zu pixkat pottoloa zara, eta poliki-poliki zoaz. 7. x: (triste) Minduta nago. Ez esan horrelako gauzak. 8. g: Barkatu, Xurga. Beno, zu eta biok kobazulora goaz. Bale? 9. Udaletxera goaz, eta handik oihanera goaz. 10. x: Zuhaitz asko dago oihanean, ezta? 11. g: Noski. Orduan, ibaira goaz. 12. x: Arrain asko dago ibaian. Ibaira noa oporretan. 13. g: Ez da egia, txoriburua. Zu ez zoaz ibaira oporretan! 14. Banpiroa zara. Ibaiak arriskutsuak dira. Gogoratzen? 15. x: A, bai. Barkatu. Ibaia etsaia da. 16. Britainia Handira noa oporretan. 17. Nolakoa da zure haitzuloa? 18. g: Handia da. Barruan, hotz dago. 19. x: Badaude apalak hormetan? 20. g: Bai, badaude. (pairugabe) Prest zaude? Bagoaz! 21. x: Ez, ez nago prest. 22. g: Ai ene! Jaiki! Jantzi! Etxera noa! c h a p t e r s i x 134 hi tz eta esa l d i ber riak 135 ■ Hitz eta esaldi berriak ■ nora where? To where? zoaz are you going, you go, you’re going etxera home, to [my] house noa I’m going, I go banoa I’m going kale street kalera outside, to the street kanpora outside, to the outdoors zergatik why zergatik ez why not bale okay udaletxe town/city hall urruti far, distant poliki slowly poliki-poliki very slowly minduta hurt (feelings) esan say ez esan don’t say horrelako like that horrelako gauzak things like that barkatu forgive [me], pardon [me] goaz we go, we’re going handik from there oihan forest oihanera to the forest zuhaitz tree orduan then, at that time ibai river ibaira to the river arrain fish opor vacation, holiday 136 wh ere do we g o from here? oporretan on vacation, on holiday oporretan egon to be on vacation gogoratzen remember? etsai enemy Britainia Handia Great Britain hotz cold prest ready bagoaz we’re going! Ai ene! My goodness! jaiki get up jantzi get dressed pairugabe impatient pairu patience pairu handiko gizona a very patient man (lit.: a man of great patience) arbola tree arbel blackboard tren train ■ Joan (to go) ■ The conjugated forms of izan, egon, and joan are referred to as synthetic verbs. Later, we’ll learn how to make compound verbs that depend on synthetic auxiliary verbs for their formation. Compound verbs are used most often in conversation , and a handful of verbs are still commonly used in their synthetic forms. (ni) noa I go, I’m going (hi) hoa you go (fam.) (zu) zoaz you go, you’re going (bera) doa she goes, he’s going (haiek) doaz they go, they’re going (gu) goaz we go, we’re going (zuek) zoazte you (pl.) go, you’re going joa n (to go) 137 Another way to visualize this, showing the similarities of forms, is presented below: Singular Plural noa goaz doa doaz [hoa] zoaz zoazte This reminds us that historically zoaz was probably a plural form, but as some communities of speakers lost the hika forms, or began using them in restricted situations, zoaz, like other zu conjugations, came to be used as a singular, and -te was added as an extra pluralizer to make the you (plural) form zoazte. Now that we are aware of the existence of hika forms, we will ignore them as we study verbs in future chapters. Just remember, if you see verb forms that begin with h- in other texts, it’s not a typo, it’s probably hika. activity 6.1 ■ joan The purpose of this drill is to become familiar with the forms of joan. Model: Ni oihanera noa. I’m going to the forest. Cues: zu Zu oihanera zoaz. bera Bera oihanera doa. gu Gu oihanera goaz. zuek Zuek oihanera zoazte. haiek Haiek oihanera doaz. ni Ni oihanera noa. Model: Gu ez goaz Xurgarekin. We are not going with Xurga. Cues: zu Zu ez zoaz Xurgarekin. 138 wh ere do we g o from here? sorgina Sorgina ez doa Xurgarekin. haiek Haiek ez doaz Xurgarekin. zuek Zuek ez zoazte Xurgarekin. gu Gu ez goaz Xurgarekin. ni Ni ez noa Xurgarekin. activity 6.2 ■ joan forms Fill in the blanks with the correct form of...