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The Basque Series University of Nevada Press, Reno, Nevada 89557 USA Copyright © 2010 by University of Nevada Press All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America Design by Kathleen Szawiola Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data White, Linda, 1949– Aurrera! : a textbook for studying Basque / Linda White. p. cm. — (The Basque series) Includes index. ISBN 978-0-87417-799-2 (set hardcover: alk. paper) ISBN 978-0-87417-726-8 (vol. 1 hardcover : alk. paper) ISBN 978-0-87417-784-8 (vol. 2 hardcover: alk. paper) 1. Basque language—Textbooks for foreign speakers—English. I. Title. II. Series. PH5035.W55 2008 499'.9282421—dc22 2008016123 The paper used in this book is a recycled stock made from 30 percent post-consumer waste materials, certified by FSC, and meets the requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI/NISO Z39.48-1992 (R2002). Binding materials were selected for strength and durability. first p r inting 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 5 4 3 2 1 This book is dedicated to all of my Basque-American friends, but especially to Ann Louise Amestoy, Kate Camino, and Marc Ugalde. [54.89.24.147] Project MUSE (2024-03-29 01:53 GMT) vii Contents Preface x i Acknowledgments x iii How to Use This Book xv Pronunciation Guide xix one ■ what are you doing? 1 Dialogue: Zertan ari zara? 1 Hitz eta esaldi berriak 2 Present progressive with ari naiz 3 Responding to Zertan ari zara? Zer egiten ari zara? (What are you doing?) 4 Using the partitive with gabe (without) 10 Dialogue: Zer ordutan transmititzen dute albistegia? 12 Hitz eta esaldi berriak 14 Responding to Zer ordutan? (At what time?) 15 Zer ordutan? Saying “at five minutes to,” “at ten before,” etc. 18 More comparisons: - ago22 Responding to Zertara? (For what purpose? Why?) with - r a on verbal noun 23 Zertarako? (For what purpose? Why?): “in order to . . .” . . . -teko / . . . -tzeko 26 Verbal noun + - kowith certain words: Prest nago . . . - t eko (- tz eko) 28 Answers 30 tw o ■ i saw you. did you see me? 39 Dialogue: Lapurrek ez naute ikusi 39 Hitz eta esaldi berriak 40 Ukan (nor- no rk) with first- and s econd- p erson- sin gular objects nau / zaitu 41 ...