Aurrera!: A Textbook for Studying Basque, Volumes 1

Glossary

387 Glossary A! Oh! abendu December abenduan in December aberats rich abere animal abeslari singer abestu sang, sung, to sing abokatu lawyer abuztu August abuztuan in August adibidez for example adimentsu intelligent, smart (adj.) adjektibo adjective ados agreement ados zaude? Are you in agreement? Do you agree? aerobic egin (du) to do aerobics afaldu (du) to eat supper afari supper agiri document -ago added to adjectives or adverbs to form the comparative , more ahal can ahal izan could, was able, to be able ahizpa sister [speaker is a woman; woman’s sister] ahul weak (adj.) Ai ene! My goodness! aizto knife 388 glossary aizu hey aktore actor al [question marker, not translated] ala or aldatu changed, to change aldizkari magazine, periodical alemanaz German alfer lazy (adj.) alokairu rent alokatu rented, to rent altu tall (adj.) altzariak furnishings, furniture ama mother Amara a neighborhood in Donosti amatxi grandmother amets dream ametsei buruz about dreams amona grandmother amuma grandmother anaia brother [speaker is a man; man’s brother] animatuta excited antropologia anthropology antzerki play (theater) apaiz priest apal shelf apiril April arbel blackboard arbol tree [from Spanish] ardo wine argal thin (adj.) argazki photograph argi light arin-arin very quickly glossary 389 arkatz pencil armairu closet, armoire, cabinet arrain fish Arraioa! Darn! arraro rare, unusual, strange arratsaldeko p.m. [until about 8 p.m.] arrautza egg arrazoi right, reason arrazoia daukazu you’re right, you have reason arreba sister [speaker is a man; man’s sister] arriskutsu dangerous arropa clothes, clothing, laundry arrosa argia light pink artikulu article asko a lot, many askotan often aspergarri boring (adj.) aspirina aspirin astearte Tuesday asteazken Wednesday astelehen Monday astero every week asti time astronauta astronaut ate door atera (du) took, to take [a photo] atsegin pleasant atzeratu backward, mentally slow atzerritar foreigner aulki chair aurkitu (du) found, to find aurpegi face aurrean in front of, before, facing 390 g lossary Australiako from Australia autobus bus autobusez by bus auzo neighborhood azafata flight attendant azal skin azaro November azaroan in November azkenean at last azoka open-air market azterketa exam, test badago there are, there is [emphatic form] badaude there are [emphatic form] bagoaz we’re going! bai yes bai, horixe that’s exactly right, that’s it baina but baino lehen before bainugela bathroom baizik but rather bakarrik alone [use with egon] balet-dantzari ballet dancer banpiro vampire banpiroen bila joan to go in search of vampires barkatu forgive (me), pardon (me) barrez laughing barru within barruan inside baso drinking glass bat one bat-batean suddenly, all of a sudden batekin with one glossary 391 batzuetan sometimes batzuk some bazara if you are bazkaldu lunched, had lunch, to have lunch bederatzietan at nine o’clock begi eye begira look begiratzen looking behar (du) need beharbada maybe, perhaps behar izan needed, to need beldur afraid beltz black [used here as a dog’s name, Blackie] beltzaran brunet, brunette benetako real beno well, okay, fine bera he, she, it berarentzat for him, for her berde green berdin same, it’s all the same, equals [in arithmetic problems] berdin zait it’s all the same to me bere his bero warm bero-bero very warm berogailu heater berri new berriro again besaulki armchair beste another beste bat another one beste batzuk some others beste pertsona batzuk some other people 392 g lossary besteak the others besterik ez nothing more, that’s all beteta full (adv.) beti always biak both, the two bibotedun mustached, having a mustache bide path bideo video tape bider times [multiplication] bigun soft bigunegi too soft bihar tomorrow bihozgogor hard-hearted, cruel, mean bihurtu turned into, to turn into [something] bila in search (of) bilete ticket biluzi bare, naked bizi izan to live bizikleta bicycle bizikletaz by bicycle bizirik alive bizkor energetic boligrafo ballpoint pen bortxagarri violent bortxakeria violence bortxakeriari buruz about violence (bortxakeri + ari buruz) bostetan at five o’clock bota threw, thrown, to throw botere power boteretsu powerful botila bottle brasildar Brazilian glossary 393 brasildar(ra), (a, the) Brazilian, (the) Brazilians brasildar(rak) Brasileko from Brazil Britaina Handia Great Britain bueltatu (da) returned, to return bukatu finished, to finish bulego office bulegoan in the office bulegoko mahaian on the office desk buru head burugogor stubborn, hard-headed [lit.: hard head] burukomin headache burusoil bald (adj.) da is (izan) dago he is, she is, it is (egon) dantzatoki dance hall daukala uste dut I think [that] he/she has daukat I have...