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viii co nte nts Ukan (nor- no rk) with first- and s econd- p erson- p lural forms gaitu / zaituzte 45 Reading: Banpiroak interesgarriak dira 49 Hitz eta esaldi berriak 50 Asking indirect questions with question words 51 Answering a question with Ez dakit . . . -[e]n (I don’t know . . . ) 56 Responding to Zer uste duzu? (What do you think?) with Nire ustez. (In my opinion . . . ) 60 Ibili (nor) in the present indicative 61 Using - (e)ne an to express “when, while” 62 Answers 65 three ■ who gave you the invitation? 73 Dialogue: Nork eman dizu gonbidapena? 73 Hitz berri eta zaharrak 73 Ukan (nor- no ri- no rk / “what-to whom-who”) forms dio / die 75 Making comparisons with [ . . . ] baino . . . ago(a) 81 Dialogue: Elkarrizketak afarian 84 Hitz berri eta zaharrak 85 Ukan (nor- no ri- no rk) form dizu 86 Ukan (nor- no ri- no rk) forms dizue / digu 91 Ukan (nor- no ri- no rk) forms dit / dida (to me) 94 Using - (e)ne an (when, while) with nor- no ri- no rk 99 Answers 102 four ■ who gave us poison? 109 Dialogue: Pozoia ur-sisteman! 109 Hitz eta esaldi berriak 110 Dialogue: Ipuinak jarraitzen du (The story continues) 113 Hitz eta esaldi berriak 114 Galderak ospitalean (Questions at the hospital) 116 Nor- no ri- no rk summary 118 Dialogue: Saguzaharraren zigorra 122 Hitz eta esaldi berriak 123 Answers 128 five ■ give me sticks and guns 140 Dialogue: Saguzaharra harrapatuko dugu! 140 Hitz eta esaldi berriak 141 co nte nts ix Ukan (nor- no ri- no rk) with plural direct objects 144 Dialogue: Saguzaharraren bila 152 Hitz eta esaldi berriak 152 Dialogue: Xurgak Goxori zerbait esan behar dio 154 Answers 158 six ■ when were you born? 168 Dialogue: Noiz jaio zinen? 168 Hitz eta esaldi berriak 169 Izan (nor): Simple past (preterite) or distant past 170 Preterite with subordination markers - (e)nand - (e)la174 Ari nintzen (past progressive) 176 Dialogue: Xurgaren Londresko komuna 178 Hitz eta esaldi berriak 179 Old and new location words 181 Preterite of egon with subordination markers - (e)n/ - (e)la183 Answers 186 seven ■ the bats wanted to talk 192 Dialogue: Saguzaharrek hitz egin nahi zuten 192 Hitz eta esaldi berriak 193 Ukan (nork- z er) in the simple past with third-person-singular dir ect objects 195 Past tense of ukan with plural direct objects 203 Dialogue: Goxoren etxea Xurgarena baino hobea al da? 211 Hitz eta esaldi berriak 212 Bigger, biggest, and too big: Comparatives (- ago , - en,- eg i) 212 Answers 216 eight ■ the things we used to do 225 Dialogue: Goxoren lehengusu arraroak 225 Hitz eta esaldi berriak 226 Habitual past 228 More ways to make comparisons 232 Saying “as . . . as . . .” 233 Reminder about adverbs 235 Dialogue: Ez duzu hainbeste diru behar (You don’t need that much money) 238 ...

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