Adj 3

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Introduction

​Adjectives & No 3

  • Basque has two words for short, Labur and Motz. Labur is short in length and Motz is short in height.

Vocabulary Adjectives & No 3

  • handi: big
  • txiki:small
  • altu: tall
  • labur: short (length)
  • motz: short (height)
  • gizena: fat
  • argal: thin
  • gazte: young
  • zahar: old
  • morea: purple

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Words

BasqueEnglishImages
handi big ['big1', 'big2', 'big3']
txiki small ['small1', 'small2', 'small3']
altu tall ['tall1', 'tall2', 'tall3']
motz short ['short1', 'short2', 'short3']
labur short ['shortlength1', 'shortlength2', 'shortlength3']
gizen fat ['fat1', 'fat2', 'fat3']
argal thin ['thin1', 'thin2', 'thin3']
gazte young ['child1', 'child2', 'child3']
zahar old ['grandfather1', 'grandfather2', 'grandfather3']
more purple ['purple1', 'purple2', 'purple3']

Phrases

Autobusa handia eta morea da.
The bus is big and purple.
A bus is big and purple.
Autobus txiki berdea zen.
It was a small green bus.
It was the small green bus.
Autobus altua morea da.
The tall bus is purple
A tall bus is purple
Kotxe labur morea zen.
It was a short purple car.
It was the short purple car.
Kotxe laburra zuria eta zaharra da.
The short car is white and old.
A short car is white and old.
Gidari gaztea argala eta motza zen.
The young driver was thin and short.
A young driver was thin and short.
Gizon zahara gizena eta altua da.
The old man is fat and tall.
An old man is fat and tall.
Hotelak altuak eta zuriak ziren.
The hotels were tall and white.
Hotel altuak horiak edo zuriak ziren.
The tall hotels were yellow or white.
Kotxe handia laranja da.
The big car is orange.
A big car is orange.
Kotxe laranja handia zen.
The orange car was big.
An orange car was big.
Kotxeak grisak dira.
The cars are gray.
Etxekoandrea altua da eta laguna motza da.
The housewife is tall and the friend is short.
Camareroa argala zen, eta sukaldaria gizena zen.
The waiter was thin and the cook was fat.
The waiter was thin and the chef was fat.
A waiter was thin and a cook was fat.
A waiter was thin and a chef was fat.
Medikua motza da, baina ez da gizena.
The doctor is short, but he is not fat.
The doctor is short, but she is not fat.
A doctor is short, but he is not fat.
A doctor is short, but she is not fat.
Apiza altua eta argala da, ez da motza eta gizena.
The priest is tall and thin, not short and fat.
A priest is tall and thin, not short and fat.
Arrotza zaharra eta argala zen.
The stranger was old and thin.
A stranger was old and thin.
Sukaldaria motza eta gizena da.
The cook is short and fat.
A cook is short and fat.
The chef is short and fat.
A chef is short and fat.

Dictionary

EnglishBasque
a ('-a',)
and ('eta',)
are ('zara',)
big ('handi',)
blue ('urdin',)
bus ('autobusa',)
black ('beltz',)
car ('kotxea',)
cars ('kotxeak',)
chef ('sukaldaria',)
cook ('sukaldaria',)
fat ('gizena',)
friend ('laguna',)
girl ('neska',)
gray ('gris',)
green ('berde',)
housewife ('etxekoandrea',)
man ('gizona',)
now ('orain',)
old ('zahar',)
one ('bat',)
orange ('laranja',)
priest ('apiza',)
purple ('morea',)
purse ('poltsa',)
purses ('poltsak',)
red ('gorri',)
short ('motz', 'labur')
small ('txiki',)
stranger ('arrotza',)
tall ('altu',)
tall ('altu',)
the ('-a',)
they ('haiek',)
thin ('argal',)
you ('zu',)
yellow ('hori',)
young ('gazte',)
waiter ('camareroa',)
white ('zuri',)
BasqueEnglish
altu ('tall',)
altua ('tall',)
altuak ('tall',)
apiza ('priest',)
argal ('thin',)
argala ('thin',)
arrotza ('stranger',)
autobus ('bus',)
autobusa ('bus',)
bat ('one',)
beltz ('black',)
beltza ('black',)
berde ('green',)
berdea ('green',)
berdeak ('green',)
camareroa ('waiter',)
da ('is',)
dira ('are',)
eta ('and',)
etxekoandrea ('housewife',)
gazte ('young',)
gaztea ('young',)
gizen ('fat',)
gizena ('fat',)
gizona ('man',)
gorri ('red',)
gorria ('red',)
gris ('gray',)
grisa ('gray',)
grisak ('gray',)
haiek ('they',)
handi ('big',)
handia ('big',)
hori ('yellow',)
horia ('yellow',)
horiak ('yellow',)
kotxe ('car',)
kotxea ('car',)
kotxeak ('cars',)
labur ('short',)
laburra ('short',)
laguna ('friend',)
laranja ('orange',)
laranjak ('orange',)
neska ('girl',)
medikua ('doctor',)
more ('purple',)
morea ('purple',)
motz ('short',)
motza ('short',)
orain ('now',)
poltsa ('purse',)
poltsak ('purses',)
sukaldaria ('cook', 'chef')
txiki ('small',)
urdin ('blue',)
urdina ('blue',)
urdinak ('blue',)
zara ('are',)
zu ('you',)
zuri ('white',)
zuria ('white',)
zuriak ('white',)
zahar ('old',)
zaharra ('old',)