21. Because 2-3

-(e)lako (because)

• If you want to say something was because of some charcteristic, you add -(e)lako to the past from of the verb IZAN, following the rules of spelling
• When adding suffixes, A+E = E, and E+E=E
• ni zaharra nintzelako: because I was old
• zu zaharra zinelako: because you were old
• hura zaharra zelako: because he/she was old
• gu zaharrak ginelako: because we were old
• zuek zaharrak zinetelako: because you (plural) were old
• haiek zaharrak zirelako:because they were old

Vocabulary 3

• nintzelako: because I was (izan)
• zinelako: because you were (izan)
• zelako: because he/she was (izan)
• ginelako: because we were (izan)
• zinetelako: because you (plural) were (izan)
• zirelako: because they were (izan)

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