38. Egin 1

Egin-make verbs from nouns

• Past: Egin
• Present: Egiten
• Future: Egingo
• Egin is often used with nouns to make them verbs. Lo - sleep, lo egin - to sleep.
• To create the recent past form, just use the dictionary form with the verb Ukan.
• Nik egin dut. I did it.
• To make the habitual present, drop the last letter and add ten.
• Nik egiten dut. I do it.
• To make the future tense, add -go (instead of -ko as ends in n)
• Egingo dut. I will do it.

Egin 1

• barre: laugh
• bisita: visit
• dantza: dance
• eztul: cough
• egin: did
• egiten: do
• egingo: will do

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