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Conjugated Intransitive verb Joan (To go directed) and Allative form - NORA

• The conjugated form of Joan (noa, zoaz, doa, goaz, zoazte, doaz) is the equivalent of the present continuous form in English,
• that being, something you are in the process of doing, now or around now.
• “I am going to school.” (now) "Ni eskolara noa."vs “I go every day.” (habitual) "Ni egunero joaten naiz eskolara."
• Using the verb “joan” (to go), or other motion verbs, to show movement to a destinations causes the destination object to use the Allative/Nora form.
• Joan is used when going to a specific destination. If the subject is just going, with no particular destination stated, ibili is used.
• The question word to go with this case is Nora (Where to?).

NORA – allative case

• Single nouns
• ending -(e)ra
• if the noun ends in a vowel, add -ra
• mendi - mendira
• if the noun ends in a consonant, add -era
• hotel - hotelera

Lesson 1 Vocabulary

• nora - where (to)
• ni noa - I am going
• zu zoaz - you are going
• hura doa - he/she/it is going
• gu goaz - we are going
• zuek zoazte ' you (plural) are going
• haiek doaz - they are going

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