Ukan 1-2

33. Ukan/Edun 1-2

As with intrasitive, the present is an event that is normally habitual
for example: Egunero nik irekitzen dut atea. Every day I open the door.
As with intransitive verbs, when used in the negative. Didn’t do something, ez goes with the noun.
Mirenek ez du egunero aterkia irekitzen. Miren doesn’t open the umbrella every day.
For the present habitual tense, normally the last letter is removed and “-ten” is added.
For example: Eigen -> egiten, idatzi→idazten. For words ending in tu or du both of the letters are removed and “-tzen” is added.
Imperfect stem + present of “to have/UKAN”
Nik euskaraz hitz egiten dut egunero. I speak Basque every day.
For conjugated verbs, it is a habitual actions within the present time period. For non-conjugated verbs, it can express a present state.