Verbs1-1

Non-conjugated Intransitive verbs

• All verbs have non-conjugated form, meaning they do are not conjugated, but are used with a helper verb (Izan or Ukan).
• Some verbs are also conjugated, change the form with tense and subject, and will be studied later.
• Intransitive Verbs are verbs that do not take an object, meaning can’t answer “what”) use IZAN as an auxilary verb
• Ex:You can say “What did he do?, but not “What did he go? So “go” is intransitive and uses IZAN.

Remote Past

• The remote past is used for any time period prior to the day of speaking.
• It is formed with Perfect Stem + past of “to be” (IZAN)
• The perfect stem(past) is the dictionary form.
• Ni atzi iristi nintzen. I arrived yesterday.

Lesson 1 Vocabulary

• egon stayed/was at a location
• erori fell
• eseri sat
• esnatu woke up
• ibili walked (non directional)
• iritsi arrived
• atzo yesterday
• berandu late
• urte year

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