In this lesson you will learn the names of some of the professions you will likely be dealing with during your travels to the Basque region.
| Basque | English | Images |
|---|---|---|
| erizain | nurse | ['nurse1', 'nurse2', 'nurse3'] |
| gidari | driver | ['driver1', 'driver2', 'driver3'] |
| mediku | doctor | ['doctor1', 'doctor2', 'doctor3'] |
| polizia | police officer | ['police1', 'police2', 'police3'] |
| tour gida | tour guide | ['tourguide1', 'tourguide2', 'tourguide3'] |
| turist | tourist | ['tourist1', 'tourist2', 'tourist3'] |
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Barkatu. Nor da gidaria? |
Excuse me. Who is the driver? Excuse me. Who is a driver? |
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Hura autobus gidaria da. Autobus gidaria da. |
He is the bus driver. She is the bus driver. He is a bus driver. She is a bus driver. |
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Barkatu. Nor da tour gida? |
Excuse me. Who is the tour guide? Excuse me. Who is a tour guide? |
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Arratsalde on. Ni tour gida naiz. Arratsalde on. Tour gida naiz. |
Good Afternoon. I am the tour guide. Good Afternoon. I am a tour guide. |
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Haiek turistak dira. Turistak dira. |
They are tourists. They are the tourists. |
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Kaixo. Ni ere erizaina naiz. Kaixo. Ere erizaina naiz. |
Hello. I am also a nurse. |
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Egun on. Zu medikua al zara? Egun on. Medikua al zara? Egun on. Zu medikua zara? Egun on. Medikua zara? |
Good Morning. Are you a doctor? Good Morning. Are you the doctor? |
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Epa. Gu ikasleak gara. Epa. Ikasleak gara. |
Hi. We are students. Hi. We're students. Hi. We are the students. Hi. We're the students. |
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Bai. Gu gidariak gara. Bai. Gidariak gara. |
Yes. We are drivers. Yes. We are the drivers. Yes. We're drivers. Yes. We're the drivers. |
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Bai. Gu medikuak gara. Bai. Medikuak gara. |
Yes. We are doctors. Yes. We are the doctors. Yes. We're doctors. Yes. We're the doctors. |
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Zuek turistak zarete. Turistak zarete. |
You are tourists. You(plural) are tourists. You'll are tourists. |
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Zuek poliziak al zarete? Poliziak al zarete? Zuek poliziak zarete? Poliziak zarete? |
Are you(plural) police officers? Are you'll police officers? Are you police officers? Are you(plural) the police officers? Are you'll the police officers? Are you the police officers? |
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Hura polizia bat al da? Polizia bat al da? Hura polizia al da? Polizia al da? Hura polizia bat da? Polizia bat da? Hura polizia da? Polizia da? |
Is he a police officer? Is she a police officer? Is he the police officer? Is she the police officer? Is he one police officer? Is she one police officer? |
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Haiek erizainak edo medikuak dira? Erizainak edo medikuak dira? |
Are they nurses or doctors? Are they the nurses or the doctors? |
| English | Basque |
|---|---|
| a | ('-a',) |
| also | ('ere',) |
| am | ('naiz',) |
| are | ('zara', 'gare', 'zarete') |
| bus | ('autobus',) |
| doctor | ('medikua',) |
| doctors | ('medikuak',) |
| driver | ('gidari',) |
| drivers | ('gidariak',) |
| excuse | ('Barkatu',) |
| guide | ('gida',) |
| guides | ('gidak',) |
| he | ('hura',) |
| hello | ('kaixo',) |
| hi | ('epa',) |
| I | ('ni',) |
| is | ('da',) |
| it | ('hura',) |
| me | ('ni',) |
| nurse | ('erizain',) |
| nurses | ('erizainak',) |
| officer | ('ofiziala',) |
| officers | ('ofizialak',) |
| one | ('bat',) |
| police | ('polizia',) |
| she | ('hura',) |
| students | ('ikasleak',) |
| the | ('-a',) |
| they | ('haiek',) |
| tour | ('tour',) |
| tourist | ('turista',) |
| tourists | ('turistak',) |
| we | ('gu',) |
| who | ('nor',) |
| yes | ('bai',) |
| you | ('zu',) |
| you(plural) | ('zuek',) |
| Basque | English |
|---|---|
| al | ('question_word',) |
| autobus | ('bus',) |
| bai | ('Yes',) |
| barkatu | ('Excuse me',) |
| bat | ('one',) |
| da | ('is',) |
| dira | ('are',) |
| ere | ('also',) |
| erizaina | ('nurse',) |
| erizainak | ('nurses',) |
| epa | ('hi',) |
| gara | ('are',) |
| gidari | ('driver',) |
| gidaria | ('the driver',) |
| gidariak | ('drivers',) |
| gu | ('we',) |
| haiek | ('they',) |
| hura | ('he', 'she', 'it') |
| ingeniari | ('engineer',) |
| ikasleak | ('students',) |
| kaixo | ('hello',) |
| mediku | ('doctor',) |
| medikua | ('the doctor',) |
| medikuak | ('doctors',) |
| naiz | ('am',) |
| ni | ('I',) |
| nor | ('who',) |
| polizia | ('police officer',) |
| poliziak | ('police officers',) |
| tour | ('tour',) |
| gida | ('guide',) |
| gidak | ('guides',) |
| turist | ('tourist',) |
| turista | ('the tourist',) |
| turistak | ('tourists',) |
| zara | ('are',) |
| zarete | ('are',) |
| zu | ('you',) |
| zuek | ('you(plural)',) |