Examples:
Examples:
use "norena" (if there is a single definite object)
or Norenak (if there are several objects)
| Basque | English | Images |
|---|---|---|
| Aitorren | Aitor’s,of Aitor | None |
| Arantxaren | Arantxa’s,of Arantxa | None |
| Josabaren | Josaba’s,of Josaba | None |
| Jonen | Jon’s,of Jon | None |
| Mirenen | Miren’s,of Miren | None |
| noren | whose | None |
| liburu | book | ['book1', 'book2', 'book3'] |
| arkatz | pencil | ['pencil1', 'pencil2', 'pencil3'] |
| boligrafo | pen | ['pen1', 'pen2', 'pen3'] |
| baloi | ball | ['ball1', 'ball2', 'ball3'] |
| bizikleta | bicycle | ['bicycle1', 'bicycle2', 'bicycle3'] |
| erloju | watch | ['watch1', 'watch2', 'watch3'] |
|
Aitorren ahuntza gizena da. |
Aitor’s goat is fat. The goat of Aitor is fat. |
|
Arantxaren behiak gazteak dira. |
Arantxa’s cows are young. The cows of Arantxa are young. |
|
Josabaren sagua argala zen. |
Josaba’s mouse was thin. The mouse of Josaba was thin. |
|
Jonen oilaskoak altuak ziren. |
Jon’s chickens were tall. The chickens of Jon were tall. |
|
Noren boligrafoa da? |
Whose pen is it? |
|
Nire lagunaren boligrafoa da. |
It is my friend's pen. It is the pen of my friend. |
|
Zu Mirenen laguna zara? Mirenen laguna zara? |
Are you Miren’s friend? Are you a friend of Miren? |
|
Bai, ni Mirenen lagun naiz. Bai, Mirenen lagun naiz. |
Yes, I am Miren’s friend. Yes I am a friend of Miren. |
|
Norena da arkatza? |
Whose is the pencil? Whose pencil is it? |
|
Mirenen arkatza da. |
It is Miren’s pencil. |
|
Noren baloia da? |
Whose ball is it? |
|
Zure lagunaren baloia da. |
It is your friend's ball. Is it the ball of your friend? |
|
Norenak dira bizikletak? |
Whose are the bicycles? Whose bicycles are they? |
|
Nire lagunen bizikletak dira. |
They are my friends’ bicycles. They are the bicycles of my friends. |
|
Bere erlojua da. |
It is his watch. It is her watch. |
|
Norena da liburua? |
Whose is the book? Whose book is it? |
|
Nire erlojuak dira. |
They are my watches. |
|
Liburuak Mikelenak dira. |
The books are Mikel’s. |
|
Norenak dira liburuak? |
Whose are the books? Whose books are they? |
|
Liburuak ikasleenak dira. |
The books are the students'. |
| English | Basque |
|---|---|
| Aitor’s | ('Aitorren',) |
| Anitza's | ('Anitzarenak (female name, plural object)',) |
| Arantxa’s | ('Arantxaren',) |
| Jon’s | ('Jonen',) |
| Josaba’s | ('Josabaren',) |
| Lili | ('Lili (LibreLingo Turtle)',) |
| Miren’s | ('Mirenen (female name)',) |
| Xabier’s | ('Xabieren (male name)',) |
| Mikel’s | ('Mikelenak (male name)',) |
| a | ('-a',) |
| also | ('ere',) |
| an | ('-ak',) |
| and | ('eta',) |
| animal | ('animalia',) |
| animals | ('animaliak',) |
| are | ('dira',) |
| ball | ('baloi',) |
| balls | ('baloiak',) |
| bicycle | ('bizikleta',) |
| bicycles | ('bizikletak',) |
| big | ('handi',) |
| bird | ('txoria',) |
| birds | ('txoriak',) |
| black | ('beltz',) |
| blue | ('urdin',) |
| book | ('liburu',) |
| books | ('liburuak',) |
| boy | ('mutil',) |
| boys | ('mutilak',) |
| bus | ('autobusa',) |
| but | ('baina',) |
| car | ('kotxea',) |
| cars | ('kotxeak',) |
| cat | ('katu',) |
| cats | ('katuak',) |
| chicken | ('oilasko',) |
| chickens | ('oilaskoak',) |
| cows | ('behiak',) |
| dog | ('txakur',) |
| dogs | ('txakurrak',) |
| fast | ('azkar',) |
| fat | ('gizena',) |
| friend | ('laguna',) |
| friend's | ('lagunen',) |
| friends' | ('lagunaren',) |
| girl | ('neska',) |
| girls | ('neskak',) |
| goat | ('ahuntza',) |
| gray | ('gris',) |
| green | ('berde',) |
| hau | ('hau',) |
| he | ('hura',) |
| his | ('bere',) |
| her | ('bere',) |
| hotel | ('hotel',) |
| hotels | ('hotelak',) |
| hura | ('hura',) |
| is | ('da',) |
| it | ('hura',) |
| look! | ('begira!',) |
| mouse | ('sagua',) |
| new | ('berri',) |
| not | ('ez',) |
| now | ('orain',) |
| of | ('de',) |
| old | ('zahar',) |
| one | ('bat',) |
| orange | ('laranja',) |
| over | ('amaitu',) |
| owl | ('hontza',) |
| owls | ('hontzak',) |
| pen | ('boligrafo',) |
| pencil | ('arkatza',) |
| pencils | ('arkatzak',) |
| pens | ('boligrafoak',) |
| plural | ('plurala',) |
| pretty | ('polit',) |
| purple | ('morea',) |
| purse | ('poltsa',) |
| purses | ('poltsak',) |
| red | ('gorri',) |
| school | ('eskola',) |
| she | ('hura',) |
| short | ('labur',) |
| slow | ('motel',) |
| small | ('txiki',) |
| students' | ('ikasleenak',) |
| tall | ('altu',) |
| that | ('hori', 'hura') |
| the | ('-a',) |
| there | ('hor',) |
| these | ('hauek',) |
| they | ('haiek',) |
| they | ('haiek',) |
| thin | ('argal',) |
| this | ('hau',) |
| those | ('haiek', 'horiek') |
| turtle | ('dortoka',) |
| turtles | ('dortokak',) |
| ugly | ('itsusi',) |
| umbrella | ('aterki',) |
| umbrellas | ('aterkiak',) |
| was | ('zen',) |
| watch | ('erloju',) |
| watches | ('erlojuak',) |
| what | ('zer',) |
| white | ('zuri',) |
| who | ('nor',) |
| whose | ('noren',) |
| yellow | ('hori',) |
| yes | ('bai',) |
| young | ('gazte',) |
| Basque | English |
|---|---|
| Aitorren | ('Aitor’s',) |
| Anitzarenak | ("Anitza's (female name, plural object)",) |
| Arantxaren | ('Arantxa’s',) |
| Josabaren | ('Josaba’s',) |
| Jonen | ('Jon’s',) |
| Lili | ('Lili (LibreLingo Turtle)',) |
| Mirenen | ('Miren’s (female name)',) |
| Xabieren | ('Xabier’s (male name)',) |
| Mikelenak | ('Mikel’s (male name)',) |
| ahuntza | ('goat',) |
| aterki | ('umbrella',) |
| arkatz | ('pencil',) |
| arkatza | ('pencil',) |
| arkatzak | ('pencils',) |
| altua | ('tall',) |
| altuak | ('tall',) |
| animalia | ('animal',) |
| animaliak | ('animals',) |
| argala | ('thin',) |
| aterkia | ('umbrella',) |
| aterkiak | ('umbrellas',) |
| autobus | ('bus',) |
| autobusa | ('bus',) |
| azkarra | ('fast',) |
| bai | ('yes',) |
| baina | ('but',) |
| baloi | ('ball',) |
| baloia | ('ball',) |
| baloiak | ('balls',) |
| bat | ('one',) |
| begira! | ('look!',) |
| behiak | ('cows',) |
| beltz | ('black',) |
| beltza | ('black',) |
| berde | ('green',) |
| berdea | ('green',) |
| berdeak | ('green',) |
| bere | ('his', 'her') |
| berria | ('new',) |
| bizikleta | ('bicycle',) |
| bizikletak | ('bicycles',) |
| boligrafo | ('pen',) |
| boligrafoa | ('pen',) |
| boligrafoak | ('pens',) |
| da | ('is',) |
| dira | ('are',) |
| dortoka | ('a turtle',) |
| dortokak | ('turtles',) |
| ere | ('also',) |
| erloju | ('watch',) |
| erlojua | ('watch',) |
| erlojuak | ('watches',) |
| eskola | ('school',) |
| eta | ('and',) |
| ez | ('not',) |
| gaztea | ('young',) |
| gazteak | ('young',) |
| gizen | ('fat',) |
| gizena | ('fat',) |
| gorri | ('red',) |
| gorria | ('red',) |
| gris | ('gray',) |
| grisa | ('gray',) |
| grisak | ('gray',) |
| haiek | ('those over there, plural of hura', 'they') |
| handia | ('big',) |
| hau | ('this',) |
| hauek | ('These, plural of hau',) |
| hontz | ('owl',) |
| hontza | ('owl',) |
| hontzak | ('owls',) |
| hori | ('that', 'yellow') |
| horia | ('yellow',) |
| horiak | ('yellow',) |
| horiek | ('Those, plural of hori',) |
| hotel | ('hotel',) |
| hotelak | ('hotels',) |
| hura | ('that over there', 'he', 'she', 'it') |
| ikasleenak | ("students'",) |
| itsusia | ('ugly',) |
| katu | ('cat',) |
| katua | ('a cat',) |
| katuak | ('cats',) |
| kotxe | ('car',) |
| kotxea | ('car',) |
| kotxeak | ('cars',) |
| laburra | ('short',) |
| lagun | ('friend',) |
| laguna | ('friend',) |
| lagunen | ("friend's",) |
| lagunaren | ("friend's",) |
| laranja | ('orange',) |
| laranjak | ('orange',) |
| liburu | ('book',) |
| liburua | ('a book',) |
| liburua | ('books',) |
| liburuak | ('books',) |
| morea | ('purple',) |
| motela | ('slow',) |
| mutila | ('boy',) |
| mutilak | ('boys',) |
| neska | ('girl',) |
| neskak | ('girls',) |
| nor | ('who',) |
| noren | ('whose',) |
| norena | ('whose',) |
| norenak | ('whose (plural)',) |
| oilasko | ('chicken',) |
| oilaskoa | ('a chicken',) |
| oilaskoak | ('chickens',) |
| orain | ('now',) |
| polita | ('pretty',) |
| poltsa | ('purse',) |
| poltsak | ('purses',) |
| sagua | ('mouse',) |
| txakur | ('dog',) |
| txakura | ('a dog',) |
| txakurrak | ('dogs',) |
| txikia | ('small',) |
| txoria | ('bird',) |
| txoriak | ('birds',) |
| urdin | ('blue',) |
| urdina | ('blue',) |
| urdinak | ('blue',) |
| uso | ('pigeon',) |
| usoa | ('a pigeon',) |
| usoak | ('pigeons',) |
| zahara | ('old',) |
| zaharra | ('old',) |
| zen | ('was',) |
| zer | ('what',) |
| zuri | ('white',) |
| zuria | ('white',) |
| zuriak | ('white',) |