Note that possessive pronouns take endings (-a, -ak) like nouns and adjectives.
| Basque | English | Images |
|---|---|---|
| nireak | mine | ['iam1', 'iam2', 'iam3'] |
| zureak | yours | ['you1', 'you2', 'you3'] |
| bereak | his,hers,its | ['he3', 'she3', 'she2'] |
| gureak | ours,ours | ['we1', 'we2', 'we3'] |
| zuenak | yours,yours(plural),you'alls | ['you1', 'you2', 'you3'] |
| haienak | theirs,theirs | ['they1', 'they2', 'they3'] |
| norenak | whose,whose(plural) | None |
|
Zein aterkiak dira nireak? |
Which umbrellas are mine? |
|
Aterki beltzak zureak dira. |
The black umbrellas are yours. |
|
Norenak dira alkandora zuriak? |
Whose are the white shirts? |
|
Alkandora zuriak nireak dira. |
The white shirts are mine. |
|
Zein dira nire berokiak? |
Which are my coats? |
|
Beroki beltzak zureak dira. |
The black coats are yours. |
|
Noren betaurrekoak dira hauek? |
Whose glasses are these? |
|
Betaurreko hauek bereak dira. |
These glasses are his. These glasses are hers. |
|
Norenak dira boligrafo horiek? |
Whose pens are these? |
|
Horiek dira bere boligrafoak |
Those are his pens. Those are her pens. |
|
Zein arkatz dira bereak? |
Which pencils are hers? Which pencils are his? |
|
Horiek dira bere arkatzak. |
Those are his pencils. Those are her pencils. |
|
Zein eraztun dira gureak? |
Which rings are ours? |
|
Eraztun horiak gureak dira. |
The yellow rings are ours. |
|
Norenak dira eskularruak? |
Whose are those gloves? |
|
Horiek dira gure eskularruak. |
Those are our gloves. |
|
Noren erlojuak dira horiek? |
Whose watches are those? |
|
Erlojuak horiek zuenak dira. |
These watches are yours(plural). These watches are yours. These watches are you'alls. |
|
Zein eskularruak dira zuenak? |
Which gloves are yours(plural)? Which gloves are yours? Which gloves are you'alls? |
|
Eskularru moreak zuenak dira. |
The purple gloves are yours(plural). The purple glovess are yours. The purple gloves are you'alls. |
|
Zein dira zuenak motxilak? |
Which are your(plural) backpacks? Which are your backpacks? Which are you'alls backpacks? |
|
Motxila urdinak haienak dira. |
The blue backpacks are theirs. |
|
Noren zorroak dira horiek? |
Whose wallets are those? |
|
Zorro horiek haienak dira. |
Those wallets are theirs. |
|
Noren jaka dira hauek? |
Whose jackets are these? |
|
Jakak marroiak haienak dira. |
The brown jackets are theirs. |
| English | Basque |
|---|---|
| Mikel's | ('Mikelen (male name)',) |
| Anitza's | ('Anitzaren (female name)', 'Anitzarenak (female name)') |
| a | ('-a',) |
| also | ('ere',) |
| am | ('naiz',) |
| an | ('-ak',) |
| and | ('eta',) |
| animal | ('animalia',) |
| animals | ('animaliak',) |
| are | ('dira', 'gara', 'zara') |
| backpack | ('motxila',) |
| backpacks | ('motxilak',) |
| belt | ('gerriko',) |
| belts | ('gerrikoak',) |
| big | ('handi',) |
| bird | ('txoria',) |
| birds | ('txoriak',) |
| bird's | ('Txoriaren',) |
| black | ('beltz',) |
| blue | ('urdin',) |
| book | ('liburu',) |
| books | ('liburuak',) |
| boy | ('mutil',) |
| boys | ('mutilak',) |
| brown | ('marroia',) |
| bus | ('autobusa',) |
| but | ('baina',) |
| car | ('kotxea',) |
| cars | ('kotxeak',) |
| cat | ('katu',) |
| cats | ('katuak',) |
| chicken | ('oilasko',) |
| chickens | ('oilaskoak',) |
| chicken's | ('oilaskoaren',) |
| coat | ('beroki',) |
| coats | ('berokiak',) |
| doctor | ('medikua',) |
| dog | ('txakur',) |
| dogs | ('txakurrak',) |
| dress | ('soinekoa',) |
| driver | ('gidaria',) |
| engineers | ('ingeniariak',) |
| fast | ('azkar',) |
| fat | ('gizena',) |
| friends | ('lagunak',) |
| girl | ('neska',) |
| girls | ('neskak',) |
| glasses | ('betaurrekoak',) |
| gloves | ('eskularruak',) |
| gray | ('gris',) |
| green | ('berde',) |
| hat | ('txanoa',) |
| hats | ('txanoak',) |
| he | ('hura',) |
| hotel | ('hotel',) |
| hotels | ('hotelak',) |
| his | ('bere', 'bereak') |
| hers | ('bere', 'bereak') |
| hau | ('hau',) |
| horse | ('zaldia',) |
| horses | ('zaldiak',) |
| horse's | ('zaldiaren',) |
| hura | ('hura',) |
| I | ('ni',) |
| is | ('da',) |
| it | ('hura',) |
| its | ('bere', 'bereak') |
| jacket | ('jaka',) |
| jackets | ('jakak',) |
| Lili | ('Lili (LibreLingo Turtle)',) |
| look! | ('begira!',) |
| long | ('luzea',) |
| mine | ('nirea', 'nireak') |
| my | ('nire',) |
| new | ('berri',) |
| not | ('ez',) |
| now | ('orain',) |
| of | ('de',) |
| old | ('zahar',) |
| one | ('bat',) |
| orange | ('laranja',) |
| our | ('gure',) |
| ours | ('gurea', 'gureak') |
| their | ('haien',) |
| theirs | ('haiena', 'haienak') |
| over | ('amaitu',) |
| owl | ('hontza',) |
| owls | ('hontzak',) |
| hontzak | ('owls',) |
| owl's | ('hontzaren',) |
| pig's | ('txerriaren',) |
| plural | ('plurala',) |
| pretty | ('polit',) |
| purple | ('morea',) |
| purse | ('poltsa',) |
| purses | ('poltsak',) |
| red | ('gorri', 'gorria', 'gorriak') |
| school | ('eskola',) |
| she | ('hura',) |
| shoes | ('zapatak',) |
| short | ('labur', 'laburrak') |
| skirt | ('gona',) |
| skirts | ('gonak',) |
| slow | ('motel',) |
| small | ('txiki',) |
| sock | ('galtzerdi',) |
| socks | ('galtzerdiak',) |
| students | ('ikasleak',) |
| sweater | ('jertsea',) |
| tall | ('altu',) |
| teacher | ('irakaslea',) |
| teachers | ('irakasleak',) |
| that | ('hori', 'hura') |
| the | ('-a',) |
| there | ('hor',) |
| these | ('hauek',) |
| they | ('haiek',) |
| they | ('haiek',) |
| thin | ('argal',) |
| this | ('hau',) |
| those | ('haiek', 'horiek') |
| trousers | ('prakak',) |
| turtle | ('dortoka',) |
| turtles | ('dortokak',) |
| turtle's | ('dortokaren',) |
| yours(plural) | ('zuenak',) |
| ugly | ('itsusi',) |
| wallet | ('zorro',) |
| wallets | ('zorroak',) |
| was | ('zen',) |
| what | ('zer',) |
| we | ('gu',) |
| white | ('zuri',) |
| who | ('nor',) |
| whose | ('noren', 'norena', 'norenak') |
| yellow | ('hori',) |
| Yes | ('bai',) |
| you | ('zu', 'zuek') |
| young | ('gazte',) |
| your | ('zure', 'zuen') |
| yours | ('zurea', 'zuena', 'zureak', 'zuenak') |
| Basque | English |
|---|---|
| Mikelen | ("Mikel's (male name)",) |
| Anitzaren | ("Anitza's (female name)",) |
| Anitzarenak | ("Anitza's (female name)",) |
| altua | ('tall',) |
| animalia | ('animal',) |
| animaliak | ('animals',) |
| argala | ('thin',) |
| autobus | ('bus',) |
| autobusa | ('bus',) |
| azkarra | ('fast',) |
| bai | ('Yes',) |
| bat | ('one',) |
| baina | ('but',) |
| begira! | ('look!',) |
| beltz | ('black',) |
| beltza | ('black',) |
| berde | ('green',) |
| berdea | ('green',) |
| berdeak | ('green',) |
| bere | ('his/hers/its',) |
| bereak | ('his/hers/its (plural object)',) |
| berria | ('new',) |
| beroki | ('coat',) |
| berokiak | ('coats',) |
| betaurreko | ('glasses (single)',) |
| betaurrekoak | ('glasses',) |
| da | ('is',) |
| dira | ('are',) |
| dortoka | ('a turtle',) |
| dortokak | ('turtles',) |
| dortokaren | ("turtle's",) |
| ere | ('also',) |
| eskola | ('school',) |
| eskularru | ('glove',) |
| eskularrua | ('glove',) |
| eskularruak | ('gloves',) |
| eta | ('and',) |
| ez | ('not',) |
| galtzerdi | ('sock',) |
| galtzerdiak | ('socks',) |
| gara | ('are',) |
| gaztea | ('young',) |
| gerriko | ('belt',) |
| gerrikoak | ('belts',) |
| gidaria | ('driver',) |
| gizen | ('fat',) |
| gizena | ('fat',) |
| gona | ('skirt',) |
| gonak | ('skirts',) |
| gorri | ('red',) |
| gorria | ('red',) |
| gorriak | ('red',) |
| gris | ('gray',) |
| grisa | ('gray',) |
| grisak | ('gray',) |
| gu | ('we',) |
| gure | ('our',) |
| gureak | ('ours (plural object)',) |
| haiek | ('those over there, plural of hura', 'they') |
| haien | ('their',) |
| haienak | ('theirs (plural object)',) |
| handia | ('big',) |
| hau | ('this',) |
| hauek | ('These, plural of hau',) |
| hontz | ('owl',) |
| hontza | ('owl',) |
| hontzak | ('owls',) |
| hontzaren | ("owl's",) |
| hori | ('that', 'yellow') |
| horia | ('yellow',) |
| horiak | ('yellow',) |
| horiek | ('Those, plural of hori',) |
| hotel | ('hotel',) |
| hotelak | ('hotels',) |
| hura | ('that over there', 'he', 'she', 'it') |
| ikasleak | ('students',) |
| ingeniariak | ('engineers',) |
| irakasle | ('teacher',) |
| irakaslea | ('teacher',) |
| irakasleak | ('teachers',) |
| itsusia | ('ugly',) |
| jaka | ('jacket',) |
| jakak | ('jackets',) |
| jertse | ('sweater',) |
| jertsea | ('sweater',) |
| katu | ('cat',) |
| katua | ('a cat',) |
| katuak | ('cats',) |
| kotxe | ('car',) |
| kotxea | ('car',) |
| kotxeak | ('cars',) |
| laburra | ('short',) |
| laburrak | ('short',) |
| lagunak | ('friends',) |
| laranja | ('orange',) |
| laranjak | ('orange',) |
| liburu | ('book',) |
| liburua | ('a book',) |
| liburuak | ('books',) |
| Lili | ('Lili (LibreLingo Turtle)',) |
| luzea | ('long',) |
| medikua | ('doctor',) |
| morea | ('purple',) |
| marroia | ('brown',) |
| marroiak | ('brown',) |
| motela | ('slow',) |
| motxila | ('backpack',) |
| motxilak | ('backpacks',) |
| mutila | ('boy',) |
| mutilak | ('boys',) |
| naiz | ('am',) |
| neska | ('girl',) |
| neskak | ('girls',) |
| ni | ('I',) |
| nire | ('my',) |
| nireak | ('mine (plural object)',) |
| nor | ('who',) |
| noren | ('whose',) |
| norenak | ('whose (plural)',) |
| norena | ('whose',) |
| norenak | ('whose',) |
| oilasko | ('chicken',) |
| oilaskoa | ('a chicken',) |
| oilaskoak | ('chickens',) |
| oilaskoaren | ("chicken's",) |
| orain | ('now',) |
| polita | ('pretty',) |
| poltsa | ('purse',) |
| poltsak | ('purses',) |
| prakak | ('trousers',) |
| soinekoa | ('dress',) |
| txanoa | ('hat',) |
| txanoak | ('hats',) |
| txakur | ('dog',) |
| txakura | ('a dog',) |
| txakurrak | ('dogs',) |
| txerriaren | ("pig's",) |
| txikia | ('small',) |
| txoria | ('bird',) |
| txoriak | ('birds',) |
| txoriaren | ("bird's",) |
| urdin | ('blue',) |
| urdina | ('blue',) |
| urdinak | ('blue',) |
| uso | ('pigeon',) |
| usoa | ('a pigeon',) |
| usoak | ('pigeons',) |
| zara | ('are',) |
| zarete | ('are',) |
| zahara | ('old',) |
| zaharra | ('old',) |
| zaldiak | ('horses',) |
| zaldiaren | ("horse's",) |
| zapatak | ('shoes',) |
| zen | ('was',) |
| zer | ('what',) |
| zorro | ('wallet',) |
| zorroa | ('wallet',) |
| zorroak | ('wallets',) |
| zu | ('you',) |
| zuek | ('you',) |
| zuen | ('your, plural',) |
| zuenak | ('yours(plural) (plural object)',) |
| zure | ('your',) |
| zureak | ('yours (plural object)',) |
| zuri | ('white',) |
| zuria | ('white',) |
| zuriak | ('white',) |