20. Because 1-2

-rik (any) and zergatik (why)

• The Basque word for any is the suffix -rik, and is known as the Partitive case.
• When using -rik, you just add -rik to the no article form.
• Ex: Aulki = a/the chair, aulkirik = any chair.
• As with English, -rik is normally used with negative sentences. Ez dago aulkirik There isn’t any chair.
• Also note -rik makes the object single, even if it is plural in English. Ez dago aulkirik. There isn’t any chair/aren’t any chairs.
• Zergatik is used to ask why something is.

Vocabulary 2

• zergatik: why
• eserita: sitting, seated
• nekatu: tired
• zutik: standing
• haserre: angry
• gaixorik: sick
• kezkatuta: worried
• dirua: money

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