37. Ukan/Edun Past 1

• Just like with Izan, another form of ukan/edun is used with the remote past (actions done prior to current day).

Ukan/Edun Remote past

• Perfect Stem + past of “to have/UKAN”
• Nik euskaraz hitz egin nengoen atzo.
• I spoke Basque yesterday.
• The remote past is the time period prior to the day of speaking.

Forming Ukan/Edun past form

• Note that the past is formed with:

• a prefix of n-, zen-, z-, gen-, zen-, z-

• • stem of u/itu (single/plural object)
• • suffix of -en, -en. -en. -en, -zten, -zten

• nuen, zenuen, zuen, genuen, zenuten, zuten

• nituen, zenituen, zituen, genituen, zenituzten, zituzten

Ukan/Edun Remote Past Single Object

• Nik nuen: I had it
• Zuk zenuen: You had it
• Hark zuen: He/she/it had it
• Guk genuen: We had it
• Zuek zenuten: You (plural) had it
• Haiek zuten: They had it
• Azken astean: Last week

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