Verbs1-3

Non-conjugated Intransitive verbs

• All verbs have non-conjugated form, meaning they do are not conjugated, but are used with a helper verb (Izan or Ukan).
• Some verbs are also conjugated, change the form with tense and subject, and will be studied later.
• Intransitive Verbs are verbs that do not take an object, meaning can’t answer “what”) use IZAN as an auxilary verb
• Ex:You can say “What did he do?, but not “What did he go? So “go” is intransitive and uses IZAN.

Present habitual

• The present habitual is normally used to discuss actions that are done routinely.
• It is formed with the present participle stem + present of “to be” (IZAN)
• For the present participle stem , normally the last letter is removed and -ten added (iristi → iristen.
• If the word ends in -ti, it is removed and -ten added ()
• If it ends in -tu or -du, they are removed and -tzen is added. (sortu → sortzen)
• Ni iristen naiz. I arrive.
• Every day" is "egunero", the "-ero" suffix can be added to a lot of words to mean "every".
• at an hour uses insessive plural – at six is "seietan"

Lesson 3 Vocabulary

• egunero every day
• gauero every night
• hilero every month
• urtero every year
• egoten stay/be at a location
• erortzen fall
• eserten sit
• esnatzen wake up
• ibiltzen walk
• iristen arrive

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