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Basque Language Lesson 3 · 3garren
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First dialog
Ainara eta Iker hitz egiten ari dira (are
talking).
Ainara and Iker are talking.
Ainara emakumea da. Iker gizona da.
Ainara is a woman. Iker is a man.
Ainara etxekoanderea da. Iker pixkat arraroa da.
Ainara is a housewife. Iker is a little strange.
Zer da Iker? Batek daki!
What does Iker do? (literally: what is Iker) Who
knows?!
Iker: Nortzu dira ileapaintzaile adimentsu
horiek?
Who are those intelligent hairdressers?
Ainara: Haiek ez dira ileapaintzaileak. Haiek taxistak
dira.
They aren’t hairdressers. They are taxi
drivers.
Iker: Baina, emakumeak dira!
But, they’re women!
Ainara: Bai, eta indartsuak dira, eta barregarriak.
Taxistak.
Yes, and they are strong and funny. Taxi drivers.
Iker: Nongoak dira?
Where are they from?
Ainara: New Yorkekoak.
New York. (literally: New Yorkers.)
Iker: Nolakoak dira New Yorkeko gizonak?
What are New York men like?
Ainara: Zer galdera! Zu oso pertsona arraroa zara!
What a question! You’re a very strange
person!
Second dialog
Iker eta Gotzon hitz egiten ari dira.
Iker and Gotzon are talking.
Gotzon mutila da. Ikaslea. Bere unibertsitatea Euskal
Herriko Unibertsitatea da.
Gotzon is a boy. A student. His university is the University
of the Basque Country.
Iker: Kaixo, Gotzon! Zer moduz?
Hi, Gotzon! How are you?
Gotzon: Ondo esan beharko. Ai ene! Emakume hori nire
irakaslea da!
Fine, I guess. Good grief! That woman is my teacher!
Iker: Bere izena?
Her name?
Gotzon: Maialen Goiherri Zapalategi.
(Note: Basques use two last names. Goiherri is
Maialen’s father’s name and Zapalategi is her
mother’s name. If we get technical, they have four last
names, the father’s father and mother, and the
mother’s father and mother, but two is enough for
now!)
Iker: Nolakoa da?
What is she like?
Gotzon: Klasean, oso interesgarria. Barregarria.
Adimentsua. Baina batzutan ulertezina.
In class, very interesting. Funny. Intelligent. But
sometimes, incomprehensible.Iker: Ondo. (idazten)
Irakaslea. Ulertezina. Barkatu, Gotzon? Nongoa da
Maialen?
Fine. (writing) A teacher. Incomprehensible. Excuse me,
Gotzon? Where is Maialen from?
Gotzon: Nongoa? Ba, Ondarrakoa. Bai, Ondartarra.
Hori.
Where (is she) from? Umm, from Ondarroa. Yes, she’s
a native of Ondarroa. That’s it.
Iker: Non bizi da?
Where does she live?
Gotzon: Hemen, Donostian. Hemen dago unibertsitatea. Ez
Ondarroan.
Here, in San Sebastian. The university is here.
Not in Ondarroa.
Iker: Zenbat ikasle zure klasean?
How many students in your class?
Gotzon: Beno, beharbada larrogei. Bai, hori. Larrogei
ikasle.
Well, perhaps eighty. Yes, that’s it. Eighty
students.
Iker: (idazten) Larrogei ikasle. Haien irakaslea Maialen
da, eta bera ulertezina da.
(writing) Eighty students. Their teacher is Maialen, and
she is incomprehensible.
Gotzon: Batzutan.
Sometimes.
Iker: Bai, batzutan.
Yes, sometimes.
Gotzon: Beste batzutan, oso interesgarria, oso
barregarria.
At other times, (she’s) very interesting, very
funny.
Iker: Mila esker!
Thanks a lot! (literally: a thousand thanks)
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