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Office: Center for Basque Studies (GL 281) Phone: 784.4854 http://basque.unr.edu Course Description An introduction to the language through the development of written and conversational language skills. Emphasis on Unified Basque (batua) but includes some information on the dialects. General Syllabus Lesson 1 New Vocabulary (colors, objects in classroom) Numbers 100-1000 Plus, minus, times, divided by Years Possessive (genitive case) -aren and question word norena? Question word review: nor/nork, non, nongoa, nondik, zer, nora, zenbat Lesson 2 New Vocabulary Introduce eduki (singular subjects and object) Partitive (-ik/-rik) Review recent past (present perfect) Lesson 3 Vocabulary: professions More about the suffix –k on subjects of transitive verbs Sentence structure, building phrases with adjectives Using the possessive with phrases Use of article or bat or demonstrative Lesson 4 Vocabulary: Transportation Plurals of nouns Plural persons of izan nolako(a)? Adjectives to use with nolako Plural persons of egon nola? Adverbs to use with nola Plural demonstratives Zenbat.... dago? asko Lesson 5 Vocabulary (Reading and Verbs) Plural persons of ukan and eduki (singular object) Review with nahi and behar Irakurgaia (Reading): Banpirioa eta Sorgina Lesson 6 Plural objects for ukan and eduki Review Inessive case (singular, inanimate) Introduce Inessive case (plural, inanimate) Lesson 7 Plural persons and objects for jakin Marking plural subjects of transitive verbs Plural persons for joan and etorri (lessons 7 & 8) Allative case (plural, inanimate) Ablative case (plural, inanimate) Lesson 8 Review singular possessive (genitive case) Genitive case (possessives) (plurals, animate) (singular, lesson 11) Allative with animate beings Ablative with animate beings Inessive with animate beings Lesson 9 Vocabulary Future tense Saying when / Months of the year noiz zergatik Lesson 10 New Vocabulary Directions and locations New verbs: segi, pasatu, hartu, igo, jaitsi, eman buelta Lesson 11 Zertari buruz? About what? -ari buruz (about ....) Norentzat? For whom? -(r)entzat (for ...., destinative case) Zergatik? -lako (because) Irakurketa (Reading): Zer gertatuko da, Xurga Banpirioa esnatu eta gero? Lesson 12 Vocabulary Introduce habitual present tense Formation of present participles Practice negatives with more complex structures Review partitive in exercises Lesson 13 Vocabulary Review nahi, behar Introduce ezin and ahal Irakurgaia: Banpirioek ezin dute eguzkia hartu! Practice tense recognition: past, present, future Lesson 14 Vocabulary Tense recognition Review Question marker al Spelling and alphabet in Euskara Lesson 15 Verb vocabulary Introduce gustatzen zait / ez zait gustatzen Verbal nouns from present participles Lesson 16 Vocabulary Review months of the year Review saying the year and other numbers Saying the date gustatzen zaio Review Preparing for Final Exam Exam |
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