Authors: Wim Jansen
ISBN-13: 9780781812276, ISBN-10: 0781812275
Format: Other Format
Publisher: Hippocrene Books, Inc.
Date Published: November 2007
Edition: (Non-applicable)
A resident of the Netherlands, Jansen is a researcher and author of several Basque-related books and articles. He provides a basic knowledge of Basque grammar and vocabulary useful for visiting the Basque country, as well as a brief introduction to Basque culture and history. The text includes review exercises and an answer key. Intended for the beginning student of the Basque language, the text has a written guide to the Basque alphabet and pronunciation, but has no companion audio tape or CD. No subject index. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
A resident of the Netherlands, Jansen is a researcher and author of several Basque-related books and articles. He provides a basic knowledge of Basque grammar and vocabulary useful for visiting the Basque country, as well as a brief introduction to Basque culture and history. The text includes review exercises and an answer key. Intended for the beginning student of the Basque language, the text has a written guide to the Basque alphabet and pronunciation, but has no companion audio tape or CD. No subject index. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Introduction | 7 | |
History of the Basque People and Their Language | 11 | |
The Basque Country Today | 19 | |
Some Aspects of the Basque Culture | 25 | |
Abbreviations and Symbols | 29 | |
Alphabet and Pronunciation | 31 | |
Exercises | 37 | |
Lesson 139 | ||
Dialogue & vocabulary: First conversation: Good morning! | 40 | |
Grammar | 44 | |
Nouns and noun phrases | 44 | |
The definite article singular | 44 | |
The verb 'to be' | 46 | |
The subject | 48 | |
Word order | 48 | |
Questions | 48 | |
Exercises | 50 | |
Lesson 251 | ||
Dialogue & vocabulary: What is your name? | 52 | |
Grammar | 56 | |
The negation | 56 | |
To be somewhere | 56 | |
The strong r | 56 | |
The indefinite article | 57 | |
The word beste (other) | 57 | |
The plural article | 58 | |
The word batzuk (some) | 58 | |
Exercises | 60 | |
Lesson 363 | ||
Dialogue & vocabulary: Where are you from? | 64 | |
Grammar | 68 | |
The verb and its conjugation: General notions | 68 | |
The perfective | 68 | |
The recent past tense | 69 | |
The relational suffix -ko | 70 | |
The location suffix -n (geographical names) | 71 | |
The direction suffix -ra (geographical names) | 71 | |
The word ala ('or' exclusive) | 72 | |
Exercises | 74 | |
Lesson 477 | ||
Dialogue & vocabulary: From where to where? | 78 | |
Grammar | 82 | |
The past tense of izan (to be) | 82 | |
The remote past tense | 82 | |
The past tense of egon (to be) | 83 | |
The separation suffix -tik (geographical names) | 84 | |
The interrogative particle al | 84 | |
The word edo ('or' inclusive) | 84 | |
The word samar (rather) | 85 | |
Exercises | 87 | |
Lesson 589 | ||
Dialogue & vocabulary: Are you thirsty? | 90 | |
Grammar | 94 | |
The verb 'to have' | 94 | |
The transitive subject | 95 | |
The transitive conjugation | 96 | |
The recent past and remote past tense (transitive) | 97 | |
Plural objects | 99 | |
The partitive suffix -(r)ik | 100 | |
Is/Are there any ...? | 101 | |
The word baizik (but) | 101 | |
Exercises | 104 | |
Lesson 6107 | ||
Dialogue & vocabulary: Lunch is ready | 108 | |
Grammar | 112 | |
The imperfective | 112 | |
The (habitual) present and past tense | 112 | |
The demonstrative pronouns | 115 | |
Adverbs of state | 116 | |
Exercises | 119 | |
Lesson 7121 | ||
Dialogue & vocabulary: How many flowers? | 122 | |
Grammar | 126 | |
Numerals (1-20) | 126 | |
Do you have any ...? | 128 | |
The words bera(k) and bere(n) (third persons) | 128 | |
The verbs 'to want to' and 'to have to' | 128 | |
The comparative | 129 | |
The verb eduki (to hold) | 129 | |
Exercises | 133 | |
Lesson 8135 | ||
Dialogue & vocabulary: The days of the week | 136 | |
Grammar | 140 | |
The future tense | 140 | |
Numerals (ordinal numbers) | 141 | |
The genitive suffix -ren | 142 | |
Exercises | 145 | |
Lesson 9147 | ||
Dialogue & vocabulary: In the city | 148 | |
Grammar | 152 | |
The simple conjugation: etorri (to come) and joan (to go) | 152 | |
The location suffix -an | 153 | |
The direction suffix -ra | 154 | |
The separation suffix -tik | 154 | |
Exercises | 156 | |
Lesson 10159 | ||
Dialogue & vocabulary: Let's go to the station! | 160 | |
Grammar | 164 | |
Ibili (to walk) in the simple conjugation | 164 | |
The direction suffix -raino | 164 | |
The instrument suffix -z | 164 | |
The possessive adjectives | 165 | |
Exercises | 168 | |
Lesson 11171 | ||
Dialogue & vocabulary: At what time will the train arrive? | 172 | |
Grammar | 176 | |
Telling the time | 176 | |
The direction suffix -rantz | 179 | |
Complements of place | 179 | |
Complements of time | 180 | |
Exercises | 182 | |
Lesson 12185 | ||
Dialogue & vocabulary: A walk in the mountains | 186 | |
Grammar | 190 | |
The dative of izan (to be) | 190 | |
The dative case -ri | 192 | |
The suffix -rekin meaning '(together) with' | 192 | |
Other prepositions | 192 | |
Numerals (21-100, 1000) | 194 | |
Exercises | 196 | |
Appendix A | How to Be Inventive in Basque | 199 |
Noun Makers | 201 | |
Adjective Makers | 204 | |
Verb Makers | 206 | |
Appendix B | Declension Summary | 209 |
Appendix C | Conjugation Summary | 215 |
Exercise Key | 223 | |
Glossary Basque-English | 241 | |
Glossary English-Basque | 261 | |
Bibliography | 283 |