jakin

Basque

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (Southern) /xakin/, [xa.kĩn]
  • IPA(key): (Northern) /jakin/, [ja.kĩn]

Verb

jakin ? (imperfect participle jakiten, future participle jakingo or jakinen, short form jakin, verbal noun jakite)

  1. to know
    Zure izena dakit.I know your name.
    Haien izenak dakizkit.I know their names.
    Ez dakigu.We don't know.
    Ez nekien nor zinen.I didn't know who you were.
    Ez al dakizu?Don't you know?

Conjugation

jakin ― NOR-NORK paradigm
Mood / Tense NORK (ergative) NOR (absolutive)
1st sg 2nd sg inf. 3rd sg 1st pl 2nd sg 2nd pl 3rd pl
nik hik hark guk zuk zuek haiek
indicative present dakit dakik/n daki dakigu dakizu dakizue dakite hura 3rd sg
dakizkit dakizkik/n dakizki dakizkigu dakizkizu dakizkizue dakizkite haiek 3rd pl
past nekien hekien zekien genekien zenekien zenekiten zekiten hura 3rd sg
nekizkien hekizkien zekizkien genekizkien zenekizkien zenekizkiten zekizkiten haiek 3rd pl
conditional baneki baheki baleki bageneki bazeneki bazenekite balekite hura 3rd sg
banekizki bahekizki balekizki bagenekizki bazenekizki bazenekizkite balekizkite haiek 3rd pl
hypothetic cons. nekike hekike lekike genekike zenekike zenekikete lekikete hura 3rd sg
nekizke hekizke lekizke genekizke zenekizke zenekizkete lekizkete haiek 3rd pl
past cons.
potential present
hypothetic
past
subjunctive present
past
imperative present jakik/n beki jakizu jakizue bekite hura 3rd sg
jakitzak/n bekizki jakitzazu jakitzazue bekizkite haiek 3rd pl

Further reading

  • jakin”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
  • jakin”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Finnish

Noun

jakin

  1. genitive singular of jakki