zaitzaten

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Basque[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

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  • IPA(key): (most dialects) /s̻ai̯t͡s̻aten/ [s̻ai̯.t͡s̻a.t̪ẽn]
  • IPA(key): (Biscayan) /s̺ai̯t͡s̻aten/ [s̺ai̯.t͡s̻a.t̪ẽn]

  • Rhymes: -aten
  • Hyphenation: zai‧tza‧ten

Verb[edit]

zaitzaten

  1. Third-person plural (haiek), taking second-person singular (zu) as direct object, present subjunctive form of izan.
    Synonym: zaitzatela
  2. Third-person singular (hark), taking second-person plural (zuek) as direct object, present subjunctive form of izan.
    Synonym: zaitzatela

Usage notes[edit]

Linguistically, this verb form can be seen as belonging to the reconstructed citation form ezan instead of izan.