University of Nevada, Reno



CBS Home Page

BASQUE STUDIES
Tutorial Ph D
Minor
Online courses
Course Syllabi

Language


 



Syllabus for BASQ 101:
Elementary Basque Language I



Office: Center for Basque Studies (GL 281)
Phone: 784.4854 x254
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
Vocabulary 
Numbers 1–10
Yes and No questions
Zer da? (What is it?)
Two verbs for “to be”: IZAN and EGON

Lesson 2
New Vocabulary
Sentences
Negatives
Badakizu euskaraz?
(Do you know Basque?)
Verbs: Singular forms of Jakin (to know)

Lesson 3
Vocabulary: everyday objects
Demonstrative pronouns: hau, hori, hura
Locations: hemen, hor, han
Numbers 11-20

Lesson 4
Vocabulary
Nongoa zara? (Where are you from?)
Nationalities and countries
Numbers 21-40

Lesson 5
Vocabulary: professions, adjectives, animals
Bizi and izan (where you live)
Affirmative and negative sentences (NON bizi zara?)
Inessive case: in, at, on
Possessives
Numbers 41-60

Lesson 6
Vocabulary; review 1-5 vocabulary
Ala and edo (“or” questions)
Aginduak – simple commands
Negative commands
Using demonstratives as adjectives and pronouns
Verbs: past participle (joan, etorri, eseri, jaiki, egon)
Sentence structure

Lesson 7
Vocabulary
Saying “to...[a place]” (Nora? allative case)
Joan (to go) as synthetic verb
Norekin (with whom?)
Question words review
Numbers 61-100

Lesson 8
Vocabulary: adverbs to use with egon
Irakurgaia: Bulegoan
Saying “from...[a place]” (-tik, ablative case)
Etorri (to come)
Instrumental case: -z (by train, by plane...)
Review question words

Lesson 9
Vocabulary: days of the week
Ukan (to have); transitive auxiliary verb
Zer nahi duzu? (What do you want?)
Nahi – objects, subjects
Ukan in negative forms (nouns, verbs)
Behar (need, need to, must)

Lesson 10
Vocabulary
Recent past (present perfect) with ukan
Numbers with nouns



 
 


Copyright © 2000 the Center for Basque Studies, University of Nevada, Reno. All rights reserved. Updated 30 May 2006. E-mail: basque@unr.edu