/sɪns/

• 1  adv. ordutik, orduz geroztik, geroztik

  I haven't seen him since: geroztik ez dut ikusi

• 2  prep. -tik (hona), -z geroztik, -z gero

  we've lived here since 1994: hemen bizi gara 1994tik

  I haven't seen them since the summer: udaz geroztik ez ditut ikusi

• 3  conj. [from the time that] -(e)netik, -(e)nez geroztik, -(e)nez gero

  it's twenty years since I've seen her: hogei urte igaro dira azkenekoz ikusi nuenetik

  it's ages since I saw you: urteak dira ikusi ez zaitudala

• 4  conj. [because] -(e)nez, -(e)nez gero; nola... bait-/-(e)n

  since you're so clever, you can do it yourself: hain azkarra zarenez gero, zuk zeuk egin dezakezu