1 izan, izan, izaten

Partekatu sareetan:

1 da ad. to be, to exist

izan edo ez izan: to be or not to be
2 da ad. [gose, egarri, beldur] to be

aitona ongi da: granddad is fine

gose naiz: I'm hungry
3 da ad. to be

bihar greba izango da: there's going to be a strike tomorrow
4 da/du ad. to happen, to take place, to be

zer duzu?: what's the matter with you?; what's up with you?; what's wrong with you?
5 da/du ad. auxiliary verb

zer gertatu zaio?: what has happened to him?
6 da/du ad. (era burutuan) used to

gure etxera etorri izan da: he used to come to our house
7 du ad. to have (got)

diru asko du: he has a lot of money

direnak eta ez direnak; zirenak eta ez zirenak

all sorts of things, many things
izan ere

1
in fact, as a matter of fact

2
in truth, the truth is
bidaia ia bertan behera utzi behar izan genuen; izan ere, eguraldia oso txarra zen: we nearly had to cancel the trip; in truth, the weather was terrible
izan ezik

except (for), apart from; with the exception of
denak, ni izan ezik: everybody, except me
zure laguna izan ezik: except for your friend
izatekoa izan

to be too much
zu zara izatekoa!: you are too much, really!
izatekotan (ere)

perhaps, maybe
ezingo naiz arratsaldean etorri; izatekotan ere, azken orduan: I can't come this afternoon; well, maybe right at the end

2 izan

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