• 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

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•  iz. being