jardun

Basque

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /ɟardun/ [ɟar.ð̞ũn]
 
  • IPA(key): (Gipuzkoan) /xardun/ [xar.ð̞ũn]
  • IPA(key): (Biscayan) /d͡ʒardun/ [d͡ʒar.ð̞ũn]
  • IPA(key): (Navarrese) /jardun/ [jar.ð̞ũn]

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  • Rhymes: -ardun, -un
  • Hyphenation: jar‧dun

Verb

jardun da/du (imperfect participle jarduten, future participle jardungo or jardunen, short form jardun, verbal noun jardute)

  1. to be busy doing something
  2. to talk, to chat

Conjugation

jardun ― NOR-NORK paradigm
Mood / Tense NORK (ergative) NOR (absolutive)
1st sg 2nd sg inf. 3rd sg 1st pl 2nd sg 2nd pl 3rd pl
nik hik hark guk zuk zuek haiek
indicative present dihardut diharduk/n dihardu dihardugu diharduzu diharduzue dihardute hura 3rd sg
past niharduen hiharduen ziharduen geniharduen zeniharduen zeniharduten ziharduten hura 3rd sg
conditional banihardu bahihardu balihardu bagenihardu bazenihardu bazenihardute balihardute hura 3rd sg
hypothetic cons. niharduke hiharduke liharduke geniharduke zeniharduke zenihardukete lihardukete hura 3rd sg
past cons.
potential present
hypothetic
past
subjunctive present
past
imperative present iharduk/n bihardu iharduzu iharduzue bihardute hura 3rd sg

Further reading

  • jardun”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
  • jardun”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005