jakin

Basque

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): (Southern) /xakin/, [xa.kĩn]
• IPA^(key): (Northern) /jakin/, [ja.kĩn]

Verb

jakin ? (imperfect participle jakiten, future participle jakingo or jakinen, short form jakin, verbal noun jakite)

1. to know

   Zure izena dakit. ― I know your name.

   Haien izenak dakizkit. ― I know their names.

   Ez dakigu. ― We don't know.

   Ez nekien nor zinen. ― I didn't know who you were.

   Ez al dakizu? ― Don't you know?

Conjugation

jakin ― 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	dakit	dakik/n	daki	dakigu	dakizu	dakizue	dakite	hura	3rd sg
		dakizkit	dakizkik/n	dakizki	dakizkigu	dakizkizu	dakizkizue	dakizkite	haiek	3rd pl
	past	nekien	hekien	zekien	genekien	zenekien	zenekiten	zekiten	hura	3rd sg
		nekizkien	hekizkien	zekizkien	genekizkien	zenekizkien	zenekizkiten	zekizkiten	haiek	3rd pl
	conditional	baneki	baheki	baleki	bageneki	bazeneki	bazenekite	balekite	hura	3rd sg
		banekizki	bahekizki	balekizki	bagenekizki	bazenekizki	bazenekizkite	balekizkite	haiek	3rd pl
	hypothetic cons.	nekike	hekike	lekike	genekike	zenekike	zenekikete	lekikete	hura	3rd sg
		nekizke	hekizke	lekizke	genekizke	zenekizke	zenekizkete	lekizkete	haiek	3rd pl
	past cons.	―	―	―	―	―	―	―
potential	present	―	―	―	―	―	―	―
	hypothetic	―	―	―	―	―	―	―
	past	―	―	―	―	―	―	―
subjunctive	present	―	―	―	―	―	―	―
	past	―	―	―	―	―	―	―
imperative	present	—	jakik/n	beki	—	jakizu	jakizue	bekite	hura	3rd sg
		—	jakitzak/n	bekizki	—	jakitzazu	jakitzazue	bekizkite	haiek	3rd pl

Further reading

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

Finnish

Noun

jakin

1. genitive singular of jakki