Basque Adjectives
Learning the Basque Adjectives is very important because its structure is used in every day conversation. The more you master it the more you get closer to mastering the Basque language. But first we need to know what the role of Adjectives is in the structure of the grammar in Basque.
Basque Adjectives are words that describe or modify another person or thing in the sentence. Here are some examples:
| English Adjectives | Basque Adjectives |
| adjectives | adjektiboak |
| a green tree | zuhaitz berde bat |
| a tall building | altuerako eraikina |
| a very old man | oso gizon zahar bat |
| the old red house | etxe gorri zaharra |
| a very nice friend | oso lagun jator bat |
As you can see from the example above, the structure of the Adjectives in Basque has a logical pattern. Locate the Adjectives above and see how it works with the rest of the sentence in Euskara.
List of Adjectives in Basque
Below is a list of the Adjectives, Colors, Shapes, Sizes in Basque placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Basque vocabulary.
| English Adjectives | Basque Adjectives |
| colors | kolore |
| black | beltza |
| blue | urdina |
| brown | marroia |
| gray | grisa |
| green | orlegia |
| orange | laranja |
| purple | morea |
| red | gorria |
| white | zuri |
| yellow | horia |
| |
| sizes | tamaina |
| big | handia |
| deep | sakona |
| long | luze |
| narrow | estu |
| short | labur |
| small | txiki |
| tall | altu, garaia |
| thick | lodi |
| thin | mehe |
| wide | zabala |
| |
| shapes | forma |
| circular | zirkular |
| straight | zuzen |
| square | karratu |
| triangular | triangeluar |
| |
| tastes | dastamen |
| bitter | mingotsa |
| fresh | freskoa |
| salty | gazia |
| sour | garratz |
| spicy | min |
| sweet | gozoa |
| |
| qualities | ezaugarriak |
| bad | txarra |
| clean | garbi |
| dark | iluna |
| difficult | zaila |
| dirty | zikina |
| dry | lehor |
| easy | erraza |
| empty | hutsik |
| expensive | garestia |
| fast | azkarra |
| foreign | atzerriko |
| full | osoa |
| good | ona |
| hard | gogorra |
| heavy | astuna, pisuduna |
| inexpensive | ekonomikoa |
| light | argia |
| local | tokiko |
| new | berri |
| noisy | zaratatsu |
| old | zaharra |
| powerful | indartsua |
| quiet | lasaiak |
| correct | zuzena |
| slow | motela |
| soft | biguna |
| very | oso |
| weak | ahula |
| wet | hezea |
| wrong | oker |
| young | gazte |
| |
| quantities | kopuruak |
| few | batzuk |
| little | gutxi |
| many | hainbat |
| much | askoz |
| part | parte |
| some | zenbait |
| a few | batzuk |
| whole | osoa |
Adjectives, Colors, Shapes, Sizes have a very important role in Basque, therefore they need very special attention. Once you're done with the Euskara Adjectives, you might want to check the rest of our Basque lessons here: Learn Basque. Don't forget to bookmark this page.