Basque Articles
Learning the Basque Articles 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 Articles is in the structure of the grammar in Basque.
Basque articles are words that combine with a noun to indicate the type of reference being made by the noun. Generally articles specify the grammatical definiteness of the noun. Examples are "the, a, and an". Here are some examples:
| English Articles | Basque Articles |
| articles | artikuluak |
| the | "a" behind the word |
| a | a |
| one | bat |
| some | batzuk |
| few | batzuk |
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| the book | liburua |
| the books | liburuak |
| a book | liburu bat |
| one book | liburu bat |
| some books | liburu batzuk |
| few books | liburu batzuk |
As you can see from the example above, the structure of the Articles in Basque has a logical pattern. Locate the Articles above and see how it works with the rest of the sentence in Euskara.
List of Articles in Basque
Below is a list of vocabulary where you can use the Definite and Indefinite Articles in Basque. Try to practice but also memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Basque vocabulary.
| English Vocabulary | Basque Vocabulary |
| Food | Elikadura |
| almonds | arbendola |
| bread | ogia |
| breakfast | gosaria |
| butter | gurina |
| candy | gozokia |
| cheese | gazta |
| chicken | oilaskoa |
| cumin | kuminoa |
| dessert | postrea |
| dinner | afaria |
| fish | arrainak |
| fruit | Fruta |
| ice cream | izozkiak |
| lamb | bildotsa |
| lemon | limoi |
| lunch | bazkaria |
| meal | bazkaria |
| meat | haragia |
| oven | Labea |
| pepper | piperra |
| plants | landareak |
| pork | txerri |
| salad | entsalada |
| salt | gatza |
| sandwich | sandwich |
| sausage | Txistorra |
| soup | zopa |
| sugar | azukre |
| supper | afaria |
| turkey | indioilarra |
| apple | sagar |
| banana | banana |
| oranges | laranjak |
| peaches | melokotoiak |
| peanut | kakahuete |
| pears | udareak |
| pineapple | anana |
| grapes | mahatsak |
| strawberries | marrubiak |
| vegetables | barazkiak |
| carrot | Azenario |
| corn | artoa |
| cucumber | luzokerra |
| garlic | baratxuri |
| lettuce | Letxuga |
| olives | olibak |
| onions | tipulak |
| peppers | piperrak |
| potatoes | patatak |
| pumpkin | kalabaza |
| beans | babarrunak |
| tomatoes | tomateak |
Definite and Indefinite Articles have a very important role in Basque, therefore they need very special attention. Once you're done with the Euskara Articles, you might want to check the rest of our Basque lessons here: Learn Basque. Don't forget to bookmark this page.