Basque Questions
Learning the Basque Questions 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 Questions is in the structure of the grammar in Basque.
Basque questions may be either a linguistic expression used to make a request for information, or else the request itself made by such an expression. Usually it starts with why, how, where, when ... Here are some examples:
| English Questions | Basque Questions |
| Questions | Galderak |
| how? | nola? |
| what? | Zer da? |
| who? | nor? |
| why? | zergatik? |
| where? | Non? |
As you can see from the example above, the structure of the Questions in Basque has a logical pattern. Locate the Questions above and see how it works with the rest of the sentence in Euskara.
List of Questions in Basque
Below is a list of the Questions and interrogative expressions in Basque placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Basque vocabulary.
| English Questions | Basque Questions |
| where is he? | non dago? |
| what is this? | Zer da hau? |
| why are you sad? | zergatik zaude triste? |
| how do you want to pay? | Nola ordaindu nahi duzu? |
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| can I come? | joan ahal naiz? |
| is he sleeping? | lo dago? |
| do you know me? | ezagutzen nauzu? |
| do you have my book? | nire liburua daukazu? |
| how big is it? | handia al da? |
| can I help you? | lagundu ahal zaitut? |
| can you help me? | lagundu ahal nauzu? |
| do you speak English? | ingelera hitz egiten duzu? |
| how far is this? | urrun al dago? |
| what time is it? | Zer ordu da? |
| how much is this? | zenbat da hau? |
| what is your name? | Zein da zure izena? |
| where do you live? | non bizi zara? |
Questions and interrogative expressions have a very important role in Basque, therefore they need very special attention. Once you're done with the Euskara Questions, you might want to check the rest of our Basque lessons here: Learn Basque. Don't forget to bookmark this page.