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

Conjugation of jardun (NOR-NORK paradigm)
Mood / Tense NORK (ergative) NOR (absolutive)
1st sg 2nd sg fam. 3rd sg 1st pl 2nd sg 2nd pl 3rd pl
nik hik hark guk zuk zuek haiek
Indicative Indicative
Present ni 1st sg
hi 2nd sg fam.
Present dihardut diharduk/n dihardu dihardugu diharduzu diharduzue dihardute hura 3rd sg
gu 1st pl
zu 2nd sg
zuek 2nd pl
haiek 3rd pl
Past ni 1st sg
hi 2nd sg fam.
Past niharduen hiharduen ziharduen geniharduen zeniharduen zeniharduten ziharduten hura 3rd sg
gu 1st pl
zu 2nd sg
zuek 2nd pl
haiek 3rd pl
Conditional ni 1st sg
hi 2nd sg fam.
Conditional banihardu bahihardu balihardu bagenihardu bazenihardu bazenihardute balihardute hura 3rd sg
gu 1st pl
zu 2nd sg
zuek 2nd pl
haiek 3rd pl
Hypothetic cons. ni 1st sg
hi 2nd sg fam.
Hypothetic cons. niharduke hiharduke liharduke geniharduke zeniharduke zenihardukete lihardukete hura 3rd sg
gu 1st pl
zu 2nd sg
zuek 2nd pl
haiek 3rd pl
Past cons.
Potential Potential
Present
Hypothetic
Past
Subjunctive Subjunctive
Present
Past
Imperative Imperative
Present ni 1st sg
hi 2nd sg fam.
Present iharduk/n bihardu iharduzu iharduzue bihardute hura 3rd sg
gu 1st pl
zu 2nd sg
zuek 2nd pl
haiek 3rd pl
Conjugation of jardun (NOR-NORK allocutive paradigm)
Mood / Tense NORK (ergative) NOR (absolutive)
1st sg 3rd sg 1st pl 3rd pl
nik hark guk haiek
Indicative Indicative
Present ni 1st sg
Present ziharduat/nat ziharduk/n ziharduagu/nagu zihardutek/n hura 3rd sg
gu 1st pl
haiek 3rd pl
Past ni 1st sg
Past niharduan/nan ziharduan/nan geniharduan/nan zihardutean/nan hura 3rd sg
gu 1st pl
haiek 3rd pl
Hypothetic cons. ni 1st sg
Hypothetic cons. nihardukek/n lihardukek/n genihardukek/n liharduketek/n hura 3rd sg
gu 1st pl
haiek 3rd pl
Past cons.
Potential Potential
Present

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