Example: Nire motxila gorria da.: My backpack is red.
Note that possessive pronouns take endings (-a, -ak) like nouns and adjectives.
| Basque | English | Images |
|---|---|---|
| nirea | mine | ['iam1', 'iam2', 'iam3'] |
| zurea | yours | ['you1', 'you2', 'you3'] |
| berea | his,hers,its | ['he1', 'she3', 'he3'] |
| gurea | ours | ['we1', 'we2', 'we3'] |
| zuena | yours (plural),you'alls,your | ['you1', 'you2', 'you3'] |
| haiena | theirs | ['they1', 'they2', 'they3'] |
| zein | which | ['choice1', 'choice2', 'choice3'] |
| motxila | backpack | ['backpack1', 'backpack2', 'backpack3'] |
|
Boligrafoa beltza nirea da. |
The black pen is mine. |
|
Kotxe gorri hori nirea da. |
That red car is mine. |
|
Motxila hau nirea da. |
This backpack is mine. |
|
Aterki urdina nirea da. |
The blue umbrella is mine. |
|
Motxila berdea zurea da. |
The green backpack is yours. |
|
Zein motxila da zurea? |
Which backpack is yours? |
|
Zein boligrafoa da zurea. |
Which pen is yours? |
|
Zein aterkia da zurea? |
Which umbrella is yours? |
|
Kotxe grisa berea da. |
The gray car is hers. The gray car is his. |
|
Motxila hori berea da. |
That backpack is his. That backpack is hers. |
|
Zein arkatz da berea? |
Which pencil is hers? Which pencil is his? |
|
Arkatz morea berea da. |
The purple pencil is his. The purple pencil is hers. |
|
Zein etxea da gurea? |
Which house is ours? |
|
Etxe zuri berria gurea da. |
The new, white house is ours. |
|
Zein baloia da gurea? |
Which ball is ours? |
|
Bizikleta gorria gurea da. |
The red bicycle is ours. |
|
Zein erlojua da zuena? |
Which watch is yours(plural)? Which watch is yours? Which watch is are you'alls? |
|
Baloia zuria zuena da. |
The white ball is yours(plural). The white ball is yours. The white ball is are you'alls. |
|
Zein bizikleta da zuena? |
Which bicycle is yours(plural)? Which bicycle is yours? Which bicycle is are you'alls? |
|
Erloju laranja zuena da. |
The orange watch is yours(plural). The orange watch is yours. The orange watch is are you'alls. |
|
Zein liburua haiena da? |
Which book is theirs? |
|
Liburu horia zaharra haiena da. |
The old yellow book is theirs. |
|
Liburu hura haiena da. |
That book over there is theirs. |
|
Zein arropa da haiena? |
Which clothing is theirs? |
|
Arropa horia haiena da. |
The yellow clothing is theirs. |
| English | Basque |
|---|---|
| Anitza's | ('Anitzarenak (female name, plural object)',) |
| Lili | ('Lili (LibreLingo Turtle)',) |
| Miren’s | ('Mirenen (female name)',) |
| Xabier’s | ('Xabieren (male name)',) |
| Mikel’s | ('Mikelenak (male name)',) |
| a | ('-a',) |
| also | ('ere',) |
| an | ('-ak',) |
| and | ('eta',) |
| animal | ('animalia',) |
| animals | ('animaliak',) |
| are | ('dira',) |
| ball | ('baloi',) |
| balls | ('baloiak',) |
| backpack | ('motxila',) |
| backpacks | ('motxilak',) |
| belt | ('gerriko',) |
| belts | ('gerrikoak',) |
| bicycle | ('bizikleta',) |
| bicycles | ('bizikletak',) |
| big | ('handi',) |
| bird | ('txoria',) |
| birds | ('txoriak',) |
| black | ('beltz',) |
| blue | ('urdin',) |
| book | ('liburu',) |
| books | ('liburuak',) |
| boy | ('mutil',) |
| boys | ('mutilak',) |
| bus | ('autobusa',) |
| but | ('baina',) |
| car | ('kotxea',) |
| cars | ('kotxeak',) |
| cat | ('katu',) |
| cats | ('katuak',) |
| chicken | ('oilasko',) |
| chickens | ('oilaskoak',) |
| clothes | ('arropak',) |
| clothing | ('arropa',) |
| coat | ('berokia',) |
| coats | ('berokiak',) |
| dog | ('txakur',) |
| dogs | ('txakurrak',) |
| fast | ('azkar',) |
| fat | ('gizena',) |
| friend | ('laguna',) |
| friend's | ('lagunen',) |
| friends' | ('lagunaren',) |
| girl | ('neska',) |
| girls | ('neskak',) |
| glasses | ('betaurrekoak',) |
| gloves | ('eskularruak',) |
| gray | ('gris',) |
| green | ('berde',) |
| hau | ('hau',) |
| he | ('hura',) |
| his | ('bere', 'berea') |
| her | ('bere',) |
| hers | ('berea',) |
| hotel | ('hotel',) |
| hotels | ('hotelak',) |
| house | ('etxea',) |
| hura | ('hura',) |
| is | ('da',) |
| it | ('hura',) |
| its | ('berea',) |
| look! | ('begira!',) |
| mine | ('nirea',) |
| new | ('berri',) |
| no | ('ez',) |
| not | ('ez',) |
| now | ('orain',) |
| of | ('de',) |
| old | ('zahar',) |
| one | ('bat',) |
| orange | ('laranja',) |
| ours | ('gurea',) |
| over | ('amaitu',) |
| owl | ('hontza',) |
| owls | ('hontzak',) |
| pen | ('boligrafo',) |
| pencil | ('arkatza',) |
| pencils | ('arkatzak',) |
| pens | ('boligrafoak',) |
| plural | ('plurala',) |
| pretty | ('polit',) |
| purple | ('morea',) |
| purse | ('poltsa',) |
| purses | ('poltsak',) |
| red | ('gorri',) |
| ring | ('eraztun',) |
| rings | ('eraztunk',) |
| school | ('eskola',) |
| she | ('hura',) |
| shirt | ('alkandora',) |
| shirts | ('alkandorak',) |
| short | ('labur',) |
| slow | ('motel',) |
| small | ('txiki',) |
| socks | ('galtzerdiak',) |
| students' | ('ikasleenak',) |
| tall | ('altu',) |
| that | ('hori', 'hura') |
| the | ('-a',) |
| there | ('hor',) |
| these | ('hauek',) |
| theirs | ('haiena',) |
| they | ('haiek',) |
| thin | ('argal',) |
| this | ('hau',) |
| those | ('haiek', 'horiek') |
| turtle | ('dortoka',) |
| turtles | ('dortokak',) |
| ugly | ('itsusi',) |
| umbrella | ('aterki',) |
| umbrellas | ('aterkiak',) |
| was | ('zen',) |
| watch | ('erloju',) |
| watches | ('erlojuak',) |
| what | ('zer',) |
| which | ('zein',) |
| white | ('zuri',) |
| who | ('nor',) |
| whose | ('noren',) |
| yellow | ('hori',) |
| young | ('gazte',) |
| yours | ('zurea', 'zuena') |
| Basque | English |
|---|---|
| Anitzarenak | ("Anitza's (female name, plural object)",) |
| Lili | ('Lili (LibreLingo Turtle)',) |
| Mirenen | ('Miren’s (female name)',) |
| Xabieren | ('Xabier’s (male name)',) |
| Mikelenak | ('Mikel’s (male name)',) |
| arropak | ('clothes',) |
| aterki | ('umbrella',) |
| arkatza | ('pencil',) |
| arkatzak | ('pencils',) |
| alkandora | ('shirt',) |
| alkandorak | ('shirts',) |
| altua | ('tall',) |
| animalia | ('animal',) |
| animaliak | ('animals',) |
| argala | ('thin',) |
| arropa | ('clothing',) |
| aterkia | ('umbrella',) |
| aterkiak | ('umbrellas',) |
| autobus | ('bus',) |
| autobusa | ('bus',) |
| azkarra | ('fast',) |
| baina | ('but',) |
| baloi | ('ball',) |
| baloia | ('ball',) |
| baloiak | ('balls',) |
| bat | ('one',) |
| begira! | ('look!',) |
| beltz | ('black',) |
| beltza | ('black',) |
| berde | ('green',) |
| berdea | ('green',) |
| berdeak | ('green',) |
| bere | ('his', 'her') |
| berea | ('his', 'hers', 'its') |
| berokia | ('coat',) |
| berokiak | ('coats',) |
| berria | ('new',) |
| betaurrekoak | ('glasses',) |
| bizikleta | ('bicycle',) |
| bizikletak | ('bicycles',) |
| boligrafo | ('pen',) |
| boligrafoa | ('pen',) |
| boligrafoak | ('pens',) |
| da | ('is',) |
| dira | ('are',) |
| dortoka | ('a turtle',) |
| dortokak | ('turtles',) |
| eraztun | ('ring',) |
| eraztunak | ('rings',) |
| ere | ('also',) |
| erloju | ('watch',) |
| erlojua | ('watch',) |
| erlojuak | ('watches',) |
| eskola | ('school',) |
| eskularruak | ('gloves',) |
| eta | ('and',) |
| etxe | ('house',) |
| etxea | ('house',) |
| ez | ('not, no',) |
| galtzerdiak | ('socks',) |
| gaztea | ('young',) |
| gerriko | ('belt',) |
| gerrikoak | ('belts',) |
| gizen | ('fat',) |
| gizena | ('fat',) |
| gorri | ('red',) |
| gorria | ('red',) |
| gris | ('gray',) |
| grisa | ('gray',) |
| grisak | ('gray',) |
| gurea | ('ours',) |
| gureak | ('ours',) |
| haiek | ('those over there, plural of hura', 'they') |
| handia | ('big',) |
| handiak | ('big',) |
| hau | ('this',) |
| hauek | ('These, plural of hau',) |
| haiena | ('theirs',) |
| hontz | ('owl',) |
| hontza | ('owl',) |
| hontzak | ('owls',) |
| hori | ('that', 'yellow') |
| horia | ('yellow',) |
| horiak | ('yellow',) |
| horiek | ('Those, plural of hori',) |
| hotel | ('hotel',) |
| hotelak | ('hotels',) |
| hura | ('that over there', 'he', 'she', 'it') |
| ikasleenak | ("students'",) |
| itsusia | ('ugly',) |
| katu | ('cat',) |
| katua | ('a cat',) |
| katuak | ('cats',) |
| kotxe | ('car',) |
| kotxea | ('car',) |
| kotxeak | ('cars',) |
| laburra | ('short',) |
| lagun | ('friend',) |
| laguna | ('friend',) |
| lagunen | ("friend's",) |
| lagunaren | ("friend's",) |
| laranja | ('orange',) |
| laranjak | ('orange',) |
| liburu | ('book',) |
| liburua | ('a book',) |
| liburua | ('books',) |
| liburuak | ('books',) |
| motxila | ('backpack',) |
| motxilak | ('backpacks',) |
| morea | ('purple',) |
| motela | ('slow',) |
| mutila | ('boy',) |
| mutilak | ('boys',) |
| neska | ('girl',) |
| neskak | ('girls',) |
| nirea | ('mine',) |
| nireak | ('mine',) |
| nor | ('who',) |
| noren | ('whose',) |
| norena | ('whose',) |
| norenak | ('whose (plural)',) |
| oilasko | ('chicken',) |
| oilaskoa | ('a chicken',) |
| oilaskoak | ('chickens',) |
| orain | ('now',) |
| polita | ('pretty',) |
| poltsa | ('purse',) |
| poltsak | ('purses',) |
| txakur | ('dog',) |
| txakura | ('a dog',) |
| txakurrak | ('dogs',) |
| txikia | ('small',) |
| txoria | ('bird',) |
| txoriak | ('birds',) |
| urdin | ('blue',) |
| urdina | ('blue',) |
| urdinak | ('blue',) |
| uso | ('pigeon',) |
| usoa | ('a pigeon',) |
| usoak | ('pigeons',) |
| zahara | ('old',) |
| zaharra | ('old',) |
| zaharrak | ('old',) |
| zein | ('which',) |
| zen | ('was',) |
| zer | ('what',) |
| zuena | ('yours (plural)',) |
| zuenak | ('yours (plural)',) |
| zurea | ('yours',) |
| zureak | ('yours',) |
| zuri | ('white',) |
| zuria | ('white',) |
| zuriak | ('white',) |