goazen

Basque

Etymology

Originally the synthetic first person plural present subjunctive of the verb joan (“to go”). All synthetic subjunctive forms of verbs are archaic in modern Basque apart from this one.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (most dialects) /ɡoas̻en/ [ɡo.a.s̻ẽn]
IPA^(key): (Biscayan) /ɡoas̺en/ [ɡo.a.s̺ẽn]

Rhymes: -as̻en
Rhymes: -as̺en

Hyphenation: go‧a‧zen

Interjection

goazen

let’s go!
Goazen kalera!
Let’s go outside!
let’s
Goazen hastera!
Let’s start!

Usage notes

When used to express the cohortative mood (let's) it is always followed by a verbal noun in the allative case. Another way of expressing the same is by adding a subjunctive verb form such as gaitezen, dezagun, ditzagun... to the infinitive of the verb, i.e. goazen hastera (literally “let's go to the starting”) is the same as has gaitezen (literally “let's start”).

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