oroitu
Basque
editEtymology
editFrom oroit (“memory”) + -tu.[1]
Pronunciation
editVerb
editoroitu da/du (imperfect participle oroitzen, future participle oroituko, short form oroit, verbal noun oroitze)
- to remember, to recall
- Egun horretaz oroitzen naiz. ― I remember that day. (literally, “I remember about that day.”)
Usage notes
editThis verb can take intransitive or transitive auxiliaries without a change in meaning. When conjugated with intransitive auxiliaries, what is remembered takes the instrumental case.
References
edit- ^ “oroit” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk
Further reading
edit- “oroitu”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
- “oroitu”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005