Basque edit

Pronunciation edit

 
  • IPA(key): (most dialects) /s̻int͡s̻aten/ [s̻ĩn.t͡s̻a.t̪ẽn]
  • IPA(key): (Biscayan) /s̺int͡s̻aten/ [s̺ĩn.t͡s̻a.t̪ẽn]

  • Rhymes: -aten
  • Hyphenation: zin‧tza‧ten

Verb edit

zintzaten

  1. Third-person plural (haiek), taking second-person singular (zu) as direct object, hypothetic subjunctive form of izan.
  2. Third-person plural (haiek), taking second-person singular (zu) as direct object, past subjunctive form of izan.
    Synonym: zintzatela
  3. Third-person singular (hark), taking second-person plural (zuek) as direct object, hypothetic subjunctive form of izan.
  4. Third-person singular (hark), taking second-person plural (zuek) as direct object, past subjunctive form of izan.
    Synonym: zintzatela

Usage notes edit

Linguistically, this verb form can be seen as belonging to the reconstructed citation form ezan instead of izan.