jardun

Basque

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): (Southern) /xardun/, [xar.ð̞ũn]
• IPA^(key): (Northern) /jardun/, [jar.ð̞ũn]

Verb

jardun ? (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

   jardun ― NOR-NORK paradigm

Mood / Tense		NORK (ergative)							NOR (absolutive)
		1st sg	2nd sg inf.	3rd sg	1st pl	2nd sg	2nd pl	3rd pl
		nik	hik	hark	guk	zuk	zuek	haiek
indicative	present	dihardut	diharduk/n	dihardu	dihardugu	diharduzu	diharduzue	dihardute	hura	3rd sg
	past	niharduen	hiharduen	ziharduen	geniharduen	zeniharduen	zeniharduten	ziharduten	hura	3rd sg
	conditional	banihardu	bahihardu	balihardu	bagenihardu	bazenihardu	bazenihardute	balihardute	hura	3rd sg
	hyp. cons.	niharduke	hiharduke	liharduke	geniharduke	zeniharduke	zenihardukete	lihardukete	hura	3rd sg
	past cons.	―	―	―	―	―	―	―
potential	present	―	―	―	―	―	―	―
	hypothetic	―	―	―	―	―	―	―
	past	―	―	―	―	―	―	―
subjunctive	present	―	―	―	―	―	―	―
	past	―	―	―	―	―	―	―
imperative	present	—	iharduk/n	bihardu	—	iharduzu	iharduzue	bihardute	hura	3rd sg

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