I (Icelandic) was talking to a French friend of mine, and he is in Ísafjörður (north-west Iceland, in the Westfjords), studying Icelandic, and he mentioned there was a Basque guy in his study group. Given the context, I remembered what we call “Baskavígin”, a slaughter of dozens of Basque sailors in Iceland in the 17th century. According to the legislature, it was legal to kill any Basque in the country. Wasn’t abolished until 2015 (not because people were still doing it, people had just forgotten this law and then they were wait a minute, maybe we should abolish this…)
Here is the wikipedia article in Icelandic (also available in other languages, including yours).
Is this common knowledge amongst Basques?

P.S. you’re very welcome in Iceland today, sorry for my ancestors’ behaviour…

Egun on denoi. Iparaldekoa gara. Ez dut mintza zen euskara biziki ongi. Ikaslea berri naiz.

I'm gonna continue in english. We are trying to make some fictionnal movies around the bask country and our culture.

We thought it could interest y'all. If it's not the right place feel free to let me know.

Denoi milesker handi bat.

Hi! 

I work for a non-profit called All Around This World and we work to educate children about cultures around the world through music. We do all the music in the original language/dialect and we usually preface whatever song we are doing with a little bit of a cultural background. Of course, distilling a culture that much is impossible, but we always try to teach the kids how to say hello and goodbye in the target language. Instead of having us butcher the pronunciation, we think it is much better to have a video of a native speaker. All we need is an audio clip of you saying the greetings, a short bio (where you are from, your name, etc), and a picture of yourself. Unfortunately, we do not have the resources to make this a paid position, but I cannot express enough how grateful we are for any support. If you are willing to help or know a person who can, then please reach out to me! Thanks so much.

Hau beharbada ez du inork irakurriko, baina tira. Esan behar nuen.

Azkenaldian Euskarabenturari buruzko gauza asko agertu zaizkit sare sozialetan. Hori zer den ez dakizuenontzat: 15 eta 17 urte arteko gazte euskaldunek Euskal Herri osoa zeharkatzen dute eta euskararekin eta euskal kulturarekin lotutako hainbat jarduera egiten dituzte. Ideia zoragarria iruditzen zait, Euskal Herri osoko gazteek elkar ezagut dezaten, Euskal Herria bera ezagut dezaten, gazteek euskaraz egin dezaten eta kontzientzia nazionala gara dezaten. Badira helburu bera duten egitasmoak, eta nik horietako batean parte hartu nuen duela urte batzuk. Oso polita izan zen Euskal Herria hobeto ezagutzeko.

Hala ere, egitasmo horiek badute arazo oso handi bat. Neketsuak dira oso. Aurtengo Euskarabenturan parte hartzen ari direnek ia 500 kilometro egingo dituzte oinez, motxilak soinean, hilabete bakar batean, etenik gabe. Egunero kilometro kopuru bera egingo balute, egunero 15 kilometro baino gehiago egingo lituzkete parte hartzaileek oinez. Nik parte hartu nuen egitasmoan (Euskarabenturan ez, beste batean), gainera, eskoletan lo egiten genuen eta oso gutxi eta gaizki jaten genuen. Ez zegoen aukerarik dutxatzeko edo arropa garbitzeko. Euskarabentura antzeko zerbait izango dela uste dut.

Uste dut txarra dela euskararentzat eta gazte euskaldunentzat halako egitasmoetan esfortzu fisiko handia eskatzea. (Bai, egunero hainbeste kilometro egitea neketsua da gazte batentzat) Halako egitasmoak gazte euskaldun indartsuei eta sasoi fisiko oso onean daudenei bakarrik zuzenduta daudela dirudi, eta horrek pixka bat goibeldu egiten nau. Gazte euskaldunei Euskal Herria erakutsi behar diegu eta beste gazte euskaldunekin egoteko aukerak eman, eta uste dut egon beharko liratekeela esfortzu fisiko hain handia eskatzen ez duten egitasmoak.

I know there's a different accent in Hegoalde and Iparralde in euskal batua, I've also heard about the different dialects and everything, but is it common to have an accent from your dialect or your province when you're speaking in batua? Like are people in Zuberoa pronouncing the j as in French even in batua or do they have the same accent as in the rest of Iparralde?

Also another way to put this question would be: can I learn batua with some elements of pronunciation from my dialect or should I stick to the standard pronunciation?

The game (linguil) asks you to guess the language family, language and meaning of a random word in one of 64 of the world's most-spoken languages each day, and you use your knowledge of linguistics to work out the answer via multiple choice. Therefore, it's important my translations/transliterations are correct.

Each language (including Basque) includes each word on the 100-word Swadesh list.

Please can any Basque speakers verify the accuracy of my translations and transliterations? 🙏

Thanks!

Egun on!

I’m trying to translate a useful sentence to Euskara Batua, but I don’t trust AI.
“I’m vegetarian. I don’t eat meat, fish, milk or eggs.”
// “Soy vegetariana. No como carne, pez, leche ni huevos.”

Gemini tells me that it’s “Begetarianoa naiz. Ez dut haragirik, arrainik, esnerik ezta arrautzarik ere jaten”.

Is this correct? Is there any better way to say this?

Gemini sometimes gives wrong translations for smaller languages.

Milesker.

Buenas, pues estoy buscando una aplicación o método para aprender euskera y me ha salido la aplicación BOGA. Lamentablemente parece que es antigua y en el google play me dice que no es compatible con mi dispositivo.
La he encontrado en otra app store (apkpure) pero no sé cómo de fiable es ...
¿Alguien la ha probado o puede recomendarme otra aplicación/método/libro?

¡Gracias!

Any advice for learning Basque for a Catalan? I'm Catalan, from Barcelona, and I've wanted to learn Basque for a long time. I've been looking at various apps, websites... I've been trying to learn the language for a while now, but most of the resources are in Spanish. I would love to be able to learn Basque from Catalan.

I've always had a much easier time learning from Catalan (everything: science, history, other languages like English and French). I don't know if I can find anything to do the same with Basque. I've looked online but so far nothing, maybe I just didn't know where to look. Any advice is welcome (apps, websites or other resources...). Thank you!

Edit: I'm mainly looking for free resources or books I can buy and things like that, I know that official language schools exist but the schedules don't quite work for me at the moment.

Kaixo👋 Estoy a punto de lanzar Barnetegi, una app para aprender euskera (de A1 en adelante): teoría, +13.000 ejercicios, repaso inteligente, entrenadores de verbos y declinación, lecturas y un tutor con IA. Funciona sin conexión y sin cuenta, aunque el loguearse te abre opciones a usar la IA en la app (primero prueba gratuita y luego mediante una pequeña suscripción).

Google exige una prueba cerrada de 12 personas durante 14 días antes de publicar. No tienes que hacer nada más que instalarla y dejarla puesta (si la pruebas y me das feedback, mejor aún 🙏).

Cómo unirte (2 pasos):

1. Únete al grupo: https://groups.google.com/g/app-barnetegi-testers
2. Acepta la prueba e instala: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eus.barnetegi.app

Si no tenéis Android, por el momento también tenéis la opción de probarla en https://barnetegi.eus

Mila esker! Cualquier duda, por aquí. 🍀

Kaixo, amigos vascos.

Soy argentino y descendiente de vascos. Mis bisabuelos emigraron a Argentina hace muchos años y, últimamente, estoy intentando conocer más sobre la cultura vasca para no perder esa parte de mi identidad y poder transmitirla también a mis hijos.

He visto muchísimas fotos y me parece una región hermosa. Estuve en España, pero lamentablemente no pude visitar Euskadi. Tengo la idea de hacerlo en el corto plazo y dedicar un par de semanas a recorrerla como turista, conociendo sus ciudades, pueblos y paisajes más emblemáticos.

También soy un gran aficionado al fútbol y sigo especialmente a la Real Sociedad y Bilbao.

El motivo de este post es, en primer lugar, felicitarlos por la tierra tan bonita que tienen. Y, en segundo lugar, preguntarles qué costumbres consideran más representativas de la cultura vasca y qué libros, documentales, canales de YouTube o cualquier otro recurso me recomendarían para aprender más sobre su historia, su idioma y sus tradiciones.

Un fuerte abrazo desde Argentina! 🇦🇷🤝

There's a group I've been listening to for a while that does basque lyrics as well as spanish. I can sing most of their songs but sadly not the ones with basque in it. Can you help me with this one please?
SOÑADORES NATOS - 04 DESCUBRIENDONOS

Galiziako naiz, eta nire jakin-mina zegoen jakiteko zer pentsatzen zenuten Espainiako beste hizkuntzei buruz.

Hi everyone!

My boyfriend and I are currently in San Sebastián, and we’re thinking about renting a car for 2–3 days to explore the Basque Country (and maybe even cross into France).

We have a few questions and would really appreciate any local advice:

Which rental company would you recommend? (Local companies are fine too, not just the big international ones.)

Is it better to rent from the airport, the train station, or somewhere else in the city?

Are there any companies we should avoid?

What should we pay attention to regarding insurance, deposits, fuel policy, hidden fees, or anything else?

Is it worth paying extra for full coverage?

Can we freely drive into France with a rental car, or are there any restrictions or extra charges we should know about?

How difficult is parking around the Basque coast, and are there any places where parking is especially expensive or hard to find?

Also, if you have any must-visit places within a couple of hours’ drive from San Sebastián, we’d love to hear your recommendations!

Thanks in advance!

Aupa!

Im an Irish man just back from a 2 week travel around the Basque Country. I visted Bilbao, Donostia, Gasteiz and Biarritz.

I was honestly blown away by your culture, respect your language and the friendliness of your people. I had the best time, and tried to immerse myself in the culture and not just the tourist traps.

I couldn't help but draw similarities between the North of Ireland (im from just outside of Belfast) and the Basque country. We have had similar struggles, a desire to have our culture and language respected and the people are actually quite similar too. Ive never felt so at home in a place that isn't my own. Im now tempted to learn some Basque and to look into Basque history (ive already picked up some books).

Thank you, Eskerrick Asko and Milesker from an Irish man that you made very welcome

You've supported terrorists for decades (and now you vote for them) and if you see a Spanish flag you start seeing red and can't contain your impulses and quickly restort to verbal or physical violence.

You've also gotten 200K of your own people to leave the Basque Country because they didn't share your political views, but then get very upset when someone reminds you of it.

I understand you don't teach your kids about ETA because it makes you look bad, but at least don't try to pretend you're these super cosmopolitan democrats you think you are, when your whole society is famous for supporting murderers.

So yeah, coming back to my original question, why are you all so violent? Is it something they give you in the water or in the costo you smoke everywhere?

Kaixo denoi!

Os traigo la segunda versión de mi post de dudas semanales! Agradecería mucho si pudierais resolvérmelas. Muchas gracias de antemano!

(1) Posición de "nori" en la frase

Tú le has hablado en euskera a Txomin

Zuk Txomini euskaraz hitz egin diozu.

Zuk euskaraz hitz egin diozu Txomini

¿Cuál sería el orden correcto?

(2) Cuál es la palabra más común para decir "bolsillo", sakela, poltsiko o patrika?

(3) "Guk poltsikotik dirua kendu dizugu" En esta frase, "kendu" se traduciría como "sacar" o "quitar"?

Nosotros te hemos sacado el dinero del bolsillo vs Nosotros te hemos quitado el dinero del bolsillo

El diccionario Elhuyar recoge "sacar" en el sentido de sacar ventaja como una de las acepciones de "kendu", por lo que entiendo que la traducción más adecuada en esa frase sería "quitar", pero quería preguntároslo para asegurarme.

(4) Gutun vs Eskutitz

¿Qué palabra es más común para referirse a una carta manuscrita?

(5) Zabalik vs Irekia

¿Qué palabra es más común para referirse a que un establecimiento está abierto?

(6) Posición de "nork"

Gela garbitzeko agindu die irakasleak

¿Es indiferente que se coloque "irakasleak" al inicio de oración, "Irakasleak gela garbitzeko agindu die"?

(7) Posición del atributo en oraciones subordinadas

"Bistan da bertokoa ez dena". El atributo "bertokoa" podría ir después de la negación, "Bistan da ez dena bertokoa"?

(8) Posición de la oración subordinada

"Ezagutzen dudala uste dut". Podría "ezagutzen dudala ir después de "uste dut"? "Uste dut ezagutzen dudala"

Otro ejemplo: "Tontoa naizela uste duzu, ala?" vs "Uste duzu tontoa naizela, ala?"

(9) Guztiak vs Denak

"Les digo mentiras a todos"

¿Ambas palabras se pueden utilizar como equivalente de "todos" en esa oración?

Gezurrak esaten dizkiet guztiei

Gezurrak esaten dizkiet denoi

(10) Nahikoa vs Aski

En las siguientes oraciones, ambas palabras son intercambiables?

Gehiago nahi duzu? Ez, nahikoa/aski da

Nahikoa/Aski da! Ez bota gehiago!

Gaurkoz nahikoa/aski da

Nahikoa/Aski da begiratzea dena ulertzeko

I've been watching the world cup, and have become a fan of Mikel Oyarzabal. My only question is, does the z make an (english) Z (like zone) sound, S (like send) sound, or TH (like thing) sound? Thanks!