LingoflyMaybe: agian, ziur aski, badirudi
How sure you are, Basque shows with the first word of the phrase. Agian — maybe: Agian bihar etorriko da — maybe he will come tomorrow. For example: “Agian bihar etorriko da, agian ez” — Maybe he will come tomorrow, maybe not. A rule from the Basque course: worked out on examples, not memorized as a wording.
How it works
How sure you are, Basque shows with the first word of the phrase. Agian — maybe: Agian bihar etorriko da — maybe he will come tomorrow.
Ziur aski — surely, more confident than seguru asko. Badirudi — it seems, looks like: Badirudi euria egingo duela — looks like it will rain.
Table
| the meaning | the form | the example |
|---|---|---|
| maybe | agian | Agian bihar etorriko da |
| surely | ziur aski | Ziur aski etorriko da |
| it seems that | badirudi | Badirudi euria egingo duela |
By example
- Looks like it will rain in the afternoon
How the rule settles in your head
A rule is not memorized from an explanation. It is memorized from an attempt to use it and a mistake — that is why the app delivers it mixed in with words, not as a separate lesson: it resurfaces exactly where you forgot it.
Frequently asked
Maybe: how does it work in Basque?
How sure you are, Basque shows with the first word of the phrase. Agian — maybe: Agian bihar etorriko da — maybe he will come tomorrow.
What does it look like in a Basque example sentence?
“Agian bihar etorriko da, agian ez” — Maybe he will come tomorrow, maybe not. A rule is easier to test on sentences like this than to memorize as a wording: what surfaces in conversation is the sentence.