dela ere
“dela ere” — even if it is in Basque. Phrase, level B1. The scheme …t(a) ere — even if: negua dela ere — even if it's winter. A concession: let it be so, and still. In a live sentence: “Negua dela ere, beroa dago etxean” — Even if it's winter, it's warm indoors. You can hear how it sounds right here. A word from the everyday Basque course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Basque | dela ere |
| Translation | even if it is |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
- dela ereeven if it is
Why it looks that way
The scheme …t(a) ere — even if: negua dela ere — even if it's winter. A concession: let it be so, and still
A word with a story stays in memory longer than one learned as a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.
In a live sentence
A single word almost never appears alone in conversation. A sentence shows where it fits and what stands next to it.
- Negua dela ere, beroa dago etxeanEven if it's winter, it's warm indoors
How not to forget this word
Reading a word and remembering it are different jobs. A day later, little survives of a single reading — and that is not bad memory, that is how memory works.
- This has been tested on foreign words too. The difference shows up most when you test yourself a few days later rather than straight away.checked many timesKim & Webb, 2022, Language Learning 72(2) · 48 experiments, 3,411 participants, 98 comparisons.
- Recalling beats re-reading. Covering the translation and trying to remember it does more than reading it ten more times.checked many timesAdesope, Trevisan & Sundararajan, 2017, Review of Educational Research 87(3) · 188 experiments, 272 comparisons. g = 0.61; against plain re-reading 0.51, against passive review 0.93.
- An answer you worked out yourself sticks better than one handed to you.checked many timesBertsch et al., 2007, Memory & Cognition 35(2) · 86 studies, 445 comparisons, d = 0.40.
Frequently asked
How do you say “even if it is” in Basque?
«dela ere». In a live sentence: “Negua dela ere, beroa dago etxean” — Even if it's winter, it's warm indoors. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level B1.
Why does this word look the way it does?
The scheme …t(a) ere — even if: negua dela ere — even if it's winter. A concession: let it be so, and still. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.
Can I hear how this sounds?
Yes, right on this page: click the word and it will play. The sound works on any phone, and nothing needs to be installed.