jaulkipen-data

“jaulkipen-data” — date of issue in Basque. Noun, level A1. Literally 'issue's date': jaulkipen — 'the issuing' (from eman — 'to give') + data. Next to it in the passport stands the expiry date: iraungitze-data. In a live sentence: “Jaulkipen-data irakurri du funtzionarioak pasaportean.” — The clerk read the date of issue in the passport. You can hear how it sounds right here. A word from the everyday Basque course, level A1.

Updated September 1, 2026 · Lingofly

In short

“date of issue” in Basque

Written in Basque	jaulkipen-data
Translation	date of issue
Part of speech	noun
Level	A1

jaulkipen-data
date of issue

Why it looks that way

Literally 'issue's date': jaulkipen — 'the issuing' (from eman — 'to give') + data. Next to it in the passport stands the expiry date: iraungitze-data

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.

Jaulkipen-data irakurri du funtzionarioak pasaportean.
The clerk read the date of issue in the passport.

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 times
Kim & 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 times
Adesope, 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 times
Bertsch et al., 2007, Memory & Cognition 35(2) · 86 studies, 445 comparisons, d = 0.40.

Frequently asked

How do you say “date of issue” in Basque?

«jaulkipen-data». In a live sentence: “Jaulkipen-data irakurri du funtzionarioak pasaportean.” — The clerk read the date of issue in the passport. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Noun, level A1.

Why does this word look the way it does?

Literally 'issue's date': jaulkipen — 'the issuing' (from eman — 'to give') + data. Next to it in the passport stands the expiry date: iraungitze-data. 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.