justu-justu
“justu-justu” — just barely enough in Basque. Phrase, level B1. Doubled justu — 'exact' (a loan from the Spanish justo, openly admitted): exactly exactly, neither more nor less. In a live sentence: “Dirua justu-justu daukagu taxiarako.” — We have just barely enough money for the taxi. You can hear how it sounds right here. A word from the everyday Basque course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Basque | justu-justu |
| Translation | just barely enough |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
- justu-justujust barely enough
Why it looks that way
Doubled justu — 'exact' (a loan from the Spanish justo, openly admitted): exactly exactly, neither more nor less
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.
- Dirua justu-justu daukagu taxiarako.We have just barely enough money for the taxi.
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 “just barely enough” in Basque?
«justu-justu». In a live sentence: “Dirua justu-justu daukagu taxiarako.” — We have just barely enough money for the taxi. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level B1.
Why does this word look the way it does?
Doubled justu — 'exact' (a loan from the Spanish justo, openly admitted): exactly exactly, neither more nor less. 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.