goazen
Basque
editEtymology
editOriginally the synthetic first person plural present subjunctive of the verb joan (“to go”). All synthetic subjunctive forms of verbs are archaic in modern Basque apart from this one.
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: go‧a‧zen
Interjection
editgoazen
Usage notes
editWhen used to express the cohortative mood (let's) it is always followed by a verbal noun in the allative case. Another way of expressing the same is by adding a subjunctive verb form such as gaitezen, dezagun, ditzagun... to the infinitive of the verb, i.e. goazen hastera (literally “let's go to the starting”) is the same as has gaitezen (literally “let's start”).
Verb
editgoazen
Further reading
edit- “goazen”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005