esan

See also: Esan and ệsan

Basque

Verb

esan

  1. to say, tell

Usage notes

Esan's synthetic conjugation is entirely unrelated etymologically to the non-finite forms, instead it uses a stem -io- to conjugate synthetically. However, some of the synthetic forms are archaic, so more often you will see periphrastic forms being used instead.

  • For example,
    Zer diozu? = Zer esaten duzu? = What do you say?
    Zer ziotsun? = Zer esan zizun? = What did he tell you?

Conjugation
  esan ― Non-finite forms
perfect stem esan
imperfect stem esaten
future stem esango
short stem esan
verbal noun esate

Synonyms

Romansch

Alternative forms
  • (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan) asen
  • (Surmiran, Vallader) asan

Etymology

From Latin asinus.

Noun

esan m (plural esans)

  1. (Puter) (male) donkey, ass

Coordinate terms

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

e +‎ -san

Pronoun

esan

  1. he
  2. him

Usage notes
  • e (non-emphatic)
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