Furniture and household objects

Every room has its furniture. The general word for “piece of furniture” is altzaria (plural altzariak). Let’s go through the house room by room (gelas).

Egongelan — In the living room

Euskera	English
sofa	sofa
besaulkia	armchair
mahaia	table
aulkia	chair
kuxina	cushion
lanpara	lamp
telebista	television
apalategia	bookshelf

Logelan — In the bedroom

Euskera	English
ohea	bed
gau-mahaia	bedside table
armairua	wardrobe
iratzargailua	alarm clock
ordenagailua	computer
posterra	poster

Sukaldean — In the kitchen

Euskera	English
hozkailua	fridge
labea	oven
mikrouhina	microwave
garbigailua	washing machine
ontzi-garbigailua	dishwasher
zartagina	frying pan
edalontzia	glass
koilara / sardexka / labana	spoon / fork / knife

Komunean — In the bathroom

Euskera	English
dutxa	shower
bainuontzia	bathtub
konketa	sink
ispilua	mirror
eskuoihala	towel
komuneko papera	toilet paper

How to put it into a sentence

Remember what you already know about ukan (to have) and apply it:

• Sukaldean hozkailu bat dut. — In the kitchen I have a fridge.
• Egongelan bi besaulki ditugu. — In the living room we have two armchairs.
• Logelan ez dut posterrik. — In the bedroom I don’t have any posters. (negation with -rik)

Note: garbigailua (washing machine) and ontzi-garbigailua (dishwasher) share the root garbi- (to clean). It’s a good example of how Basque builds very transparent compound words.