Teknologia — the computer, the mobile, and the web

From paper to pixel: the lesson on everyday technology. Vocabulary you use a hundred times a day — now in Basque, which also boasts transparent and well-constructed words (pasahitza = pass word; sakelakoa = “the one for the pocket”).

The devices

English	Basque
The computer	ordenagailua
The laptop	eramangarria
The mobile phone	mugikorra / sakelakoa
The tablet	tableta
The screen	pantaila
The keyboard	teklatua
The mouse	sagua (yes, the animal!)
The headphones	entzungailuak

The web and accounts

English	Basque
The network / internet	sarea / internet
The Wi-Fi	wifia
The email	posta elektronikoa
The user	erabiltzailea
The password	pasahitza
The app	aplikazioa
The website	webgunea

Zein da wifiaren pasahitza? — What’s the Wi-Fi password?

Pasahitza ahaztu dut eta orain berri bat sortu behar dut. Berriro. — I’ve forgotten the password and now I have to create a new one. Again.

Kontua sortzeko, posta elektronikoa eta pasahitza behar dituzu. — To create an account, you need an email and a password.

Digital verbs

English	Basque
To turn on / to turn off	piztu / itzali
To download	deskargatu / jaitsi
To install	instalatu
To save	gorde
To delete	ezabatu
To send / to share	bidali / partekatu
To search (on the web)	bilatu
To work / to function	ibili / funtzionatu

Ordenagailua gaizki dabil; itzali eta piztu — betiko konponbidea. — The computer is not working well; turn it off and on — the classic solution.

Argazkiak gorde dituzu? Ez ezabatu ezer! — Have you saved the photos? Don’t delete anything!

Aplikazioa deskargatu, kontua sortu eta listo. — You download the app, create the account, and you’re all set.

Dialogue: family tech support

— Aizu, laguntza behar dut. Aplikazio hau ez dabil.

— Ea… Wifira konektatuta zaude?

— Baietz uste dut… A, ez. Pasahitza eskatzen dit.

— Router-aren azpian dago idatzita. Bai, denok egiten dugu hori. 😄

— Eginda! Orain bai. Eskerrik asko, teknikari!

— Hurrengoan kobratu egingo dizut. 😄

Note: digital Basque is very much alive: free software and the Basque Wikipedia are powerful, and your entire phone can be set to Basque (Ezarpenak → Hizkuntza). Setting it is, in fact, a fantastic study hack: free daily immersion.