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Iragana — narrating the past
| Basque | English |
|---|---|
| atzo | yesterday |
| Bart | Last night |
| Herenegun | The day before yesterday |
| Orduan | Then |
| nintzen | I was |
| zinen | you were |
| zen | he/she was |
| ginen | we were |
| zineten | you (pl.) were |
| ziren | they were |
| nengoen | I was (synthetic, egon) |
| zegoen | he/she was (synthetic) |
| zeuden | they were (synthetic) |
| joan den astean | last week |
| duela bi urte | two years ago |
| iragan burutua nor | Iragan burutua NOR — past tense of izan and egon |
| iragana | Iragana — narrating the past |
| nuen | I it (past) |
| zenuen | you it (past) |
| zuen | your (plural) |
| genuen | we it (past) |
| zenuten | you (pl.) it (past) |
| zuten | they it (past) |
| nituen | I them (past, pl. object) |
| zenituen | you them (past) |
| zituen | he/she them (past) |
| genituen | we them (past) |
| zituzten | they them (past) |
| neukan | I had (synthetic, eduki) |
| zeukan | he/she had |
| nekien | I knew (jakin) |
| zekien | he/she knew |
| iragan burutua ukan | Iragan burutua NOR-NORK — ukan in the past |
| nindoan | I was going |
| zindoazen | you were going |
| zihoan | he/she was going |
| gindoazen | we were going |
| zihoazen | they were going |
| nentorren | I was coming |
| zentozen | you were coming |
| zetorren | he/she was coming |
| gentozen | we were coming |
| zetozen | they were coming |
| nenbilen | I was walking |
| zebilen | he/she was walking |
| zebiltzan | they were walking |
| aditz trinkoak iraganean | Aditz trinkoak iraganean — synthetic verbs in the past |
| Txikitan | As a child |
| beti | always |
| egunero | every day |
| lan egiten nuen | I used to work / I was working |
| ikusten zuen | he/she used to see / was seeing |
| jaten genuen | we used to eat / were eating |
| bizi nintzen | I used to live / was living |
| joaten ginen | we used to go (habitually) |
| irakasle nintzen | I/he/she was a teacher |
| jaten ari nintzen | I was eating |
| lanean ari ginen | we were working |
| garai hartan | at that time |
| lehen | before |
| iragan ez burutua | Iragan ez burutua — imperfect past and progressive aspect |
| Ondoren | Next |
| gero | later, after |
| Geroago | Afterwards |
| Beranduago | Later |
| Bitartean | Meanwhile |
| Bat-batean | Suddenly |
| Azkenean | Finally / in the end |
| lehenengo | first / at the beginning |
| duela X urte | X years ago |
| ezagutu | to meet (someone) |
| oroitzapen | I remember |
| bidaiatu | to travel |
| ezkondu | to get married |
| jaio nintzen | I was born |
| ezkondu zen | he/she got married |
| bidaiatu zuten | they travelled |
| ezagutu nuen | I met |
| maitemindu nintzen | I fell in love |
| bizipenak kontatzen | Bizipenak kontatzen — narrating experiences in the past |