# Bizi 1

## Present Tense - I live (someplace)

*   Bizi means to live (someplace), and is an example of non-conjugated intransitive verb.
*   All Basque verbs have a non-conjugated form, and about 30 also have a conjugated form.
*   The present tense for non-conjugated Basque verbs is used to show a habitual or repeated action.
*   The present tense is formed by combining bizi with the conjugated verb IZAN (naiz, zara, da, gara, zareta, dira).
*   The location the subject lives at is in the Insessive (Non) case as in “Ni Donostian bizi naiz” (I live in San Sebastian).

## Lesson 1 Vocabulary

*   Ni bizi naiz: I live
*   Zu bizi zara: You live
*   Hura bizi da: He/she/it lives
*   Gu bizi gara: We live
*   Zuek bizi zareta: You (plural) live
*   Haiek bizi dira: They live
*   Basseri Farm, farmhouse

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