esan

See also: Esan and ệsan

Basque

Verb

esan

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

erran

Romansch

Alternative forms

(Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan) asen
(Surmiran, Vallader) asan

Etymology

From Latin asinus.

Noun

esan m (plural esans)

(Puter) (male) donkey, ass

Coordinate terms

(sex): esna

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

e +‎ -san

Pronoun

esan

he
him

Usage notes

This is the emphatic form.

Related terms

e (non-emphatic)

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