Common Irregular Verbs in English and Basque
Posted on Oct 17, 2024 in English
| Infinitive | Past Simple | Past Participle | Basque |
|---|
| be | was / were | been | izan / egon |
| beat | beat | beaten | kolpatu/jo |
| become | became | become | bilakatu |
| begin | began | begun | hasi |
| bite | bit | bitten | hozka egin |
| blow | blew | blown | putz egin |
| break | broke | broken | apurtu |
| bring | brought | brought | ekarri |
| build | built | built | eraiki |
| burn | burnt | burnt | erre |
| buy | bought | bought | erosi |
| catch | caught | caught | harrapatu |
| choose | chose | chosen | aukeratu |
| come | came | come | etorri |
| cost | cost | cost | kostatu |
| cut | cut | cut | moztu |
| dig | dug | dug | zuloa egin |
| do | did | done | egin |
| draw | drew | drawn | marraztu |
| dream | dreamt / dreamed | dreamt / dreamed | amets egin |
| drink | drank | drunk | edan |
| drive | drove | driven | gidatu |
| eat | ate | eaten | jan |
| fall | fell | fallen | erori |
| feel | felt | felt | sentitu |
| fight | fought | fought | borrokatu |
| find | found | found | aurkitu |
| fly | flew | flown | hegan egin |
| forgive | forgave | forgiven | barkatu |
| get | got | got | lortu |
| give | gave | given | eman |
| go | went | gone | joan |
| grow | grew | grown | hazi |
| have | had | had | eduki |
| hear | heard | heard | entzun |
| hide | hid | hidden | ezkutatu |
| hit | hit | hit | kolpatu |
| hold | held | held | heldu/eutsi |
| hurt | hurt | hurt | zauritu |
| keep | kept | kept | mantendu |
| know | knew | known | jakin |
| lay | laid | laid | jarri/ezarri |
| lead | led | led | zuzendu |
| learn | learnt / learned | learnt / learned | ikasi |
| leave | left | left | utzi |
| lend | lent | lent | utzi (dirua) |
| let | let | let | baimendu |
| lie | lay | lain | etzan |
| light | lit | lit | piztu |
| lose | lost | lost | galdu |
| make | made | made | egin |
| mean | meant | meant | esanahi |
| meet | met | met | topo egin |
| pay | paid | paid | ordaindu |
| put | put | put | jarri |
| read | read | read | irakurri |
| ride | rode | ridden | bizikletaz ibili |
| ring | rang | rung | txirrina jo |
| rise | rose | risen | jaso/altxatu |
| run | ran | run | korrika egin |
| say | said | said | esan |
| see | saw | seen | ikusi |
| sell | sold | sold | saldu |
| send | sent | sent | bidali |
| shoot | shot | shot | tiro egin |
| shut | shut | shut | itxi |
| sing | sang | sung | abestu |
| sit | sat | sat | eseri |
| sleep | slept | slept | lo egin |
| speak | spoke | spoken | hitz egin |
| spell | spelt / spelled | spelt / spelled | deletreatu |
| spend | spent | spent | gastatu (dirua) |
| stand | stood | stood | zutitu |
| steal | stole | stolen | lapurtu |
| swim | swam | swum | igeri egin |
| take | took | taken | hartu |
| teach | taught | taught | irakatsi |
| tell | told | told | esan |
| think | thought | thought | pentsatu |
| throw | threw | thrown | jaurti |
| understand | understood | understood | ulertu |
| wake | woke | woken | esnatu |
| wear | wore | worn | jantzita eraman |
| win | won | won | irabazi |
| write | wrote | written | idatzi |
