Patricia Speaks Basque

Our Spanish exchange student, Patricia, speaks in Basque

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• Basque
• Language

[ian69wells]

how long ago did she stay with you ?

[ohrob]

@ian69wells Two years ago, in the summer of 2008.

[euskoalex]

@sawyerbobby

catalan and spanish come from latin language, just like french or italian.

basque's origin is still unkown, is completely different from spanish or catalan and is much older.

[jonsebaxtianelkano]

Basque people can assure, just after hearing the first few words that this girl doesn't know how to speak basque properly. She just know basque from what she learnt in the school, never had been spoken the language with friends or family.

Nevertheless, i am happy to listen people who's main language is Spanish, but they at least understand Basque and try to speak it.

The Basque Country and our own language are lovely, and we have to preserve this beautiful language.

[kaindrg]

@euskoalex are u basque, cuz i wanted to know how to say Axe or knife in basque?

[onthestcroix]

@clockworkorange1986 Don't forget the 40 million on our side.

[DerekIsAwesome1494]

Inork ez du hemen ezer negatiboa buruz euskararen hobeto esaten.

[kaindrg]

many basque words like knife and axe come from a root word meaning stone... i dont wanna make assumptions but those of pretty big implication on age

[kaindrg]

@agergondra lol old money new money jk. makes sense since monder political history not many older ppl would pass on their distinct dialect rather the modern autonomous region would standardize theri own

[agergondra]

She is new basque... which means that she did not acquire Basque, but learn the standard variety.

[kaindrg]

@JorgeLorenzoSpain100 u mean one of the alst remaining unmixed remeber spanish portugese welsh irish breton type celts are also close to basque north welsh have up to 90% similarity geneticly. but genetic says alto fo thing. for instance europeans of shown to be farless geneticly like original indo europeans than their language seems to be

[wojciechzby]

@MsJollycholly Good point. Some scientists believe that this language was spoken in western Europe so long time ago that first Basques had a chance to meet the last living Neanderthals in southern France. Only Chinese can compare.

[Luixmai]

Actually, she does lot of mistakes, but is good to see that she does not have forgotten how to use the language.

I am basque too and I try to practice it everyday, along with Spanish and English xD

[phishead07]

@clockworkorange1986 very true that spanish is MUCH more useful than basque, BUT learning a language is never useless, regardless of its popularity. to me each language i learn (in the process of learning 3) i feel like i am winning the lottery