Difference between gizon bat and gizona
Posted: 2015-08-17, 15:12
Hi!
In Basque I cannot use the determiner -a if I use also bat. So I cannot say "ni gizona bat naiz", but only "ni gizon bat naiz" and "ni gizona naiz". My answer is: how have I to translate those sentences? Is "I am a man" correct? Or rather have I to say "I am a man" for "ni gizon bat naiz" and "I am the man" for "ni gizona naiz"? Thank you!
In Basque I cannot use the determiner -a if I use also bat. So I cannot say "ni gizona bat naiz", but only "ni gizon bat naiz" and "ni gizona naiz". My answer is: how have I to translate those sentences? Is "I am a man" correct? Or rather have I to say "I am a man" for "ni gizon bat naiz" and "I am the man" for "ni gizona naiz"? Thank you!