/tu/

• 1  prep. [in direction of] -ra; -(en)gana

  to go to school: eskolara joan

  come to me: zatoz nigana

  to the north: iparralderantz

• 2  prep. (with indirect object) -i

  he gave it to her sister: bere arrebari eman zion

  go and talk to the teacher: zoaz irakaslearekin hitz egitera

  to listen to the radio: irratia entzun

• 3  prep. [as far as] -raino

  I walked up to your house: zure etxeraino joan naiz

• 4  prep. [until] arte, artean

  to count to ten: hamar arte kontatu

  we work from nine to five: bederatzietatik bostak arte egiten dugu lan

• 5  prep. [before] gutxi(ago)

  it's ten to seven: zazpiak hamar gutxi dira

• 6  prep. [per] -ko, -na

  one litre to one person: litro bana

• 7  prep. [of] -en; -ko

  secretary to the boss: nagusiaren idazkaria

  the key to the car: autoaren giltza

• 8  prep. [from opinion of] -entzat, -en iritziz, -en arabera

  to me, it's absurd: nire iritziz, zentzugabea da

  what's to them?: zer axola zaie?

  to all appearances: itxura guztien arabera

• 9  prep. (in comparisons) baino

  she prefers coffee to tea: tea baino nahiago du kafea

• 10  adv. [shut] itxita

  push the door to: itxi atea

• 11 (forming infinitive) ø

  to walk: ibili

• 12 (following another verb) -t(z)en; -t(z)ea; ø

  try to understand: saiatu ulertzen

  I hate to dance: gorroto dut dantzatzea

  he wants to go: joan nahi du

• 13 (following an adjective) -t(z)eko

  ready to go: abiatzeko prest

  difficult to understand: ulertzeko zaila

• 14 (indicating purpose) -t(z)eko, -t(z)earren, subjuntibozko adizkiak

  I'm doing it to help you: zu laguntzearren egiten dut

• 15 (in commands) -t(z)eko

  he asked me to come: etortzeko eskatu zidan

• 16 (to avoid repetition of infinitive) ø

  if you don't want to go, you don't have to: joan nahi ez baduzu, ez duzu zertan

• 17 (indicating result) ø

  I awoke to find her gone: esnatu nintzenerako alde egina zen

• 18 (with verb to be) -t(z)ekoa; behar

  she told me she was to get married in July: uztailean ezkontzekoa zela esan zidan

  passengers are to wait here: bidaiariek hemen itxaron behar dute