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Althoughzuis translated as you, it’s actually a more respectful pronoun. And grammar-wise, works as a plural pronoun.

Actually, the normal order of Basque pronouns is:

ni
(hi)
hura/bera
gu
zu
zuek
haiek

See where zuis? Understanding grammar and verb conjugation is much easier if you put zuin that place. Let’s see why:

As you can see, conjugation is actually logical and changes when plural pronouns start, and zuek- that tends to be the one with the weirdest conjugated forms for new learners - is very clearly reduced to the conjugation for zu+ TE.

So if you’re learning Basque, take our advice on this and put zujust below gu: it’s its natural place and will make you things much easier.

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