-xe
Exactly This: -xe
Add -xe to point with extra force: hau → hauxe (this very one), hori → horixe (exactly that), hemen → hementxe (right here), orain → oraintxe (right now).
How It Works
Demonstratives.
- hau → hauxe, hori → horixe, hura → huraxe
- Plural: hauek → hauexek, horiek → horiexek, haiek → haiexek
- With the doer ending: honek → honexek, horrek → horrexek
- With other endings, -xe comes inside or at the end: horregatik → horrexegatik (for exactly that reason), honekin → honekintxe
See demonstratives with case endings.
Place and time words. These end in a consonant, so they take -txe:
- hemen → hementxe (right here), hor → hortxe, han → hantxe
- orain → oraintxe (right now, or just now), orduan → orduantxe (right then)
Manner words. honela → honelaxe (exactly like this), horrela → horrelaxe. See honela and horrela.
Even stronger. -xe often joins bera and its forms: horixe bera (that very thing), hementxe bertan (right here, on this very spot).
In answers. Horixe! or Horixe da! is a warm way to agree: "Exactly!" An emphatic word usually stands right before the verb, in the focus position.
Examples (6)
- Horixe da!
That is exactly it!
- Hauxe da nire etxea.
This, right here, is my house.
- Hementxe bizi naiz.
I live right here.
hemen ends in n, so it takes -txe.
- Oraintxe nator!
I am coming right now!
- Horrexegatik ez naiz joan.
That is exactly why I did not go.
horregatik + -xe.
- Horrelaxe egiten da.
That is exactly how it is done.
Common Mistakes
Adding -xe to the plain form and then a case ending.
Horixek esan du.Horrexek esan du.The doer form of hori is horrek, so the emphatic form is built on it: horrexek. horixe is only for the plain subject or object.
Using -xe after a consonant.
Hemenxe bizi naiz.Hementxe bizi naiz.After a consonant the ending is -txe: hementxe, hortxe, hantxe, oraintxe.
How It Connects
Learn This First
-xe follows the place words.
Related Patterns
- hau / hori / huraThis, That and That Over There
The demonstratives that take -xe: hauxe, horixe, huraxe.
Level 1 - This and That With Endings
The stems honek, horrek and horregatik that -xe is added to.
Level 2 - honela / horrela / hala / horrelakoLike This, Such
Manner words that take -xe: honelaxe, horrelaxe.
Level 3 - beraThe Same, Itself: Bera
Often combined with -xe for extra force: horixe bera.
Level 4 - The Focus Goes Before the Verb
Emphatic words usually stand in the focus position.
Level 1
Words in This Pattern
Practice -xe in Bubblegum
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