nola

nola asks how something is done or how someone is. It goes directly before the verb.

How are you? A state uses egon, so the question is Nola zaude? The answer uses egon too: Ondo nago. Another everyday way to ask is Zer moduz?.

How is it done?

• Nola esaten da "thank you" euskaraz? (How do you say "thank you" in Basque?)
• Nola joaten zara lanera? (How do you get to work?)
• Nola idazten da zure abizena? (How is your surname spelled?)

Asking someone's name. A common way is Nola duzu izena?, literally "How do you have the name?". Zein da zure izena? is also correct.

nola or nolako? nola does not go before a noun. To ask "what kind of" or "what is it like", use nolako: Nolako etxea duzu? (What kind of house do you have?)