dario
It Flows: Dario
Odola dario. (He is bleeding; literally, blood is flowing from him.) Izerdia zerion. (He was dripping with sweat.)
How It Works
1. Present. darit (from me), darizu (from you), dario (from him, her or it), darigu (from us), darizue (from you all), darie (from them).
2. Plural subject. When several things flow, add -zki-, as in zaizkit: darizkit, darizkio, darizkie. Malkoak darizkio. (Tears are running down her face.)
3. Past. zeridan (from me), zerion (from him, her or it), zerien (from them); with a plural subject, zerizkidan, zerizkion.
4. The source. The source is in the dative: Fabriken tximiniei kea darie. (Smoke pours from the factory chimneys.) The exact opening can be added with -tik: Sudurretik odola dario. (Blood is flowing from his nose.) The source never takes the ergative.
5. Figurative use. With -(e)la it describes a feeling that shows clearly: gorrotoa dariola (oozing hatred), adurra dariola (drooling). A proverb uses it too: Kandelario-lario, haitzari ura dario. (At Candlemas, water runs from the rock.)
6. Other tenses. For the future and other tenses, use the participle jario with the nor-nori auxiliary: jarioko zaio (it will flow from him).
Examples (6)
- Odola dario.
He is bleeding.
Literally, blood is flowing from him.
- Izerdia zerion.
He was dripping with sweat.
- Sudurretik odola zeriola irten zen.
She came out with blood running from her nose.
zeriola: the past form with -la, describing her state as she came out.
- Fabriken tximiniei kea darie.
Smoke is pouring out of the factory chimneys.
darie: the source, the chimneys, is plural.
- Malkoak zerizkion.
Tears were running down her face.
Plural subject: zerizkion.
- Gorrotoa dariola begiratu zion.
He looked at her, oozing hatred.
Common Mistakes
Putting the source in the ergative.
Sudurrak odola dario.Sudurrari odola dario.dario works like zaio: the source is a receiver, so it takes the dative -(r)i, or the place it flows out of takes -tik: Sudurretik odola dario.
Keeping the singular form with a plural subject.
Malkoak dario.Malkoak darizkio.When the thing that flows is plural, the verb adds -zki-: darizkio, like zaizkio.
How It Connects
Learn This First
dario follows formal synthetic verbs and zait.
Related Patterns
- zaizkitSeveral Things Happening to Someone
darizkio adds the same -zki- plural marker.
Level 2 - At the Same Time: -(e)laDoing Something at the Same Time
dariola and zeriola describe a state during another action.
Level 5 - -tikWhere from: -tik
-tik names the exact opening the liquid comes out of.
Level 1 - hil zaioSomething Happening to Someone
Another use of the dative for the person affected.
Level 5
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