zaizkit
Several Things Happening to Someone
When several things happen to someone, put -zki- into the auxiliary: zait → zaizkit, zaizu → zaizkizu, zaio → zaizkio.
How It Works
The forms.
- niri ... zaizkit
- zuri ... zaizkizu
- hari ... zaizkio
- guri ... zaizkigu
- zuei ... zaizkizue
- haiei ... zaizkie
What -zki- counts. Use these forms when the subject is plural: a noun with -ak, a number above one, or a word like asko: Giltzak galdu zaizkit, Bi euro falta zaizkit (I am two euros short), Gauza asko ahaztu zaizkigu.
What -zki- does not count. The number of people affected is shown only by the ending. If several people like one thing, there is no -zki-: Guri kafea gustatzen zaigu (We like coffee). If several people like several things, both change: Umeei ez zaizkie barazkiak gustatzen (Children do not like vegetables).
Same verbs as zait. Everything that takes zait takes these forms with a plural subject, including gustatu and iruditu and falta: Zure lagunak oso jatorrak iruditzen zaizkit (Your friends seem very nice to me). The past forms are zitzaizkidan, zitzaizkion and so on.
Examples (6)
- Giltzak galdu zaizkit.
I have lost my keys.
giltzak is plural, so -zki- goes into zait.
- Liburu hauek gustatzen zaizkio.
She likes these books.
- Gauza asko ahaztu zaizkigu.
We have forgotten a lot of things.
- Umeei ez zaizkie barazkiak gustatzen.
Children do not like vegetables.
Plural people (-e) and plural things (-zki-) both show in the verb: zaizkie.
- Bi euro falta zaizkit.
I am two euros short.
- Zure lagunak oso jatorrak iruditzen zaizkit.
Your friends seem very nice to me.
Common Mistakes
Forgetting -zki- with a plural subject.
Liburuak gustatzen zait.Liburuak gustatzen zaizkit.liburuak is plural, so the auxiliary needs -zki-: zaizkit.
Adding -zki- because the people are plural.
Guri kafea gustatzen zaizkigu.Guri kafea gustatzen zaigu.Coffee is one thing, so there is no -zki-. The plural people are shown by the ending -gu alone.
How It Connects
Learn This First
Plural nor-nori forms build on zait and the plural article.
Related Patterns
- gustatzen zaitLiking (Gustatzen Zait)
Uses zaizkit when the things you like are plural.
Level 1 - -(r)iTo Someone: -(r)i
The case of the person affected, which is shown by the ending, not by -zki-.
Level 2 - iruditzen zait / falta zait / axola zaitMore Verbs Like Gustatzen Zait
These verbs also take zaizkit with a plural subject.
Level 3 - zitzaidanPast of Zait
The past of these forms, including zitzaizkidan.
Level 3
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