Airport & Customs

1. Mesedez erakutsi pasaportea

   Me-se-dez e-ra-kut-si pa-sa-por-tea

   Please show your passport

   Usage

   Standard phrase used by immigration officers

   Grammar Note

   Basque follows SOV word order

2. Zein da zure bisitaren helburua?

   Zein da zu-re bi-si-ta-ren hel-bu-ru-a?

   What is the purpose of your visit?

   Usage

   Standard immigration question

   Grammar Note

   "Zein da" = what is

3. Zenbat gau egon planeatu duzu?

   Zen-bat gau e-gon pla-ne-a-tu du-zu?

   How many nights are you planning to stay?

   Usage

   Commonly asked at immigration

   Grammar Note

   "Zenbat" = how many

4. Ba al duzu ezer adierazteko?

   Ba al du-zu e-zer a-die-raz-te-ko?

   Do you have anything to declare?

   Usage

   Asked at customs

   Grammar Note

   "Ba al duzu" = do you have

5. Nire ekipajea oraindik ez da iritsi.

   Ni-re e-ki-pa-jea o-rain-dik ez da i-rit-si.

   My luggage hasn't arrived

   Usage

   Tell baggage claim staff

   Grammar Note

   "Oraindik ez" = not yet

6. Hau esku-ekipajea da.

   Hau es-ku-e-ki-pa-jea da.

   This is carry-on luggage

   Usage

   Tell airline staff at check-in or boarding gate

   Grammar Note

   "Esku" = hand

7. Trantsitoan nago.

   Tran-tsi-to-an na-go.

   I'm in transit

   Usage

   Used at transit counters or immigration

   Grammar Note

   "-an" is a locative (inessive) suffix

8. Non dago hegaldiaren atea?

   Non da-go he-gal-di-a-ren a-te-a?

   Where is the gate?

   Usage

   Ask when looking for your boarding gate

   Grammar Note

   "Non" = where

9. Noiz hasiko da hegazkinera igotzea?

   No-iz ha-si-ko da he-gaz-ki-ne-ra i-go-tze-a?

   When does boarding begin?

   Usage

   Ask while waiting at the boarding gate

   Grammar Note

   "noiz" = when. "hegazkinera" is the allative of hegazkin (airplane) = onto the plane; "igotzea" is the verbal noun of igo (to get on)

10. Non dago zergarik gabeko denda?

    Non da-go zer-ga-rik ga-be-ko den-da?

    Where is the duty-free shop?

    Usage

    Ask after clearing security

    Grammar Note

    "zerga" = tax. In a caritive phrase it takes the partitive -rik and combines with "gabeko" (without): zergarik gabeko = duty-free

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