Tabla Nor-nork < 2027 >

If you want to say "I have them," the auxiliary verb changes entirely compared to "You have them" or "I have it." It’s like playing a game of Sudoku every time you want to finish a sentence.

For hours, Iñaki struck the stone. harria zizelkatzen zuen. ( He (that man, the master) chiseled the stone.) Again: Nork? Hark. Who did it? The master (ergative). What did he chisel? Harria (absolutive). tabla nor-nork

Iñaki said softly. Now, the stone is not just a block. ( Harria – still nor , the thing that is changing but not acting.) If you want to say "I have them,"

“Now you try,” he said.

the master concluded. The stone needs to be carved by someone. (In this passive-like construction: Harriak – still absolutive/nor as the subject of ‘izan’; nork – the agent, the necessary carver.) ( He (that man, the master) chiseled the stone