Basque, Euskara or Euskera Tongue Twisters

Rough Translations

1. The cape, under the chair; under the chair, the cape. (To be said, at least, ten times in a row) 
2. Under the Araba priest´s hat, two beans. 
3. This year the corn has come out green in our field. (To be said many times) 
4. Gee, dough, in front, lightning. (To be said ten times in just one breath) 
5. One, two, three, four, five, scythe, bran, ripe, crow, arm, spark, shot, bang 
6. A crow takes something to Berreaga; if it really takes it, it takes it; it takes in its beak a cooked bean. (To be said twenty times) 
7. I havent seen a billy goat with horns as twisted as the one from Akerre. 
8. Little John: I havent seen a billy goat with horns as twisted as Matarrapeis one. (To be said time after time) 
9. Ive seen twisted billy goats, with thin twisted horns; but I havent seen any as beautifully twisted as the one-eyed billy goat with extremely twisted horns of Lakarre. 
10. To priests from Gipuzkoa, shirts from Navarre; to priests from Navarre, shirts from Gipuzkoa 
11. In Kanbo, the sticks are made from beech-trees. (To be said nine times in just one breath) 
12. Old vessels underneath chests, underneath chests old vessels 
13. The cooked tentacle of the octopus on top of the burnt meadow. (To be said ten times in just one breath) 
14. In the friars hat, plenty of figs. 
15. In the friar's hood, five beans. (To be said five times in a single breath, there used to be bettings upon this) 
16. Billy-goat's horns are twisted. Twisted horns are owned by billy-goat. 
17. In the box of the ship on sea the sea fish are held. Spanish: En el cubo del barco que va por el mar, los peces del mar estan encerrados. 
 


Eskerrik asko

Juan Larruquert, Gartxot Mendiara, Borja Perez

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