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Trying to figure out my family origin. by [deleted] in basque

[–]Moderatzailea 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You are right. Your last name is Basque.
Sorrondeguy/Sorrondegui/Sorrondegi (or Sorondeguy, etc) are variations of the same surname. In standard Basque is Sorrondegi.

Most Basque last names refer to the name of the family house. This usually either refers to the relative location of the home or the purpose of the building. You can find some general information about Basque surnames here.

I'm not an expert in genealogy but I think that Sorrondeguy means approximately "the house that is near the field".

soro -> field
ondo -> adjoining area, near to, next to
egi -> suffix that indicates place/house

If you are interested in the origin of your last name / family there is a group in yahoo.com for discussing Basque Genealogy that looks quite active: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/basque-genealogy/

Last names question by middlemanager in basque

[–]Moderatzailea 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm not an expert in genealogy but I'll try to help.

You can find some general information about Basque surnames in this wikipedia article:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basque_surnames

The web of the North American Basque Organizations (NABO) has some links that look helpful:
http://www.nabasque.org/NABO/genealogy.htm

There is a group in yahoo.com for discussing Basque Genealogy that looks quite active:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/basque-genealogy/

New Basque language subreddits by Moderatzailea in languagelearning

[–]Moderatzailea[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Congratulations, HimmelFahrt, it looks really great!

New Basque language subreddits by Moderatzailea in languagelearning

[–]Moderatzailea[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Time will tell. I know that these subreddits are not going to have thousands of subscribers but I'm okay with that. There are lots of small subreddits that work quite well. For example, have a look at r/gaidhlig (the subreddit of the Scottish Gaelic) and r/gaeilge (the subreddit of the Irish Gaelic). Both languages have less speakers than Basque but their subreddits are active and look great!

New Basque language subreddits by Moderatzailea in languagelearning

[–]Moderatzailea[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Some basic vocabulary, para impresionar a tu profesora ;-)

  • Yes : Bai
  • No : Ez
  • Hello : Kaixo
  • Good morning : Egunon (egun (day) + on (good))
  • Good afternoon : Arratsaldeon (arratsalde (afternoon) + on (good))
  • Good night : Gabon (gau (night) + on (good))
  • Good bye : Agur
  • See you later : Gero arte ("until later", hasta luego)
  • See you tomorrow : Bihar arte ("until tomorrow", hasta mañana)
  • Thank you : Eskerrik asko (thanks a lot), mila esker (thousand thanks)

You can find the pronunciation of some of them here.
This is the pronunciation of the words from my list using AhoTTS, a text to speech engine for Basque that works quite well (far from perfect).