Tabla Nor-nork Info

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.)

Iñaki said softly. Now, the stone is not just a block. ( Harria – still nor , the thing that is changing but not acting.)

“Now you try,” he said.

Mikel hesitated. “ ” Mikel asked. Who will carve the stone now?

Then Iñaki picked up a heavy mallet and a chisel. He pointed the chisel at a corner of the block. tabla nor-nork

One morning, Iñaki placed a rough, unshaped block of limestone on the workbench.

— he said. This is the stone. (Harria = nor case. It is the subject of ‘da’ (to be). It simply exists. It is the one doing nothing but being.) the master concluded

Mikel looked at it. he agreed. The stone is big. (Again, harria is nor . It is the topic, the thing being described.)