What are the past simple and past participle of 'write'?

The past simple of 'write' is 'wrote' and the past participle is 'written'. In the list it is translated as 'idatzi' in Basque.

Do some irregular verbs have two correct forms?

Yes. The table gives learnt/learned, shone/shined and similar pairs, meaning both forms are accepted. The list shows both options for these verbs.

English Irregular Verbs List with Basque Meanings

Summary

This reference table lists common English irregular verbs with their Basque translations, infinitive, past simple and past participle forms. It helps students memorise the irregular conjugations that do not follow the regular -ed pattern. Many verbs show the same form in all three columns, and a few have two accepted forms such as learnt/learned.

Key points

Irregular verbs do not form the past simple and past participle with -ed.
Some verbs keep the same form in all three columns, for example cut, put, hit and let.
Some verbs have two accepted forms, such as learnt/learned and shone/shined.
Each entry gives the Basque meaning, which helps Basque speakers learn the verb.
Examples include be (was/were - been), begin (began - begun) and write (wrote - written).

Test yourself

This comprehensive reference table lists common English irregular verbs, providing the Basque translation, the Infinitive, the Past Simple, and the Past Participle forms.

Irregular Verb Conjugation Reference

Izan/Egon: be - was/were - been
Irabazi: beat - beat - beaten
Izatera iritsi: become - became - become
Hasi: begin - began - begun
Apustu egin: bet - bet - bet
Puskatu: break - broke - broken
Ekarri: bring - brought - brought
Emititu: broadcast - broadcast - broadcast
Eraiki: build - built - built
Erosi: buy - bought - bought
Hartu, harrapatu: catch - caught - caught
Aukeratu: choose - chose - chosen
Etorri: come - came - come
Balio izan: cost - cost - cost
Moztu: cut - cut - cut
Egin (etxeko lanak): do - did - done
Marraztu: draw - drew - drawn
Edan: drink - drank - drunk
Gidatu: drive - drove - driven
Jan: eat - ate - eaten
Erori: fall - fell - fallen
Jaten eman: feed - fed - fed
Sentitu: feel - felt - felt
Borroka egin: fight - fought - fought
Aurkitu: find - found - found
Hegan egin: fly - flew - flown
Ahaztu: forget - forgot - forgotten
Lortu: get - got - got
Eman: give - gave - given
Joan: go - went - gone
Hazi: grow - grew - grown
Zintzilikatu: hang - hung - hung
Eduki: have - had - had
Entzun: hear - heard - heard
Jo: hit - hit - hit
Eutsi: hold - held - held
Min eman: hurt - hurt - hurt
Gorde: keep - kept - kept
Jakin, ezagutu: know - knew - known
Ipini (mahaia/arrautzak): lay - laid - laid
Ikasi: learn - learnt/learned - learnt/learned
Irten, utzi: leave - left - left
Baimena eman: let - let - let
Galdu: lose - lost - lost
Egin (tarta bat): make - made - made
Esan nahi izan: mean - meant - meant
Topo egin, ezagutu: meet - met - met
Ordaindu: pay - paid - paid
Ipini: put - put - put
Irakurri: read - read - read
Bizikletan/Zaldian ibili: ride - rode - ridden
Txirrina jo: ring - rang - rung
Korrika egin: run - ran - run
Esan: say - said - said
Ikusi: see - saw - seen
Saldu: sell - sold - sold
Bidali: send - sent - sent
Ipini (iratzargailua): set - set - set
Distiratu: shine - shone/shined - shone/shined
Erakutsi: show - showed - shown
Abestu: sing - sang - sung
Eseri: sit - sat - sat
Lo egin: sleep - slept - slept
Hitz egin: speak - spoke - spoken
Dirua gastatu, denbora pasatu: spend - spent - spent
Zutik egon: stand - stood - stood
Lapurtu: steal - stole - stolen
Itsatsi: stick - stuck - stuck
Erratza pasa: sweep - swept - swept
Igeri egin: swim - swam - swum
Hartu: take - took - taken
Irakatsi: teach - taught - taught
Esan, kontatu: tell - told - told
Pentsatu: think - thought - thought
Bota: throw - threw - thrown
Ulertu: understand - understood - understood
Esnatu: wake - woke - woken
Jantzita eraman: wear - wore - worn
Irabazi: win - won - won
Idatzi: write - wrote - written