Mikel took a deep breath. he said to Iñaki. You have taught me. ( Zuk = nork , the teacher. The object ‘me’ is implied in the auxiliary.)
— 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.) tabla nor-nork
“Now you try,” he said.
Then Iñaki picked up a heavy mallet and a chisel. He pointed the chisel at a corner of the block. Mikel took a deep breath
Iñaki said softly. Now, the stone is not just a block. ( Harria – still nor , the thing that is changing but not acting.) ( Zuk = nork , the teacher
In a small, misty village in the Basque mountains, an old master stone carver named lived. He was teaching his craft to a young apprentice, Mikel .