After the greetings (some words to break the ice):

1. To somebody working:
   • Ari garela!
     Lit.: So we are working!
   • Ari zaretela (bizimainan)!
     Similar form changing the person of the verb to the second of plural.
     The verb "ari" implies activity, usually work.
2. To somebody sat down calmly:
   • Bagaudela!
     Lit.: So we remain sitting!
     "Gaude" is the first person of plural from the present tense of "egon", a verb implying lack of activity.
   • Zer, patxadan?
     Lit.: What, (you are here) calmly?
3. Coming across somebody walking:
   • Bagoazela!
     Lit: Here we go!
     Notice the pattern repeated later with "izan" (bagarela) and before with "egon" (bagaudela), now with "joan" to go.
4. In a general case:
   • Bizi gara!
     Lit.: We are alive.
   • Bagarela!
     Lit.: So we are!
5. Answers to the above:
   • Hementxe!
     Lit.: Right here!
     "Hementxe (ari) naiz" I'm (working) right here - is understood.
   • Hementxe, bizimainan!
     Something like: I'm right here making my living.
   • Hementxe, tirriki-tarraka!
     "Tirriki-tarraka" represents here the sound of dragging, and it means working activity.
   • Beharko!
     A shortened form for "beharko dut" It will be my duty.
   • Ihardun/aritu/ibili/joan beharko!
     As the above, adding the verb describing the activity: to work/to work/to be doing something/to go.
   • Zer erremedio!
     What else can I do?
     Sometimes sounds more like: ze' erremeriyo.
     From Spanish "!Que remedio!", same meaning.

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