alghał
Navajo
Etymology
ʼa- (unspecified person object prefix) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -l- (classifier) + -ghał (durative imperfective stem of root -GHAL, “to eat meat”).
Verb
alghał (intransitive)
Conjugation
Paradigm: Durative (∅/yi).
| imperfective | singular | duoplural | plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | ashghał | iilghał | daʼiilghał |
| 2nd person | ílghał | ołghał | daʼołghał |
| 3rd person | alghał | daʼalghał | |
| 4th person | ajilghał | daʼjilghał | |
| perfective | singular | duoplural | plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | eeshghal | iilghal | daʼiilghal |
| 2nd person | íínílghal | oołghal | daʼoołghal |
| 3rd person | oolghal | daʼoolghal | |
| 4th person | ajoolghal | daʼjoolghal | |
| future | singular | duoplural | plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | adeeshghał | adiilghał | daʼdiilghał |
| 2nd person | adíílghał | adoołghał | daʼdoołghał |
| 3rd person | adoolghał | daʼdoolghał | |
| 4th person | azhdoolghał | dazhʼdoolghał | |