Navajo
Etymology
di- (inceptive) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -d- (classifier) + -nééh (imperfective stem of root -NAʼ, “to crawl”).
Verb
diʼnééh
- he/she/it starts to crawl along
Conjugation
Paradigm: Momentaneous (∅/si).
| imperfective
|
singular
|
duoplural
|
plural
|
| 1st person
|
dishʼnééh
|
diiʼnééh
|
dadiiʼnééh
|
| 2nd person
|
díʼnééh
|
dohʼnééh
|
dadohʼnééh
|
| 3rd person
|
diʼnééh
|
dadiʼnééh
|
| 4th person
|
jidiʼnééh
|
dazhdiʼnééh
|
| perfective
|
singular
|
duoplural
|
plural
|
| 1st person
|
désʼnaʼ
|
deeʼnaʼ
|
dadeeʼnaʼ
|
| 2nd person
|
díníʼnaʼ
|
disoohʼnaʼ
|
dadisoohʼnaʼ
|
| 3rd person
|
deesʼnaʼ
|
dadeesʼnaʼ
|
| 4th person
|
jideesʼnaʼ
|
dazhdeesʼnaʼ
|
| future
|
singular
|
duoplural
|
plural
|
| 1st person
|
dideeshʼnah
|
didiiʼnah
|
dadidiiʼnah
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| 2nd person
|
didííʼnah
|
didoohʼnah
|
dadidoohʼnah
|
| 3rd person
|
didooʼnah
|
dadidooʼnah
|
| 4th person
|
dizhdooʼnah
|
dazhdidooʼnah
|
Verbal stems
- ITERATIVE: -nah
- OPTATIVE: -nééh