Navajo
Etymology
y- (peg element) + -◌́- (ni-modal 3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -ʼeeł (imperfective stem of root -ʼÉÉL, “to float”).
Verb
yíʼeeł
- he/she/it arrives, comes floating
Conjugation
Paradigm: Momentaneous (ni/ni), with partial da-shift.
| imperfective
|
singular
|
duoplural
|
plural
|
| 1st person
|
nishʼeeł
|
niiʼeeł
|
daniiʼeeł
|
| 2nd person
|
níʼeeł
|
nohʼeeł
|
danohʼeeł
|
| 3rd person
|
yíʼeeł
|
deíʼeeł
|
| 4th person
|
jíʼeeł
|
dajíʼeeł
|
| perfective
|
singular
|
duoplural
|
plural
|
| 1st person
|
níʼéél
|
niiʼéél
|
daniiʼéél
|
| 2nd person
|
yíníʼéél
|
nooʼéél
|
danooʼéél
|
| 3rd person
|
níʼéél
|
daazʼéél
|
| 4th person
|
jiníʼéél
|
dajizʼéél
|
| future
|
singular
|
duoplural
|
plural
|
| 1st person
|
deeshʼoł
|
diiʼoł
|
dadiiʼoł
|
| 2nd person
|
dííʼoł
|
doohʼoł
|
dadoohʼoł
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| 3rd person
|
dooʼoł
|
dadooʼoł
|
| 4th person
|
jidooʼoł
|
dazhdooʼoł
|
Verbal stems
- IMPERFECTIVE: -ʼeeł
- PERFECTIVE: -ʼéél
- FUTURE: -ʼoł
- ITERATIVE: -ʼoł
- OPTATIVE: -ʼeeł