yáłtiʼ

Navajo

Etymology

yá- (“lexical prefix”) + -Ø- (“3rd person subject prefix”) + -ł- (“classifier”) + -tiʼ (“imperfective verb stem”)

Pronunciation

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Verb

yáłtiʼ

1. he/she is speaking, he is talking, he talks

Conjugation

IMPERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	yáshtiʼ	yéiiltiʼ	yádeiiltiʼ
2nd person	yáníłtiʼ	yáłtiʼ	yádaałtiʼ
3rd person	yáłtiʼ		yádaałtiʼ
4th person	yájíłtiʼ		yádajiłtiʼ

PERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	yááłtiʼ	yéiiltiʼ	yádeiiltiʼ
2nd person	yáíníłtiʼ	yáoołtiʼ	yádaoołtiʼ
3rd person	yááłtiʼ		yádááłtiʼ
4th person	yájííłtiʼ		yádajííłtiʼ

Derived terms

• tsídii yáłtiʼí (parrot)

Related terms

• IMPERFECTIVE: -tiʼ
• PERFECTIVE: -tiʼ
• FUTURE: -tih
• ITERATIVE: -tih
• OPTATIVE: -tiʼ