yíhoołʼaah
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Etymology edit
b- (3rd person indirect object prefix) + -í- (“against, reaching”) + -ho- (“space, area, things”) + -yi- (transitional) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier) + -ʼaah (transitional imperfective stem of root -ʼĄ́Ą́ʼ, “to learn”)
Pronunciation edit
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Verb edit
yíhoołʼaah
- to learn it, to study it
- Ayóogo Diné bizaad bóhooshʼaah. ― I am really learning the Navajo language.
- Bilagáana haashį́į́ néelą́ą́ʼ Diné bizaad yídahoołʼaah. ― There is an undetermined number of Anglos studying Navajo.
Conjugation edit
Paradigm: Transitional (yii/yii).
IMPERFECTIVE | singular | duoplural | plural |
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1st person | bóhooshʼaah | bíhwiilʼaah | bídahwiilʼaah |
2nd person | bóhoołʼaah | bíhoołʼaah | bídahoołʼaah |
3rd person | yíhoołʼaah | yídahoołʼaah | |
4th person | bíhojiiłʼaah | bídahojiiłʼaah |
PERFECTIVE | singular | duoplural | plural |
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1st person | bíhoołʼą́ą́ʼ | bíhwiilʼą́ą́ʼ | bídahwiilʼą́ą́ʼ |
2nd person | bíhwiiniłʼą́ą́ʼ | bíhoołʼą́ą́ʼ | bídahoołʼą́ą́ʼ |
3rd person | yíhoołʼą́ą́ʼ | yídahoołʼą́ą́ʼ | |
4th person | bíhojiiłʼą́ą́ʼ | bídahojiiłʼą́ą́ʼ |
FUTURE | singular | duoplural | plural |
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1st person | bíhwiideeshʼááł | bíhwiidiilʼááł | bídahwiidiilʼááł |
2nd person | bíhwiidííłʼááł | bíhwiidoołʼááł | bídahwiidoołʼááł |
3rd person | yíhwiidoołʼááł | yídahwiidoołʼááł | |
4th person | bíhwiizhdoołʼááł | bídahwiizhdoołʼááł |
ITERATIVE | singular | duoplural | plural |
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1st person | bínáhooshʼááh | bínáhwiilʼááh | bínádahwiilʼááh |
2nd person | bínáhoołʼááh | bínáhoołʼááh | bínádahoołʼááh |
3rd person | yínáhoołʼááh | yínádahoołʼááh | |
4th person | bínáhojiiłʼááh | bínádahojiiłʼááh |
OPTATIVE | singular | duoplural | plural |
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1st person | bíhooshʼááł | bíhoolʼááł | bídahoolʼááł |
2nd person | bíhoółʼááł | bíhoołʼááł | bídahoołʼááł |
3rd person | yíhoołʼááł | yídahoołʼááł | |
4th person | bíhojoołʼááł | bídahojoołʼááł |