Navajo edit

Etymology edit

b- (3rd person indirect object prefix) + -ee- (ni-modal 3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier)-tʼé (neuter imperfective stem of root -TʼEʼ, “to be”).

Verb edit

yeełtʼé

  1. he/she looks like him/her/it, resembles him/her/it

Usage notes edit

This is a neuter verb that uses only the imperfective stem.

Conjugation edit

Paradigm: Neuter imperfective (ni).

IMPERFECTIVE singular duoplural plural
1st person binishtʼé biniiltʼé bidaniiltʼé
2nd person biníłtʼé binołtʼé bidanołtʼé
3rd person yeełtʼé / beełtʼé yidaałtʼé
4th person bijíłtʼé bidajíłtʼé