Navajo edit

Etymology edit

y- (3rd person object prefix) + -ni- (thematic) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier)-ʼįįh (conclusive imperfective stem of root -ʼĮ́Į́ʼ, “to steal”).

Verb edit

yiniʼįįh

  1. he/she is stealing it, steals them

Conjugation edit

Paradigm: Conclusive (∅/si).

IMPERFECTIVE singular duoplural plural
1st person nishʼįįh niitʼįįh daniitʼįįh
2nd person níʼįįh nohʼįįh danohʼįįh
3rd person yiniʼįįh deiniʼįįh
4th person jiniʼįįh dazhniʼįįh
PERFECTIVE singular duoplural plural
1st person néʼį́į́ʼ neetʼį́į́ʼ daneetʼį́į́ʼ
2nd person níníʼį́į́ʼ sinooʼį́į́ʼ dasinooʼį́į́ʼ
3rd person yineezʼį́į́ʼ deineezʼį́į́ʼ
4th person jineezʼį́į́ʼ dazneezʼį́į́ʼ