Navajo edit

Etymology edit

b- (3rd person indirect object prefix) + -é- (about) + -ná- (around) + -ho- (space, area, things) + -∅- (ni-modal 3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier)-zįįh (imperfective stem of root -ZĮĮD, “to know”).

Verb edit

yééhoosįįh

  1. to know (a person), to get acquainted with, to meet
    Nichʼįʼ bééhonisįįh.I introduce him to you.
    Bichʼįʼ nééhonisįįh.I introduce you to him.

Conjugation edit

Paradigm: Momentaneous (ni/si), with some irregularities

IMPERFECTIVE singular duoplural plural
1st person bééhonisįįh bééhoniilzįįh béédahoniilzįįh
2nd person bééhonísįįh bééhonohsįįh béédahonohsįįh
3rd person yééhoosįįh yéédahósįįh
4th person bééhojoosįįh béédahojísįįh
PERFECTIVE singular duoplural plural
1st person bééhosésįįd bééhosiilzįįd béédahosiilzįįd
2nd person bééhosínísįįd bééhosoosįįd béédahosoosįįd
3rd person yééhoosįįd yéédahoosįįd
4th person bééhojoosįįd béédahojoosįįd
FUTURE singular duoplural plural
1st person bééhodeesįįł bééhodiilzįįł béédahodiilzįįł
2nd person bééhodíísįįł bééhodoohsįįł béédahodoohsįįł
3rd person yééhodoosįįł yéédahodoosįįł
4th person bééhozhdoosįįł béédahozhdoosįįł

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