Navajo edit

Etymology edit

y- (3rd person object prefix) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier, causative)-jįzh (imperfective stem of root -JĮZH, “to crush”).

Verb edit

yiłjįzh

  1. he/she is crushing, crumpling, or flattening it

Conjugation edit

Paradigm: Conclusive (∅/si).

IMPERFECTIVE singular duoplural plural
1st person yishjįzh yiiljįzh deiiljįzh
2nd person niłjįzh wołjįzh daałjįzh
3rd person yiłjįzh deiłjįzh
4th person jiłjįzh dajiłjįzh
PERFECTIVE singular duoplural plural
1st person shéłjįzh shiiljįzh dashiiljįzh
2nd person shíníłjįzh shoołjįzh dashoołjįzh
3rd person yishjįzh deishjįzh
4th person jishjįzh dajishjįzh
FUTURE singular duoplural plural
1st person deeshjįsh diiljįsh dadiiljįsh
2nd person dííłjįsh doołjįsh dadoołjįsh
3rd person yidoołjįsh deidoołjįsh
4th person jidoołjįsh dazhdoołjįsh