See also: yíltłʼééł

Navajo edit

Etymology edit

yi- (progressive) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -l- (classifier)-tłʼééł (progress stem of root -TŁʼÁ, “to trot”).

Verb edit

yiltłʼééł

  1. he/she/it is trotting along, jogging along

Usage notes edit

This verb refers primarily to movement on two legs.

This is a progressive verb; it is conjugated only in the progressive mode.

Conjugation edit

Paradigm: Progressive (yi).

PROGRESSIVE singular duoplural plural
1st person yishtłʼééł yiiltłʼééł deíníiltłʼééh
2nd person yíltłʼééł wołtłʼééł deínółtłʼééh
3rd person yiltłʼééł deíltłʼééh
4th person jooltłʼééł dajíltłʼééh

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