Navajo edit

Etymology edit

y- (peg element) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -l- (classifier)-yeed (imperfective stem of root -WOD, “to run — 1 actor”).

Verb edit

yilyeed

  1. he/she/it is running somewhere

Usage notes edit

The stem used for one subject is different from the stem used for multiple subjects. For two subjects, see hiʼnilchééh; for three or more subjects, see yijeeh.

Plural forms of this verb refer to several people running independently one from another.

Conjugation edit

Paradigm: Momentaneous (∅/yi), with da-shift.

IMPERFECTIVE singular duoplural plural
1st person yishyeed
2nd person nilyeed
3rd person yilyeed
4th person jilyeed
PERFECTIVE singular duoplural plural
1st person yishwod
2nd person yínílwod
3rd person yilwod
4th person joolwod
FUTURE singular duoplural plural
1st person deeshwoł
2nd person díílwoł
3rd person doolwoł
4th person jidoolwoł

Verbal stems edit

  • IMPERFECTIVE: -yeed
  • PERFECTIVE: -wod
  • FUTURE: -woł
  • ITERATIVE: -woʼ
  • OPTATIVE: -yeed