yoołjił

Navajo

Etymology

y- (3rd person object prefix) + -oo- (yi-progressive 3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier) + -jił (progressive stem of root -JID, “to carry on one's back”).

Verb

yoołjił

he/she is going along carrying it on his/her back

Usage notes

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

Conjugation

Paradigm: Progressive (yi).

PROGRESSIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	yishjił	yiiljił	deíníiljiid
2nd person	yíłjił	wołjił	deínółjiid
3rd person	yoołjił		deíłjiid
4th person	joołjił		dajíłjiid

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