Navajo edit

Etymology edit

y- (3rd person object prefix) + -oo- (yi-progressive 3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier, causative)-joł (progressive stem of root -JOOL, “non-compact matter moves”).

Verb edit

yoołjoł

  1. he/she is going along carrying it (some non-compact material)

Usage notes edit

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

Conjugation edit

Paradigm: Progressive (yi).

PROGRESSIVE singular duoplural plural
1st person yishjoł yiiljoł deíníiljooł
2nd person yíłjoł wołjoł deínółjooł
3rd person yoołjoł deíłjooł
4th person joołjoł dajíłjooł

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