Navajo edit

Etymology edit

y- (3rd person object prefix) + -oo- (yi-progressive 3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier)-tsos (progressive stem of root -TSOOZ, “to handle a flat flexible object”).

Verb edit

yoołtsos

  1. he/she is going along carrying it (a flat object)

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 yistsos yiiltsos deíníiltsóós
2nd person yíłtsos wołtsos deínółtsóós
3rd person yoołtsos deíłtsóós
4th person joołtsos dajíłtsóós

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