Navajo edit

Etymology edit

y- (3rd person object prefix) + -oo- (yi-progressive 3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier)-ʼááł (progressive stem of root -ʼĄ́, “to handle a solid roundish object”).

Verb edit

yooʼááł

  1. he/she is going along carrying it (a solid roundish 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 yishʼááł yiitʼááł deíníitʼaah
2nd person yíʼááł wohʼááł deínóhʼaah
3rd person yooʼááł deíʼaah
4th person jooʼááł dajíʼaah

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