aʼaał
See also: A.A.A.L.
Navajo
[edit]Etymology
[edit]ʼa- (unspecified person object prefix) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -ʼaał (durative imperfective stem of root -ʼAAL, “to eat a hard object”).
Verb
[edit]aʼaał (intransitive)
Conjugation
[edit]Paradigm: Durative (∅/yi).
| imperfective | singular | duoplural | plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | ashʼaał | iitʼaał | daʼiitʼaał |
| 2nd person | íʼaał | ohʼaał | daʼohʼaał |
| 3rd person | aʼaał | daʼaʼaał | |
| 4th person | ajiʼaał | daʼjiʼaał | |
| perfective | singular | duoplural | plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | ííʼaal | iitʼaal | daʼiitʼaal |
| 2nd person | ííníʼaal | ooʼaal | daʼooʼaal |
| 3rd person | ííʼaal | daʼííʼaal | |
| 4th person | ajííʼaal | daʼjííʼaal | |
| future | singular | duoplural | plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | adeeshʼał | adiitʼał | daʼdiitʼał |
| 2nd person | adííʼał | adoohʼał | daʼdoohʼał |
| 3rd person | adooʼał | daʼdooʼał | |
| 4th person | azhdooʼał | dazhʼdooʼał | |
Verbal stems
[edit]- IMPERFECTIVE: -ʼaał
- PERFECTIVE: -ʼaal
- FUTURE: -ʼał
- ITERATIVE: -ʼał
- OPTATIVE: -ʼaał