diʼnééh
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Navajo
[edit]Etymology
[edit]di- (inceptive) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -d- (classifier) + -nééh (imperfective stem of root -NAʼ, “to crawl”).
Verb
[edit]diʼnééh
- he/she/it starts to crawl along
Conjugation
[edit]Paradigm: Momentaneous (∅/si).
IMPERFECTIVE | singular | duoplural | plural |
---|---|---|---|
1st person | dishʼnééh | diiʼnééh | dadiiʼnééh |
2nd person | díʼnééh | dohʼnééh | dadohʼnééh |
3rd person | diʼnééh | dadiʼnééh | |
4th person | jidiʼnééh | dazhdiʼnééh |
PERFECTIVE | singular | duoplural | plural |
---|---|---|---|
1st person | désʼnaʼ | deeʼnaʼ | dadeeʼnaʼ |
2nd person | díníʼnaʼ | disoohʼnaʼ | dadisoohʼnaʼ |
3rd person | deesʼnaʼ | dadeesʼnaʼ | |
4th person | jideesʼnaʼ | dazhdeesʼnaʼ |
FUTURE | singular | duoplural | plural |
---|---|---|---|
1st person | dideeshʼnah | didiiʼnah | dadidiiʼnah |
2nd person | didííʼnah | didoohʼnah | dadidoohʼnah |
3rd person | didooʼnah | dadidooʼnah | |
4th person | dizhdooʼnah | dazhdidooʼnah |
Verbal stems
[edit]- ITERATIVE: -nah
- OPTATIVE: -nééh