yíhoołʼaah

Navajo

Etymology

b- (3rd person indirect object prefix) + -í- (“against, reaching”) + -ho- (“space, area, things”) + -yi- (transitional) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier) + -ʼaah (transitional imperfective stem of root -ʼĄ́Ą́ʼ, “to learn”)

Pronunciation

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Verb

yíhoołʼaah

1. to learn it, to study it

   Ayóogo Diné bizaad bóhooshʼaah. ― I am really learning the Navajo language.

   Bilagáana haashį́į́ néelą́ą́ʼ Diné bizaad yídahoołʼaah. ― There is an undetermined number of Anglos studying Navajo.

Conjugation

Paradigm: Transitional (yii/yii).

IMPERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	bóhooshʼaah	bíhwiilʼaah	bídahwiilʼaah
2nd person	bóhoołʼaah	bíhoołʼaah	bídahoołʼaah
3rd person	yíhoołʼaah		yídahoołʼaah
4th person	bíhojiiłʼaah		bídahojiiłʼaah

PERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	bíhoołʼą́ą́ʼ	bíhwiilʼą́ą́ʼ	bídahwiilʼą́ą́ʼ
2nd person	bíhwiiniłʼą́ą́ʼ	bíhoołʼą́ą́ʼ	bídahoołʼą́ą́ʼ
3rd person	yíhoołʼą́ą́ʼ		yídahoołʼą́ą́ʼ
4th person	bíhojiiłʼą́ą́ʼ		bídahojiiłʼą́ą́ʼ

FUTURE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	bíhwiideeshʼááł	bíhwiidiilʼááł	bídahwiidiilʼááł
2nd person	bíhwiidííłʼááł	bíhwiidoołʼááł	bídahwiidoołʼááł
3rd person	yíhwiidoołʼááł		yídahwiidoołʼááł
4th person	bíhwiizhdoołʼááł		bídahwiizhdoołʼááł

ITERATIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	bínáhooshʼááh	bínáhwiilʼááh	bínádahwiilʼááh
2nd person	bínáhoołʼááh	bínáhoołʼááh	bínádahoołʼááh
3rd person	yínáhoołʼááh		yínádahoołʼááh
4th person	bínáhojiiłʼááh		bínádahojiiłʼááh

OPTATIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	bíhooshʼááł	bíhoolʼááł	bídahoolʼááł
2nd person	bíhoółʼááł	bíhoołʼááł	bídahoołʼááł
3rd person	yíhoołʼááł		yídahoołʼááł
4th person	bíhojoołʼááł		bídahojoołʼááł

Related terms

• íhoołʼaah

See also

• ółtaʼ