yíhoołʼaah
Navajo
[edit]Etymology
[edit]b- (thematic) + -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
[edit]Audio: (file)
Verb
[edit]yíhoołʼaah
- 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
[edit]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
[edit]See also
[edit]Categories:
- Navajo terms prefixed with b- (thematic)
- Navajo terms prefixed with í- (postpositional)
- Navajo terms prefixed with ho-
- Navajo terms prefixed with yi- (transitional)
- Navajo terms prefixed with ł- (classifier)
- Navajo terms belonging to the root -ʼĄ́Ą́ʼ (learn)
- Navajo terms with audio pronunciation
- Navajo lemmas
- Navajo verbs
- Navajo terms with usage examples
- Navajo verbs in the transitional (yii/yii) aspect