yiʼash
See also: yíʼash
Navajo
[edit]Etymology
[edit]yi- (progressive) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -ʼash (progressive stem of root -ʼÁÁZH, “to go — 2 actors”).
Verb
[edit]yiʼash
- he/she is going along (with another person, as part of a pair), they (a pair of people) are going along
Usage notes
[edit]This stem is used for going in pairs. For individual movement, see yigááł. For movement in groups of three or more, see yikah.
Singular forms of this verb, such as yishʼash, refer to one subject involved in a movement as a pair. Distributive plural forms refer to several people going in pairs independent one from another.
This is a progressive verb; it is conjugated only in the progressive mode.
Conjugation
[edit]Paradigm: Progressive (yi).
| PROGRESSIVE | singular | duoplural | plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | yishʼash | yiitʼash | — |
| 2nd person | yíʼash | wohʼash | — |
| 3rd person | yiʼash | — | |
| 4th person | jooʼash | — | |