halneʼ
Navajo
Etymology
ho- (“space, area, things”) + -Ø- (3rd person subject prefix) + -l- (classifier) + -neʼ (durative imperfective stem of root -NEʼ, “to tell”).
Verb
halneʼ
- he/she is
- he/she is talking about, recounting, telling about (is used with bee “about” and bił “to whom”)
- Bee nił hodeeshnih. ― I will tell you about it.
- Shee yił halneʼ. ― He tells him about me.
- he/she is interpreting, translating
- (with hazhóʼó) he/she explains it (the object is referred by baa)
- Hazhóʼó baa hweeshneʼ. ― I explained it.
Conjugation
Paradigm: Durative (Ø/yi).
| IMPERFECTIVE | singular | duoplural | plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | hashneʼ | hwiilneʼ | dahwiilneʼ |
| 2nd person | hólneʼ | hołneʼ | dahołneʼ |
| 3rd person | halneʼ | dahalneʼ | |
| 4th person | hojilneʼ | dahojilneʼ | |
| PERFECTIVE | singular | duoplural | plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | hweeshneʼ | hwiilneʼ | dahwiilneʼ |
| 2nd person | hwíínílneʼ | hoołneʼ | dahoołneʼ |
| 3rd person | hoolneʼ | dahoolneʼ | |
| 4th person | hojoolneʼ | dahojoolneʼ | |
| FUTURE | singular | duoplural | plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | hodeeshnih | hodiilnih | dahodiilnih |
| 2nd person | hodíílnih | hodoołnih | dahodoołnih |
| 3rd person | hodoolnih | dahodoolnih | |
| 4th person | hozhdoolnih | dahozhdoolnih | |
| ITERATIVE | singular | duoplural | plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | náháshnih | náhwiilnih | nídahwiilnih |
| 2nd person | náhólnih | náhółnih | nídahołnih |
| 3rd person | náhálnih | nídahalnih | |
| 4th person | náhojilnih | nídahojilnih | |
| OPTATIVE | singular | duoplural | plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | hóshneʼ | hoolneʼ | dahoolneʼ |
| 2nd person | hóólneʼ | hoolneʼ | dahoolneʼ |
| 3rd person | hólneʼ | dahólneʼ | |
| 4th person | hojólneʼ | dahojólneʼ | |
Related terms
- IMPERFECTIVE: -neʼ
- PERFECTIVE: -neʼ
- FUTURE: -nih
- ITERATIVE: -nih
- OPTATIVE: -neʼ
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