yisdáʼnééh
Navajo
Etymology
yisdá- (“to safety”) + -Ø- (3rd person subject prefix) + -d- (classifier) + -nééh (imperfective stem of root -NAʼ, “to crawl”).
Conjugation
Paradigm: Momentaneous (Ø/yi), with partial da-shift.
IMPERFECTIVE | singular | duoplural | plural |
---|---|---|---|
1st person | yisdáshʼnééh | yisdéiiʼnééh | yisdádeiiʼnééh |
2nd person | yisdáníʼnééh | yisdáhʼnééh | yisdádaahʼnééh |
3rd person | yisdáʼnééh | yisdádaaʼnééh | |
4th person | yisdájíʼnééh | yisdádajiʼnééh |
PERFECTIVE | singular | duoplural | plural |
---|---|---|---|
1st person | yisdááshʼnaʼ | yisdéiiʼnaʼ | yisdádeiiʼnaʼ |
2nd person | yisdéíníʼnaʼ | yisdáoohʼnaʼ | yisdádaoohʼnaʼ |
3rd person | yisdááʼnaʼ | yisdádaasʼnaʼ | |
4th person | yisdájooʼnaʼ | yisdádajisʼnaʼ |
FUTURE | singular | duoplural | plural |
---|---|---|---|
1st person | yisdádeeshʼnah | yisdádiiʼnah | yisdádadiiʼnah |
2nd person | yisdádííʼnah | yisdádoohʼnah | yisdádadoohʼnah |
3rd person | yisdádooʼnah | yisdádadooʼnah | |
4th person | yisdázhdooʼnah | yisdádazhdooʼnah |
Verbal stems
- ITERATIVE: -nah
- OPTATIVE: -nééh
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