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Navajo
Etymology
ʼá- (“thus”) + -di- (“oral”) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -ní (neuter imperfective stem of root -NIID, “to say”).
Verb
ání
- he/she says thus, he/she says as follows
- Mąʼii ání “doo shił bééhózin da”. ― The coyote says, “I donʼt know”.
- (with bíká) he/she calls him/her, he/she gets his/her attention
- Bíká ádíshní. ― Iʼm calling him.
- Yíká ání. ― Heʼs calling him.
- denotes sounds produced by animals
- Atʼéés bimósí yázhí ání. ― The girlʼs little kitten meows/cries.
- Shimá yázhí bidibé ádaaní. ― My auntʼs sheep bleat.
Usage notes
This is a neuter verb that uses only the imperfective mode. Other modes are suppleted by the active verb niih, reproduced below for convenience.
Conjugation
Paradigm: Neuter imperfective (∅), with some irregularities.
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