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Navajo
Etymology
ʼá- (“thus”) + -y- (3rd person object prefix) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier) + -ní (neuter imperfective stem of root -NIID, “to say”).
Verb
ííłní
- he says thus to him
- he asks him permission
- John bilį́į́ʼ shaʼdooltééł biniiyé ábidishní. ― Iʼm asking John to lend me his horse.
- he means by it
- Ni dooda, John ábidishní. ― Not you, I mean John.
Conjugation
Paradigm: Neuter imperfective (∅), with some irregularities.
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