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Navajo
Etymology
ʼa- (thematic) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -níí (neuter imperfective stem of root -NÍÍD, “to be true”).
Verb
aaníí
- (with tʼáá) it is true, real
- tʼáá aaníí ádíshní ― Iʼm telling the truth
- (in the negative only) he/she is not pleased by it, he/she doesnʼt like it.
- doo shił aaníi da ― I donʼt like it
- doo shił áánííd da ― I didnʼt like it
Usage notes
This verb is semantically limited to expression in the third person.
Conjugation
Paradigm: Neuter imperfective (∅), third person only.