yiʼį́

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "yii"

Etymology

y- (3rd person object prefix) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -ʼį́ (neuter imperfective stem of root -ʼĮĮD, “to dislike”).

Pronunciation

Verb

yiʼį́

  1. he/she dislikes it, opposes it, is unable to stand it
    Diné ayóo dashiʼį́. ― People don't like me.
  2. (with bąąh) he/she is against it for him/her, deprives him/her from it, keeps him/her from doing it
    Shimá nátʼoh shąąh yiʼį́. ― My mother is against my use of tobacco.

Usage notes

This verb has two imperfectives (active and neuter) and two perfectives (yi- and si-perfectives).

Conjugation

Paradigm: Neuter imperfective (∅).

neuter impf singular duoplural plural
1st person yishʼį́ yiitʼį́ deiitʼį́
2nd person niʼį́ wohʼį́ daahʼį́
3rd person yiʼį́ deiʼį́
4th person jiʼį́ dajiʼį́

Paradigm: Momentaneous (∅/yi or si).

imperfective singular duoplural plural
1st person yishʼį́į́h yiitʼį́į́h deiitʼį́į́h
2nd person niʼį́į́h wohʼį́į́h daahʼį́į́h
3rd person yiʼį́į́h deiʼį́į́h
4th person jiʼį́į́h dajiʼį́į́h
perfective¹ singular duoplural plural
1st person yíʼįįd yiitʼįįd deiitʼįįd
2nd person yíníʼįįd wooʼįįd daooʼįįd
3rd person yiyííʼįįd dayííʼįįd
4th person jííʼįįd dajííʼįįd
perfective² singular duoplural plural
1st person séʼįįd siitʼįįd dasiitʼįįd
2nd person síníʼįįd sooʼįįd dasooʼįįd
3rd person yizʼįįd deizʼįįd
4th person jizʼįįd dajizʼįįd
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