Navajo
Verb
ayą́
- (intransitive) to eat
- Shí dóó Jáan baʼáłchíní éí Mary bighandi daʼiidą́
- John’s children and I are eating at Mary’s house.
Conjugation
Paradigm: Durative (Ø/yi)
| PERFECTIVE |
singular |
duoplural |
plural |
| 1st person |
ííyą́ą́ʼ |
iidą́ą́ʼ |
daʼiidą́ą́ʼ |
| 2nd person |
ííníyą́ą́ʼ |
ooyą́ą́ʼ |
daʼooyą́ą́ʼ |
| 3rd person |
ííyą́ą́ʼ |
daʼííyą́ą́ʼ |
| 4th person |
ajííyą́ą́ʼ |
daʼjííyą́ą́ʼ |
| FUTURE |
singular |
duoplural |
plural |
| 1st person |
adeeshį́į́ł |
adiidį́į́ł |
daʼdiidį́į́ł |
| 2nd person |
adííghį́į́ł |
adoohsį́į́ł |
daʼdoohsį́į́ł |
| 3rd person |
adooghį́į́ł |
daʼdooghį́į́ł |
| 4th person |
azhdooghį́į́ł |
daʼazhdooghį́į́ł |
Verbal stems
- IMPERFECTIVE: -yą́
- PERFECTIVE: -yą́ą́ʼ
- FUTURE: -yį́į́ł
- ITERATIVE: -yį́į́h
- OPTATIVE: -yą́ą́ʼ
Derived terms
See also
- alghał (he eats meat)
- yilghał (he eats meat)
- yiyą́ (he eats it)