Navajo

Noun

báʼóltaʼí

1. teacher

   Báʼóltaʼí shíká análwoʼ.‎ ― The teacher helps me.

   Báʼóltaʼí nishłį́.‎ ― I am a teacher.

   báʼííníshtaʼí‎ ― my teacher

   báʼííníłtaʼí‎ ― your (singular) teacher

   yáʼółtaʼí‎ ― his/her/their teacher

   báʼííníiltaʼí‎ ― our teacher

   báʼíínółtaʼí‎ ― your (plural) teacher

Usage notes

Although this is a noun, it is a nominalized verb (the one for whom reading is done), and to get the possessed forms you must conjugate it like a verb (the one for whom I read, the one for whom you read, and so on).

Related terms

• óltaʼ
• ółtaʼ
• ółtaʼí