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díní-
díní-
Navajo
díní-
Conjugation
When the high tone is triggered, díní- requires a si-perfective, while low-tone dini- keeps a yi-perfective.
There are two active and two neuter paradigms, of disparate origins:
- The two active paradigms are totally regular, showing the expected contracted forms of ni- plus the si-perfective endings, except in the 2sg person of the second paradigm (-nííní- instead of -níní-, reminiscent of a yi-perfective prefix).
- The two neuter paradigms seem very irregular and should probably be better analyzed as ni-imperfectives in the 1st and 2nd persons, and si-perfectives in the 3rd, with a dí- and díí- prefix respectively.
SI-PERF | Active | Neuter | ||
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díní- | hadíní- | díní- | díní- (dí-yíní-) | |
Example | dínéeskaad | hadínéeshcha | déesxéél | kʼídéesniiʼ |
1sg | díné(sh)- | hadínésh- | dínísh- | dínísh-, díínísh- |
2sg | díníní- | hadínííní- | díní- | dííní- |
3 | dínéez/s- | hadínées- | déez/s- | |
1dpl | dínée(d)- | hadínée(d)- | díníi(d) | dííníi(d)- |
2dpl | dí(sí)noo(h)- | hadínóo(h)- | dínó(h)- | díínó(h)- |
Derived terms
Navajo verbs with prefix díní-.