Navajo
Verb
nidaah
- he/she is sitting down, he/she is moving to a sitting position
Usage notes
This verb uses three different verb bases for 1 subject sitting alone, 2 subjects sitting in a pair, and 3+ subjects sitting in a group. All three bases can be conjugated in all 3 numbers (singular, duoplural, distributive plural), with practical different meanings. See sidá, siké, naháaztą́ for further details on a similar situation.
Conjugation
Paradigm: Momentaneous (Ø/si)
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| IMPERFECTIVE |
singular |
duoplural |
plural |
| 1st person |
nishdaah |
niikeeh |
diniibįįh |
| 2nd person |
nídaah |
nohkeeh |
dinohbįįh |
| 3rd person |
nidaah |
nikeeh |
dinibįįh |
| 4th person |
jinidaah |
jinikeeh |
dizhnibįįh |
| PERFECTIVE |
singular |
duoplural |
plural |
| 1st person |
nédá |
neeké |
dineebin |
| 2nd person |
nínídá |
sinooké |
disinoobin |
| 3rd person |
neezdá |
neezké |
dineezbin |
| 4th person |
jineezdá |
jineezké |
dizhneezbin |
| FUTURE |
singular |
duoplural |
plural |
| 1st person |
dínéeshdaał |
díníikeeł |
díníibįįł |
| 2nd person |
díníídaał |
dínóohkeeł |
dínóóhbįįł |
| 3rd person |
dínóodaał |
dínóokeeł |
dínóobįįł |
| 4th person |
dízhnóodaał |
dízhnóokeeł |
dízhnóobįįł |
| ITERATIVE |
singular |
duoplural |
plural |
| 1st person |
náníshdaah |
nániikeeh |
ńdiniibįįh |
| 2nd person |
nánídaah |
nánóhkeeh |
ńdinohbįįh |
| 3rd person |
nánídaah |
náníkeeh |
ńdinibįįh |
| 4th person |
nánízhdaah |
názhníkeeh |
ńdizhnibįįh |
| OPTATIVE |
singular |
duoplural |
plural |
| 1st person |
nóshdaah |
nookeeh |
dinoobįįh |
| 2nd person |
nóódaah |
noohkeeh |
dinoohbįįh |
| 3rd person |
nódaah |
nókeeh |
dinóbįįh |
| 4th person |
jinódaah |
jinókeeh |
dizhnóbįįh |
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