Navajo

Verb

nilį́

1. he/she is (some thing, or some quality)

   Diné nílį́ — you are Navajo.

Usage notes

This verb is generally used for animate subjects. When describing something inanimate, use the verb átʼé in most cases. For existence and location, use the verb hólǫ́.

This is a neuter verb. As such, it is only used in the imperfective.

Conjugation

Paradigm: Neuter imperfective (ni) .

Other modes are suppleted by forms of yileeh:

See also

• átʼé
• hólǫ́
• yileeh