Navajo
Verb
yééhoosįįh
- to know (a person), to get acquainted with, to meet
- Nichʼįʼ bééhonisįįh — I introduce him to you
- Bichʼįʼ nééhonisįįh — I introduce you to him
Conjugation
Paradigm: Momentaneous (ni/si), with some irregularities
| IMPERFECTIVE |
singular |
duoplural |
plural |
| 1st person |
bééhonisįįh |
bééhoniilzįįh |
béédahoniilzįįh |
| 2nd person |
bééhonísįįh |
bééhonohsįįh |
béédahonohsįįh |
| 3rd person |
yééhoosįįh |
yéédahósįįh |
| 4th person |
bééhojoosįįh |
béédahojísįįh |
| PERFECTIVE |
singular |
duoplural |
plural |
| 1st person |
bééhosésįįd |
bééhosiilzįįd |
béédahosiilzįįd |
| 2nd person |
bééhosínísįįd |
bééhosoosįįd |
béédahosoosįįd |
| 3rd person |
yééhoosįįd |
yéédahoosįįd |
| 4th person |
bééhojoosįįd |
béédahojoosįįd |
| FUTURE |
singular |
duoplural |
plural |
| 1st person |
bééhodeesįįł |
bééhodiilzįįł |
béédahodiilzįįł |
| 2nd person |
bééhodíísįįł |
bééhodoohsįįł |
béédahodoohsįįł |
| 3rd person |
yééhodoosįįł |
yéédahodoosįįł |
| 4th person |
bééhozhdoosįįł |
béédahozhdoosįįł |
Related terms
- yééhoosįįh / yééhósin (neuter) (to know someone)
- bééhoozįįh / bééhózin (neuter) (there is knowledge about)
- doo ádił yééhólzin (to claim to know nothing)