aʼaał
Navajo
Etymology
ʼa- (unspecified person object prefix) + -Ø- (3rd person subject prefix) + -Ø- (classifier) + -ʼaał (durative imperfective stem of root -ʼAAL, “to eat a hard object”).
Verb
aʼaał (intransitive)
Conjugation
Paradigm: Durative (Ø/yi).
| IMPERFECTIVE | singular | duoplural | plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | ashʼaał | iitʼaał | daʼiitʼaał |
| 2nd person | íʼaał | ohʼaał | daʼohʼaał |
| 3rd person | aʼaał | daʼaʼaał | |
| 4th person | ajiʼaał | daʼjiʼaał | |
| PERFECTIVE | singular | duoplural | plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | ííʼaal | iitʼaal | daʼiitʼaal |
| 2nd person | ííníʼaal | ooʼaal | daʼooʼaal |
| 3rd person | ííʼaal | daʼííʼaal | |
| 4th person | ajííʼaal | daʼjííʼaal | |
| FUTURE | singular | duoplural | plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | adeeshʼał | adiitʼał | daʼdiitʼał |
| 2nd person | adííʼał | adoohʼał | daʼdoohʼał |
| 3rd person | adooʼał | daʼdooʼał | |
| 4th person | azhdooʼał | dazhʼdooʼał | |
Verbal stems
- IMPERFECTIVE: -ʼaał
- PERFECTIVE: -ʼaal
- FUTURE: -ʼał
- ITERATIVE: -ʼał
- OPTATIVE: -ʼaał
Related terms
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