yíhoołʼaah

Etymology

b- (3rd person indirect object prefix) + -í- (“against, reaching” ) + -ho- (“space, area, things”) + -yi- (transitional) + -Ø- (3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier) + -ʼaah (transitional imperfective stem of root -ʼĄ́Ą́ʼ, “to learn”)

Pronunciation
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Verb

yíhoołʼaah

  1. to learn it, to study it
    Ayóogo Diné bizaad bóhooshʼaah. ― I am really learning the Navajo language.
    Bilagáana haashį́į́ néelą́ą́ʼ Diné bizaad yídahoołʼaah. ― There is an undetermined number of Anglos studying Navajo.

Conjugation

Paradigm: Transitional (yii/yii).

IMPERFECTIVE singular duoplural plural
1st person bóhooshʼaah bíhwiilʼaah bídahwiilʼaah
2nd person bóhoołʼaah bíhoołʼaah bídahoołʼaah
3rd person yíhoołʼaah yídahoołʼaah
4th person bíhojiiłʼaah bídahojiiłʼaah
PERFECTIVE singular duoplural plural
1st person bíhoołʼą́ą́ʼ bíhwiilʼą́ą́ʼ bídahwiilʼą́ą́ʼ
2nd person bíhwiiniłʼą́ą́ʼ bíhoołʼą́ą́ʼ bídahoołʼą́ą́ʼ
3rd person yíhoołʼą́ą́ʼ yídahoołʼą́ą́ʼ
4th person bíhojiiłʼą́ą́ʼ bídahojiiłʼą́ą́ʼ
FUTURE singular duoplural plural
1st person bíhwiideeshʼááł bíhwiidiilʼááł bídahwiidiilʼááł
2nd person bíhwiidííłʼááł bíhwiidoołʼááł bídahwiidoołʼááł
3rd person yíhwiidoołʼááł yídahwiidoołʼááł
4th person bíhwiizhdoołʼááł bídahwiizhdoołʼááł
ITERATIVE singular duoplural plural
1st person bínáhooshʼááh bínáhwiilʼááh bínádahwiilʼááh
2nd person bínáhoołʼááh bínáhoołʼááh bínádahoołʼááh
3rd person yínáhoołʼááh yínádahoołʼááh
4th person bínáhojiiłʼááh bínádahojiiłʼááh
OPTATIVE singular duoplural plural
1st person bíhooshʼááł bíhoolʼááł bídahoolʼááł
2nd person bíhoółʼááł bíhoołʼááł bídahoołʼááł
3rd person yíhoołʼááł yídahoołʼááł
4th person bíhojoołʼááł bídahojoołʼááł

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