Navajo
Verb
iighááh
- he/she goes out of sight
- (with yah) he/she goes in, enters an enclosure
- Ken hooghan góneʼ yah iighááh. ― Ken comes into the hogan.
- Yah aninááh! ― Come in!
- (with yóóʼ) he/she goes away, gets lost
Usage notes
Like all go-verbs, this verb uses three different roots for 1 subject going alone, 2 subjects going in a pair, and 3+ subjects going in a group. All three roots can be conjugated in all 3 numbers (singular, duoplural, distributive plural), with practical different meanings. See chʼéghááh, chʼéʼaash, chʼékááh for further details.
Conjugation
Paradigm: Momentaneous (Ø/yi)
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| IMPERFECTIVE |
singular |
duoplural |
plural |
| 1st person |
iishááh |
iitʼaash |
iikááh |
| 2nd person |
aninááh |
ohʼaash |
ohkááh |
| 3rd person |
iighááh |
iiʼaash |
iikááh |
| 4th person |
ajighááh |
ajiʼaash |
ajikááh |
| PERFECTIVE |
singular |
duoplural |
plural |
| 1st person |
ííyá |
iitʼáázh |
iikai |
| 2nd person |
ííníyá |
ooʼáázh |
oohkai |
| 3rd person |
ííyá |
ííʼáázh |
eekai / iikai |
| 4th person |
ajííyá |
ajííʼáázh |
ajookai |
| FUTURE |
singular |
duoplural |
plural |
| 1st person |
adeeshááł |
adiitʼash |
adiikah |
| 2nd person |
adíínááł |
adoohʼash |
adoohkah |
| 3rd person |
adoogááł |
adooʼash |
adookah |
| 4th person |
azhdoogááł |
azhdooʼash |
azhdookah |
| USITATIVE |
singular |
duoplural |
plural |
| 1st person |
iishááh |
iitʼash |
iikah |
| 2nd person |
aninááh |
oohʼash |
oohkah |
| 3rd person |
iighááh |
iiʼash |
iikah |
| 4th person |
ajighááh |
ajiʼash |
ajikah |
| ITERATIVE |
singular |
duoplural |
plural |
| 1st person |
anáshdááh |
anéiitʼash |
anéiikah |
| 2nd person |
anánidááh |
anáhʼash |
anáhkah |
| 3rd person |
anádááh |
anáʼash |
anákah |
| 4th person |
aníjídááh |
aníjíʼash |
aníjíkah |
| OPTATIVE |
singular |
duoplural |
plural |
| 1st person |
ooshaʼ |
ootʼaash |
ookááh |
| 2nd person |
oóyaʼ |
oohʼaash |
oohkááh |
| 3rd person |
ooyaʼ |
ooʼaash |
ookah |
| 4th person |
ajóyaʼ |
ajóʼash |
ajókah |