ałtsʼánátʼaash
Navajo
Etymology
ʼał- (reciprocal) + -tsʼá- (away) + -ná- (“back”, reversionary) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -d- (classifier) + -ʼaash (imperfective stem of root -ʼÁÁZH, “to go, walk — two actors”)
Verb
ałtsʼánátʼaash
Usage notes
This verb is conjugated only in the dual.
Conjugation
| imperfective | singular | duoplural | plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | — | ałtsʼánániitʼaash | — |
| 2nd person | — | ałtsʼánánóhtʼaash | — |
| 3rd person | — | ałtsʼánátʼaash | — |
| 4th person | — | ałtsʼáńjítʼaash | — |
| perfective | singular | duoplural | plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | — | ałtsʼánániitʼáázh | — |
| 2nd person | — | ałtsʼánánoohtʼáázh | — |
| 3rd person | — | ałtsʼánátʼáázh | — |
| 4th person | — | ałtsʼáńjítʼáázh | — |
| future | singular | duoplural | plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | — | ałtsʼáńdiitʼash | — |
| 2nd person | — | ałtsʼáńdoohtʼash | — |
| 3rd person | — | ałtsʼáńdootʼash | — |
| 4th person | — | ałtsʼánízhdootʼash | — |
| iterative | singular | duoplural | plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | — | ałtsʼánínéiitʼash | — |
| 2nd person | — | ałtsʼánínáhtʼash | — |
| 3rd person | — | ałtsʼánínátʼash | — |
| 4th person | — | ałtsʼánínájítʼash | — |
| optative | singular | duoplural | plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | — | ałtsʼánáootʼaash | — |
| 2nd person | — | ałtsʼánáoohtʼaash | — |
| 3rd person | — | ałtsʼánáotʼaash | — |
| 4th person | — | ałtsʼánjótʼaash | — |
References
- Robert W. Young and William Morgan, Sr. (1987), The Navajo Language. A Grammar and Colloquial Dictionary, Albuquerque, New Mexico: University of New Mexico Press, page 106.