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naatʼaʼ

naatʼaʼ

Navajo

Verb

naatʼaʼ

  1. to fly around (a bird or an airplane); (in the perfective) to make a round-trip flying
    Shił naatʼaʼ. ― I fly around on it. (lit. It flies around with me)

Conjugation

Paradigm: Continuative (Ø/si), third person only .

IMPERFECTIVE singular duoplural plural
1st person
2nd person
3rd person naatʼaʼ nidaatʼaʼ
4th person
PERFECTIVE singular duoplural plural
1st person
2nd person
3rd person naastʼaʼ nidaastʼaʼ
4th person
FUTURE singular duoplural plural
1st person
2nd person
3rd person nidootʼah nidadootʼah
4th person

Verbal stems

  • IMPERFECTIVE: -tʼááh
  • CONTINUATIVE: -tʼaʼ
  • PERFECTIVE: -tʼaʼ
  • FUTURE: -tʼah
  • ITERATIVE: -tʼah
  • OPTATIVE: -tʼááh