yééhoosįįh
Navajo
Etymology
b- (3rd person indirect object prefix) + -é- (“about” ) + -ná- (“around”) + -ho- (“space, area, things”) + -Ø- (ni-modal 3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier) + -zįįh (imperfective stem of root -ZĮĮD, “to know”).
Verb
yééhoosįįh
- to know (a person), to get acquainted with, to meet
- Nichʼįʼ bééhonisįįh. ― I introduce him to you.
- Bichʼįʼ nééhonisįįh. ― I introduce you to him.
Conjugation
Paradigm: Momentaneous (ni/si), with some irregularities
| IMPERFECTIVE | singular | duoplural | plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | bééhonisįįh | bééhoniilzįįh | béédahoniilzįįh |
| 2nd person | bééhonísįįh | bééhonohsįįh | béédahonohsįįh |
| 3rd person | yééhoosįįh | yéédahósįįh | |
| 4th person | bééhojoosįįh | béédahojísįįh | |
| PERFECTIVE | singular | duoplural | plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | bééhosésįįd | bééhosiilzįįd | béédahosiilzįįd |
| 2nd person | bééhosínísįįd | bééhosoosįįd | béédahosoosįįd |
| 3rd person | yééhoosįįd | yéédahoosįįd | |
| 4th person | bééhojoosįįd | béédahojoosįįd | |
| FUTURE | singular | duoplural | plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | bééhodeesįįł | bééhodiilzįįł | béédahodiilzįįł |
| 2nd person | bééhodíísįįł | bééhodoohsįįł | béédahodoohsįįł |
| 3rd person | yééhodoosįįł | yéédahodoosįįł | |
| 4th person | bééhozhdoosįįł | béédahozhdoosįįł | |
Related terms
- yééhoosįįh / yééhósin (neuter) (to know someone)
- bééhoozįįh / bééhózin (neuter) (there is knowledge about)
- doo ádił yééhólzin (to claim to know nothing)