yééhósin

Navajo

Etymology

b- (3rd person indirect object prefix) + -é- (“about”) + -ná- (“around”) + -ho- (“space, area, things”) + -◌́- (ni-modal 3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier) + -zin (neuter imperfective stem of root -ZĮĮD, “to know”).

Pronunciation

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Verb

yééhósin

1. to know (a person), know it, know something, get acquainted with

   Eii dinéésh bééhonísin? ― Do you know that man?

   Kii Ben Shelly yééhósin ― Kii knows Ben Shelly.

Conjugation

Paradigm: Neuter imperfective (ni)

IMPERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	bééhonisin	bééhoniilzin	béédahoniilzin
2nd person	bééhonísin	bééhonohsin	béédahonohsin
3rd person	yééhósin		yéédahósin
4th person	bééhojísin		béédahojísin

First person singular imperfective bééhonisin has the alternative form bééhasin.

Other tenses are suppleted by the active verb yééhoosįįh.

Related terms

• yééhoosįįh / yééhósin (neuter) (to know someone)
• bééhoozįįh / bééhózin (neuter) (there is knowledge about)
• doo ádił yééhólzin (to claim to know nothing)