yiʼį́

Navajo

Etymology

y- (3rd person object prefix) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -Ø - (thematic) + -ʼį́ (neuter imperfective stem of root -ʼĮĮD, “to dislike”).

Verb

yiʼį́

1. he/she dislikes it, opposes it, is unable to stand it

   Diné ayóo dashiʼį́. ― People don't like me.

2. (with bąąh) he/she is against it for him/her, deprives him/her from it, keeps him/her from doing it

   Shimá nátʼoh shąąh yiʼį́. ― My mother is against my use of tobacco.

Usage notes

This verb has two imperfectives (active and neuter) and two perfectives (yi- and si-perfectives).

Conjugation

Paradigm: Neuter imperfective (Ø).

NEUTER IMPF	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	yishʼį́	yiitʼį́	deiitʼį́
2nd person	niʼį́	wohʼį́	daahʼį́
3rd person	yiʼį́		deiʼį́
4th person	jiʼį́		dajiʼį́

Paradigm: Momentaneous (Ø/yi or si).

IMPERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	yishʼį́į́h	yiitʼį́į́h	deiitʼį́į́h
2nd person	niʼį́į́h	wohʼį́į́h	daahʼį́į́h
3rd person	yiʼį́į́h		deiʼį́į́h
4th person	jiʼį́į́h		dajiʼį́į́h

PERFECTIVE¹	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	yíʼįįd	yiitʼįįd	deiitʼįįd
2nd person	yíníʼįįd	wooʼįįd	daooʼįįd
3rd person	yiyííʼįįd		dayííʼįįd
4th person	jííʼįįd		dajííʼįįd

PERFECTIVE²	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	séʼįįd	siitʼįįd	dasiitʼįįd
2nd person	síníʼįįd	sooʼįįd	dasooʼįįd
3rd person	yizʼįįd		deizʼįįd
4th person	jizʼįįd		dajizʼįįd