yééhoosįįh

Navajo

Etymology

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

Verb

yééhoosįįh

1. 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)