Your search for the verb Si-Perfective Neuter (SPN)
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Tsé bikáa’gi béésh dah si’ą́.
rock 3-on-at knife up 3-sit.SNPK’ad niba’ sédáa dooleeł.
now 2-wait 1-sit.SPN FUTShá bíighah ’azee’ál’į́įdi sédá.
sun proportionate medicine 3-make.I 1-sit.SPNTł’éédą́ą́ łééchąą’í léi’ nihił ’yaííyá’ii’ neeztį́.
last.night dog strange 1dpl-with 3-come.inside.P-and lie.down.SNP
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Last night, a (strange) dogs came walking in on us and lay down.
bookmark- tł’éédą́ą́’ last night
- -ił withfind in Navajo Postposition Lexicon
- Perfective (P) (yi, ni, si, yi-∅)find in Navajo Verb Modes
- yishááł walkfind in Navajo Verb Modes
- -ii’ and, and thereuponfind in Navajo Conjunction Lexicon
- Si-Perfective Neuter (SPN)find in Navajo Verb Modes
- sétį́ lie downfind in Navajo Verb Modes
'Áłahji’ tó dilchxoshí síníł’ą́.
always water popping-Í 3-2-keep.SPNKwii sínídáa dooleeł.
here 2-sit.SPN will.be.FBíni’dii si’ą́ t’áádoo baa nánít’íní.
3-let-stay 3-sit.SRO.SPN just.NEG 3-about 2-bother.NIShimósí yázhí tsin yąąh dah sidáago hádésh’na’ ńt’éé’ ’áłt’ąą hadanáálwod.
1-cat little tree 3-on up 3-sit.SPN-GO 1-climb.P but after.all 3-run.down.PI climbed up after my kitten, sitting on a tree limb, but darned if he didn’t come running down.
bookmarkNiba’ sézį́.
2-wait 1-stand.SPNHoozdodę́ę́’ Łééchąąłgaii bee nááshdááłgo Kinłánídi da’jiyání góne’ sédáago shiyaa haalwod lá.
Phoenix-from greyhound.bus 3-with 1-return.Prog-GO Flagstaff-at cafe into 1-sit.SPN-GO 1-under 3-run.P DISC
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Coming back from Phoenix by Greyhound bus I got left behind in the restaurant in Flagstaff.
bookmark- -dę́ę́’ from a general location or point in space or time, also out of, off offind in Navajo Postposition Lexicon
- location
- -ee by means offind in Navajo Postposition Lexicon
- instrumental
- -di atfind in Navajo Postposition Lexicon
- location
- -go verb and subordinating enclitic
- Si-Perfective Neuter (SPN)find in Navajo Verb Modes
- sédá sitfind in Navajo Verb Modes
- -yaa under, beneath, downfind in Navajo Postposition Lexicon
- location
’Ólta’di ’áłchíní binaashii sédáago ’ííníshta’.
school-at children 3-across.from 1-sit.SNP 3-read.NISitsóí yik’i sidáhí béé’éshdlééh.
1-grandchild 3-on 3-sit.SPN-nom 3-1-copy.IHooghan bikáá’ dah si’áánígíí biyah danii’áago ’ádíílį́į́ł ’áko hooghan doo ałhiinídoołdas da.
hogan 3-on up 3-sit.SPN-ÍGÍÍ 3-under pl-3-extend.NP-GO 3-2-make.F so hogan NEG RECIP-3-collapse.F NEGUse strong pillars to build the hogan so that the roof will not cave in.
bookmark- -káá’ on, on top offind in Navajo Postposition Lexicon
- dah up at an elevation, off, static, holding
- Si-Perfective Neuter (SPN)find in Navajo Verb Modes
- -yah under, beneathfind in Navajo Postposition Lexicon
- Neuter Perfective (NP)find in Navajo Verb Modes
- -go verb and subordinating enclitic
- Future (F)find in Navajo Verb Modes
- ’áko so, so that, so thenfind in Navajo Conjunction Lexicon
- doo --- da frame to negativize verbs and phrases
Naaltsoos bikáá’ na’aníshí bikáa’gi si’ą́.
book desk 3-on-at up 3-lie.SRO.SPN’Ak’ah kǫ’ dishtłi’go sédá.
candle 3-1-cause.burn.NI-GO 1-sit.SPNK’idadeelyáá nit’éé’ t’óó daazgan, háálá doo nahałtin da.
1pl-plant.P past just 3pl-dry.SPN, because NEG 3-rain.CI NEG
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We planted but they just shriveled up, because of the lack of rain.
bookmark- Perfective (P) (yi, ni, si, yi-∅)find in Navajo Verb Modes
- k’idishłé plant itfind in Navajo Verb Modes
- ńt’éé’ relates to past time
- Si-Perfective Neuter (SPN)find in Navajo Verb Modes
- háálá for, becausefind in Navajo Conjunction Lexicon
- doo --- da frame to negativize verbs and phrases
- Continuative Imperfective (CI)find in Navajo Verb Modes
’Awéé’ dah biséłdá.
baby up 3-1-CAUS-hold.AnO.SPNI’m holding the baby in a sitting position.
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