ipmirdit

Northern Sami

Etymology

Borrowed from Finnish ymmärtää.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈipmiːrtih(t)/

Verb

ipmirdit

1. to understand, to grasp (mentally)
2. to understand (what is being said)

Inflection

Odd, no gradation
infinitive	ipmirdit
1st sing. present	ipmirdan
1st sing. past	ipmirdin ipmirdedjen
infinitive	ipmirdit	action noun	ipmirdeapmi
present participle	ipmirdeaddji	action inessive	ipmirdeamen ipmirdeame
past participle	ipmirdan	action elative	ipmirdeamis
agent participle	—	action comitative	ipmirdēmiin
		abessive	ipmirkeahttá
	present indicative	past indicative	imperative
1st singular	ipmirdan	ipmirdin ipmirdedjen	ipmirdēhkon
2nd singular	ipmirdat	ipmirdit ipmirdedjet	ipmir
3rd singular	ipmirda	ipmirdii	ipmirdēhkos ipmirdus
1st dual	ipmirdetne	ipmirdeimme	ipmirdeadnu
2nd dual	ipmirdeahppi	ipmirdeidde	ipmirdeahkki
3rd dual	ipmirdeaba	ipmirdeigga	ipmirdēhkoska
1st plural	ipmirdit ipmirdat	ipmirdeimmet	ipmirdēhkot ipmirdeatnot
2nd plural	ipmirdēhpet	ipmirdeiddet	ipmirdēhket
3rd plural	ipmirdit	ipmirde ipmirdedje	ipmirdēhkoset
connegative	ipmir	ipmirdan	ipmir
	conditional 1	conditional 2	potential
1st singular	ipmirdivččen	—	ipmirdeaččan
2nd singular	ipmirdivččet	—	ipmirdeaččat
3rd singular	ipmirdivččii	—	ipmirdeš ipmirdeaš ipmirdeažžá
1st dual	ipmirdivččiime	—	ipmirdežže
2nd dual	ipmirdivččiide	—	ipmirdeažžabeahtti
3rd dual	ipmirdivččiiga	—	ipmirdeažžaba
1st plural	ipmirdivččiimet	—	ipmirdeažžat
2nd plural	ipmirdivččiidet	—	ipmirdeažžabehtet
3rd plural	ipmirdivčče	—	ipmirdežžet
connegative	ipmirdivčče	—	ipmirdeš ipmirdeaš ipmirdeačča

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland