Navajo Lesson 3
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- you will help me
- shÃká adÃÃlwoÅ‚
- [you will,] eh?
- ya'
- okay
- hágoshí~í~
- I will help you
- nÃká adeeshwoÅ‚
- right here
- t'áá kwe'é
- now
- k'ad
- number(s)
- nóomba
- he is non-existent
- ádin
- one
- t'ááłá'Ã
- Linibah
- Dlíníbaa'
- four
- dí~í~'
- he is working
- naalnish
- Nazlini
- Názlíní
- school
- ólta'
- just right here
- t'áá kwe'é
- at home
- t'áá hooghandi
- for it, them
- yá
- for it
- bá
- I work
- naashnish
- your wife
- ne'asdzá~á~
- work (noun)
- naanish
- this, this one, these
- díí
- book, paper
- naaltsoos
- car, pickup, vehicle
- chidí'
- please
- t'áá sho~o~dí
- thank you
- ahéhee'
- You will help Joe
- Joe bÃká adÃÃlwoÅ‚
- I will help Joe
- Joe bÃká adeeshwoÅ‚
- Joe will help us
- Joe nihÃká adoolwoÅ‚
- Joe will help Joan
- Joe Joan yÃká adoolwoÅ‚
- Rena will help me
- Rena shÃká adoolwoÅ‚
- I will help Lester
- Lester bÃká adeeshwoÅ‚
- That isn't beautiful, is it?
- éí doo nizhóní da ya'?
- Jim isn't going to help you, is he?
- Jim doo nÃká adoolwoÅ‚ da ya'?
- Yes, he isn't going to help me
- Aoo', éà doo shÃká adoolwoÅ‚ da
- Don't you like it?
- Da' éà doo nihił yá'át'ééh da?
- all right, very well, you're welcome
- hágoshí~í~
- Mary's mother lives with Mary
- Mary bimá bił bighan
- Mary lives with her mother
- Mary bimá yił bighan
- John is going to help James
- John James yÃká adoolwoÅ‚
- John's father is going to help him
- John bizhé'é bÃká adoolwoÅ‚
- Susie is working for Penny's
- Susie Penny's yá naalnish
- Nancy's younger brother is working for her
- Nancy bitsilí bá naalnish
- Nancy is working for her younger brother
- Nancy bitsilí yá naalnish
- Jim is learning Navajo now
- K'ad Jim diné bizaad yÃhooÅ‚'aah
- What are these ones named?
- Díí éí haash wolyé?
- This one is named Sally
- Díí éí Sally wolyé
- one (counting)
- łáa'ii
- two
- naaki
- three
- táá'
- five
- ashdla'
- six
- hastá~á~
- seven
- tsosts'id
- eight
- tseebíí
- nine
- náhást'éí
- ten
- neeznáá
- one (number)
- t'ááłá'Ã
- Kee Yazzie has six children
- Kii Yazzie ba' áłchÃnà hastá~á~
- He has six children
-
ba'áłchÃnà hastá~á~ or
hastá~á~ ba'áłchÃnà - baby
- awéé'
- my baby
-
she'awéé' or
shi'awéé' - it is non-existent, there is none, there are no..., zero
- ádin
- they are non-existent etc
- ádaadin
- Chee Lee's wife is gone
- Chee Lee be'asdzá~á~ ádin
- The boy has no book
- ashkii binaaltsoos ádin
- The children have no paper
- álchíní binaaltsoos ádaadin
- There is no hogan here
- Kwe'é hooghan ádin
- we work
- neiilnish
- we 3 work
- ndeiilnish
- you work
- nanilnish
- yawl work
- naałnish
- you 3 work
- ndaałnish
- he she works
- naalnish
- they work
- naalnish
- they (3+)work
- ndaalnish
- Lanford is working in Flagstaff
- Lanford Kin Łánídi naalnish
- Daisy isn't working
- Daisy doo naalnish da
- Dick's vehicle isn't working
- Dick bichidí doo naalnish da
- We're working right here
- T'áá kwe'é ndeiilnish
- Are you working at home?
- T'áásh hooghandi nanilnish
- My wife and I work at home
- Shí dóó she'asdzá~á~ t'áá hooghandi neiilnish
- woman's daughter
- ach'é'é
- woman's daughters
- aché'éké
- young woman
- asdzání
- women
- sáanii
- boys
- ashiiké
- girl
- at'ééd
- girls
- at'ééké
- paternal grandchildren
- análíké
- maternal grandchild
- atsóí
- maternal grandchildren
- atsóóké
- man's daughter
- atsi'
- man's daughters
- atsi'ké
- woman's son
- ayáázh
- woman's sons
- ayáázhké
- man's son
- aye'
- man's sons
- aye'ké
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just, kind of, sort of, quite
particularizing particle - t'áá
- Do you like it?
- t'áásh nił yá'átééh
- Yes, it is pretty good
- Aoo', t'áá yá'átééh
- Where does your grandpa live, right here?
- Nicheii háadi bighan, t'áásh kwe'é
- Yes, right here
- Aoo', t'áá kwe'é
- He is learning his own language
- t'áá bà bizaad yÃhooÅ‚'aah
- These are Navajo
- Díí t'áá diné danilí~
- No! (emphatic)
- t'áá dooda
- Right now
- t'áá k'ad
- I live here
- Kwe'é shighan
- Joe is working here
- Joe kwe'é naalnish
- Jan is working right here
- Jan t'áá kwe'é naalnish
- Dan is learning Navajo here
- Dan kwe'é diné bizaad yÃhooÅ‚'aah
- Are you working right here?
- t'áásh kwe'é ndaałnish?
- Yes, we're working right here
- Aoo', t'áá kwe'é ndeiilnish
- a man's wife
-
bi'asdzá~á~
bi'asdzáán
be'asdzá~á~
be'asdzáán - the old ones, the elderly
- sáanii
- his wives, his women
- bizáanii
- Fred's wife is called Alice
- Fred be'asdzá~á~ Alice wolyé
- The women are working hard
- sáanii ayóo ndaalnish
- which [one] of these
-
háidíígíí
háidíígíísh - how many
-
díkwíí, díkwíísh, díkwíísha~',
díkwíí lá, díkwíí shí~í~ - What is the boy's name? Who would know what the boy's name could be?
- Ashkii haa shí~í~ wolyé
- Who is called Austin?
- háisha~' Austin wolyé
- Which one of these is called Felicia?
- háidíígíí Felicia wolyé
- How many are called Yazzie?
- díkwíísha~' Yazzie daolyé
- Right now I'm studying numbers
- K'ad éí nóomba bíhoosh'aah
- Where do you live, Kii?
- háadish éí nighan, Kii?
- No, I don't have an older brother
- Ndaga', ádin shínaaí doo hóló~o~ da
- I have one older sister
- Shádà éà t'ááłá'Ã
- Your mother and father have four children?
- Nimá dóó nizhé'é ba'áłchÃnà dÃ~Ã~' ya'?
- There are two boys and two girls
- Ashiiké éà naaki dóó at'ééké ałdó' naaki.
- My father is working at the Nazlini school
- Shizhé'é Názlínídi ólta'di naalnish
- She works at home
- éí t'áá hooghandi naalnish
- Does your wife also work?
- Ne'asdzá~á~sh ałdó' naalnish?
- My wife works for the BIA
- She'asdzá~á~ BIA yá naalnish
- Do you 2 like your work?
- NihinaanishÃsh nihiÅ‚ yá'át'ééh?
- Is this your car?
- Da' díí nichidí?
- My parents have two cars
- Shimá dóó shizhé'é bichidí naaki
- how?
- haa, haash haasha~' haa lá, haa shí~í~
- who, which?
- háí, háísh, háísha~', háí lá, háí shí~í~
- These ones are named Sally and Doris and JAnice
- díí éí Sally dóó Doris dóó Janice dawolyé
- for, after (postposition)
- -ká
- Hello, this is my story
- Yá'át'ééh, díí éí shahane'
- That is all of my story
- T'áá'ákódígo shahane'
- Kii's story
- Kii Baa Hane'
-
Kii's story
-
Kii Baa Hane'