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Lesson 3 of 10
Yes, no and the essentials in Navajo
The small words that carry half of every conversation, and the ones that rescue it. Play the ten Navajo words against the clock, with a note on how locals really use each one after every answer. All ten are written out below.
All 10 Navajo phrases in this lesson
- Aoo'ah-OH
- Yes
- DoodaDOH-dah
- No
- Hágoshį́į́HAH-goh-shin
- Okay
- Doo ndiists'a' dadoh n-DEES-tsah dah
- I don't understand
- Bilagáana bizaadísh dinits'a'?bih-lah-GAH-nah bih-ZAH-dish dih-NITS-ah
- Do you speak English?
- Ánáádí'níah-NAH-dih-nih
- Can you repeat that?
- Háázhó'ógo bee ádíníHAH-zhoh-oh-goh beh ah-DIH-nih
- Slowly, please
- Díísh ha'át'íí?DEESH hah-AHT-ee
- What is this?
- ...shá ádinshah AH-din
- I need...
- Shíká anilyeed?SHIH-kah ah-nil-YEHD
- Can you help me?
Also ndaga' (n-dah-GAH).
Literally "all right then".
Literally "I don't hear it".
Literally "do you hear the white people's language?". Most Navajo speakers also speak English.
Literally "say it again".
Literally "say it carefully".
Literally "this, what is it?".
Literally "... is lacking for me".
Literally "help me?".