Order anything by pointing in Navajo
I would like, this one, how much, the bill: survive any counter or menu. 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 11 Navajo phrases in this lesson
- ...nisinnih-SIN
- I would like...
- Díídee
- This one
- Díkwíí bą́ą́h 'ílį́?dih-KWEE bahn ih-LIN
- How much is it?
- Díkwíí bą́ą́h 'ílį́ t'áá át'é?dih-KWEE bahn ih-LIN tah AHT-eh
- The bill, please
- Cardkard
- By card
- BéesoBAY-soh
- In cash
- Tótoh
- Water
- Gohwééhgoh-WEH
- Coffee
- Chʼil ahwééhch'il ah-WEH
- Tea
- Tódiłhiłtoh-dih-THLIL
- Beer
- ...ádingoAH-din-goh
- Without...
Literally "I want ...": "gohwééh nisin", I would like coffee.
Point and say it.
Literally "how much is its value?".
Literally "how much is it all?". At a restaurant, people ask for the bill in English.
Said in English.
From Spanish peso, the Navajo word for money.
Water is sacred, and the word appears in clan names like Tódích'íi'nii, Bitter Water.
Strong coffee is served at every gathering.
Literally "plant coffee": Navajo tea, brewed from greenthread.
Literally "dark water", the word for alcohol. Its sale is banned on the Navajo Nation.
Literally "with ... being absent".