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Lesson 7 of 10
Meeting people in Navajo
How are you, what is your name, where are you from, I like it: the first five minutes. 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
- Ąą' ha'íí baa naniná?AHN hah-EE bah nah-nih-NAH
- How are you?
- Yá'ánísht'ééh, ahéhee'yah-AH-nish-teh, ah-HEH-heh
- I'm fine, thanks
- Ni shą'?nih SHAHN
- And you?
- Haash yinilyé?HAHSH yih-nil-YEH
- What's your name?
- Shí éí ... yinishyéshih AY ... yih-nish-YEH
- My name is...
- Háádę́ę́'?HAH-dehn
- Where are you from?
- ...déé' naashádehn NAH-shah
- I'm from...
- Shił nizhóníshilth nih-ZHOH-nih
- I like it
- Nizhónínih-ZHOH-nih
- It's beautiful
- Wóshdéé'WOHSH-deh
- Welcome
Literally "what are you busy with?", a friendly how are you.
Literally "I am well, thank you".
Literally "and you?".
Navajo introductions usually name your four clans before your name.
Literally "as for me, I am called ...".
Literally "from where?".
Literally "I go about from ...".
Literally "it is beautiful to me".
Also the root of hózhó, the Navajo ideal of balance and beauty.
Literally "come in", the welcome at the door.