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abeʼ bee neezmasí — blue corn crepe

alkąąd — sweet corn cake, normally prepared and eaten during puberty ceremonies

áłtsínii — wild onions

báá dootłʼizhí — blue bread

béégashii bitsíʼ yikʼánígíí — ground beef

béégashii bitsíʼ — beef

biih bitsíʼ — venison

bisóodi bitsíʼ — pork

chąąshtʼézhii — wild carrots

chʼil ahwéhí — Navajo tea/wild tea

dah yistin — frozen blue corn mush

dééʼdíjih — ceremonial smudge

dibé bitsíʼ — mutton

dlóóʼ bitsíʼ — prairie dog meat

dził nátʼoh — mountain tobacco (Nicotiana attenuata); mountain smoke (contains only mountain tobacco)

gah bitsíʼ — rabbit meat

haníígai — hominy stew

jádí bitsíʼ — antelope meat

jizésí — tortilla cooked over coals

kʼíneeshbizhii — dumpling stew

łeeh shibéézh — steamed corn

naayízí łichíʼígíí bikʼóóʼ — pumpkin seeds

naʼnahóóhai bitsí — chicken

naʼnahóóhai biyęęzhii — chicken eggs

nitsidigoʼí — kneel down bread

tłʼízí bibeʼ — goat’s milk

tłʼízí bitsí — goat meat

yódí nátʼoh — mountain smoke (mountain tobacco plus a blend of other herbs, for blessings for oneself, to bring good things to oneself)

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ńdiiʼaah

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— (a solid, roundish or bulky object, such as a bottle, hat, box, chair, knife, coin, car) pick it up (for me), lift it (for me), choose it (for me), find it (for me)

ńdiilé — (slender, flexible object, such as a string, rope, a pair of shoes, pair of pliers, wire, snake) ″ ″ ″ ″ ″ ″

ńdiitįįh — (slender, stiff object, such as a stick, post, pencil, crayon, fork, key, ladder, broom, rifle, calendar, card) ″ ″ ″ ″ ″ ″

ńdiiłtsóós — (flat, flexible object, such as paper, envelope, cloth, purse, anything in a paper or cloth sack — groceries, nails) ″ ″ ″ ″ ″ ″

ńdiiłteeh — (a single living object, such as a baby, kitten, dog, lamb, kid) ″ ″ ″ ″ ″ ″

ńdiitłeeh — (mushy, viscous matter, such as mud, plaster, mortar, putty) ″ ″ ″ ″ ″ ″

ńdiinííł — (plural objects, animate or inanimate) ″ ″ ″ ″ ″ ″

ńdiijááh — (multiple separable objects, such as a handful of beans, money, tools, an armful of wood, puppies, utensils, cutlery) ″ ″ ″ ″ ″ ″

ńdiiłjooł — (noncompact matter, such as hay, wool, a towel) ″ ″ ″ ″ ″ ″

ńdiikaah — (open container, such as water in a bucket, a drink in a cup, groceries in a box, fishing worms in an a open can) ″ ″ ″ ″ ″ ″

ńdiiyeeh — (a load of, for instance, grain, wood, sheep (a packed bundle, a big bag of items)) ″ ″ ″ ″ ″ ″

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shádí — my older sister

shibízhí — my paternal aunt

shichʼéʼé — my daughter (female speaking to her daughter)

shicheii — my maternal grandfather

shidáʼí — my maternal uncle (used only by boys)

shideezhí — my younger sister

shimá — my mother

shimá sání — my maternal grandmother

shimá yázhí — my maternal aunt (used by both male and female)

shínaaí — my older brother

shinálí asdzáníígíí — my paternal grandmother

shinálí hastiinígíí — my paternal grandfather

shitsíʼ — my daughter (a male speaking to his daughter)

sitsilí — my younger brother

shiyáázh — my son (used only by girls)

shiyeʼ — my son (male speaking to his son)

shizhéʼé — my father

shizhéʼé yázhí — my paternal uncle

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shibeʼ — my breast

shibid — my stomach

shichʼáayah — my armpit

shichʼoozhlaaʼ — my elbow

shichʼozh — my calf

shidaaʼ — my lips

shididlą — my abdomen

shidoh — my muscle

shigąąlóóʼ — my lower arm

shigąąstsiin — my shoulder blade

shigod — my knee

shíígháán — my backbone

shííshgháán — my backbone

shijáád dah ditánígi — my thigh

shijéí yilzólii — my lung

shikaiʼ — my hip

shikédiníbiní — my toes

shikétal — my heel

shikétłʼááh — my sole

shikétsíín — my ankle

shikétsoh — my big toe

sikʼos — my neck

shílaʼ — my hand

shílátłʼááh — palm of my hand

shílatsíín — my wrist

shílátsoh — my thumb

shílázhoozh — my fingers

shinááʼ — my eye

shinádiz — my eyelash

shinázis — my eyelid

shiniiʼ — my face

shiniitsiʼ — my cheek

shítááʼ — my forehead

shitłʼasʼ — my buttocks

shitsąʼáshkʼazhí — my kidneys

shitsąshjish — my diaphragm

shitsʼééʼ — my navel

shitsʼid — my tendon

shitsʼiʼd — my tendon

shitsiiʼ — my hair

shiwos — my shoulder

shiyaatsʼiin — my chin

shiyid — my chest

shizééʼ — my mouth

shizid — my liver

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haʼííʼą — sunrise

dei adeezʼą — midmorning

kʼadéę ałnéʼéʼaah — near noon

ałníʼníʼą — noon

ałníʼníʼąą dóó bikʼijíʼ — shortly after noon

yaa aʼseesʼą — mid afternoon

hííłchʼíʼ — evening

niʼhootsoii — dusk

niʼhojííʼ — after dusk

hiłiijííʼ — darkness

kʼadéę tłʼéʼélniih — just before midnight

tłʼéʼííłnííʼ dóó bikʼijíʼ — after midnight

yidiiską — beginning of a new day

hayoołkááł — predawn

hoosʼííd — dawn

jį́į́dą́ą́ʼ

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— today (the part that has already passed) (commonly placed at the beginning of the statement, as “today we did…”)

• Jį́į́dą́ą́ʼ Tségháhoodzánígóó niséyá

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  — Earlier today I went to [and came back from] Window Rock.

jį́į́dóó — from today on, starting today

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łaʼyilyaah — success, accomplished

łaʼyilééh — he/she is succeeding

• Tʼáá bee iiʼshéłjaaʼígíí beego kiʼdilyéegi łaʼyishłéeh — With all the energy I have, I am succeeding in completing the planting.

yíiyáh — danger!, caution!, watch out!

nááhaiídą́ą́ʼ

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— years ago

• Díkwíí nááhaiídą́ą́ʼ Diné bizaad bóhoołʼaah ńtʼééʼ? — How many years ago did you learn Navajo?
• Łaʼtsʼáadah nááhaiídą́ą́ʼ Diné bizaad bóhooshʼaah ńtʼééʼ — I learned Navajo eleven years ago.
• ląʼí nááhaiídą́ą́ʼ — many years ago
• jádí dághaaʼígíí — Wikiibíídiiyadi.

ląʼí

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— much, numerous, many

hádą́ą́ʼ

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— when (in the past)

forms

sédá

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— (1st s)

• Shimá bibaʼ sédá — I’m waiting for my mother.
• Kweʼé sédá — I’m seated here.
• Áłchíní bił naháashtą́ — I’m staying with the children. (Note the first-person singular -sh- with the plural stem.)
• Tááʼ yiskáńdą́ą́ʼ áadi sédáá ńtʼééʼ — I was there three days ago. (past tense)

sínídá

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— (2nd s)

sidá

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— (3rd s) he/she is sitting, is at home, is waiting (si-perfective)

• Bikááʼ dahasdáhí bikááʼ dah sidá — He/she is sitting on a chair.

jizdá, dzizdá — (4th s)

siiké

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— (1st d)

sooké

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— (2nd d)

siké

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— (3rd d)

jizké, dzizké — (4th d)

naháatą́, nahísíitą́

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— (1st p)

nahisóotą́, nahóotą́

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— (2nd p)

naháaztą́

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— (3rd p)

njíiztą́, ndzíiztą́ — (4th p)

Magí Yázhí Ashdlaʼ

Magí yázhí ashdlaʼ tsin yąąh dah nidaalchʼąął, Táłkááʼ tsʼin yaa daadloh. "Doo shił didíídił da. Doo shił didíídił da." Aadę́ę́ʼ hazhóóʼígo táłkááʼ tsʼin yiʼoł. KAL yistsʼą́ąʼiiʼ magí yázhí łaʼ ayííłnaʼ.

Magí yázhí dį́į́ʼ tsin yąąh dah nidaalchʼąął, Táłkááʼ tsʼin yaa daadloh. "Doo shił didíídił da. Doo shił didíídił da." Aadę́ę́ʼ hazhóóʼígo táłkááʼ tsʼin yiʼoł. KAL yistsʼą́ąʼiiʼ magí yázhí łaʼ anááyííłnaʼ.

Magí yázhí tááʼ tsin yąąh dah nidaalchʼąął, Táłkááʼ tsʼin yaa daadloh. "Doo shił didíídił da. Doo shił didíídił da." Aadę́ę́ʼ hazhóóʼígo táłkááʼ tsʼin yiʼoł. KAL yistsʼą́ąʼiiʼ magí yázhí łaʼ anááyííłnaʼ.

Magí yázhí naaki tsin yąąh dah nidaalchʼąął, Táłkááʼ tsʼin yeiidloh. "Doo shił didíídił da. Doo shił didíídił da." Aadę́ę́ʼ hazhóóʼígo táłkááʼ tsʼin yiʼoł. KAL yistsʼą́ąʼiiʼ magí yázhí łaʼ anááyííłnaʼ.

Magí yázhí tʼááłáʼí tsin yąąh dah nidaalchʼąął, Táłkááʼ tsʼin yeiidloh. "Doo shił didíídił da. Doo shił didíídił da." Aadę́ę́ʼ hazhóóʼígo táłkááʼ tsʼin yiʼoł. KAL yistsʼą́ąʼiiʼ magí yázhí yę́ę anááyííłnaʼ. Áajįʼ magí yázhí yę́ę ásdįįd.

Five little monkeys swinging in the tree, Teasing Mr. Alligator. "You can’t catch me. You can’t catch me." Along came Mr. Alligator. Quiet as can be [SNAP]