NavajoEnglish
40 entries from 1 learning deck · glosses are review-pending (no deck citation yet)
| Navajo | English | Source |
|---|---|---|
ąNavajo pronunciationIPA not recorded in this deck. Audio not recorded. | Ogonek = nasalized vowel — tą́ means something different from ta | review |
á vs aNavajo pronunciationIPA not recorded in this deck. Audio not recorded. | Accent mark = high tone — tó (water) vs to (a different word entirely) | review |
ahéheeʼNavajo pronunciationIPA not recorded in this deck. Audio not recorded. | Thank you | review |
asdzááNavajo pronunciationIPA not recorded in this deck. Audio not recorded. | Woman | review |
ashdlaʼNavajo pronunciationIPA not recorded in this deck. Audio not recorded. | Five | review |
ayóóNavajo pronunciationIPA not recorded in this deck. Audio not recorded. | Very / a lot / extremely | review |
bilagáanaNavajo pronunciationIPA not recorded in this deck. Audio not recorded. | Anglo / white person — from Spanish 'Americano' | review |
bizaadNavajo pronunciationIPA not recorded in this deck. Audio not recorded. | Language / speech (Diné bizaad = the Navajo language) | review |
dį́į́ʼNavajo pronunciationIPA not recorded in this deck. Audio not recorded. | Four | review |
DinéNavajo pronunciationIPA not recorded in this deck. Audio not recorded. | The People — how Navajo people refer to themselves | review |
doo … daNavajo pronunciationIPA not recorded in this deck. Audio not recorded. | Not … (negation — the negative wraps the predicate) | review |
doo hólǫ́ daNavajo pronunciationIPA not recorded in this deck. Audio not recorded. | There is not / it does not exist | review |
dziłíjiinNavajo pronunciationIPA not recorded in this deck. Audio not recorded. | Black Mountain (type of place name) | review |
háadiNavajo pronunciationIPA not recorded in this deck. Audio not recorded. | Where | review |
hágoóneeʼNavajo pronunciationIPA not recorded in this deck. Audio not recorded. | Goodbye (informal) | review |
hastiinNavajo pronunciationIPA not recorded in this deck. Audio not recorded. | Man / Mr. (respected form of address) | review |
haʼátʼííNavajo pronunciationIPA not recorded in this deck. Audio not recorded. | What | review |
hólǫ́Navajo pronunciationIPA not recorded in this deck. Audio not recorded. | There is / it exists (existential) | review |
hózhóNavajo pronunciationIPA not recorded in this deck. Audio not recorded. | Beauty / harmony / balance — the central concept of Navajo philosophy | review |
hózhóogoNavajo pronunciationIPA not recorded in this deck. Audio not recorded. | In a beautiful / harmonious way (adverbial form of hózhó) | review |
łiNavajo pronunciationIPA not recorded in this deck. Audio not recorded. | ł = voiceless lateral fricative, like Welsh 'll' — a key Navajo sound | review |
naakiNavajo pronunciationIPA not recorded in this deck. Audio not recorded. | Two | review |
naashnishNavajo pronunciationIPA not recorded in this deck. Audio not recorded. | I am working | review |
nahasdzáánNavajo pronunciationIPA not recorded in this deck. Audio not recorded. | Earth / ground / the land | review |
nihíNavajo pronunciationIPA not recorded in this deck. Audio not recorded. | We / us (first person plural) | review |
nizhóníNavajo pronunciationIPA not recorded in this deck. Audio not recorded. | Beautiful / it is good-looking | review |
shíNavajo pronunciationIPA not recorded in this deck. Audio not recorded. | I / me (first person singular) | review |
tááʼNavajo pronunciationIPA not recorded in this deck. Audio not recorded. | Three | review |
tłʼNavajo pronunciationIPA not recorded in this deck. Audio not recorded. | Ejective lateral affricate — one of Navajo's most challenging sounds | review |
tóNavajo pronunciationIPA not recorded in this deck. Audio not recorded. | Water — high tone on the ó is essential | review |
tsékoohNavajo pronunciationIPA not recorded in this deck. Audio not recorded. | Canyon | review |
tʼááNavajo pronunciationIPA not recorded in this deck. Audio not recorded. | Just / simply / right (emphatic particle) | review |
tʼááłáʼíNavajo pronunciationIPA not recorded in this deck. Audio not recorded. | One | review |
yádiłhiłNavajo pronunciationIPA not recorded in this deck. Audio not recorded. | Sky / the blue above | review |
yáʼátʼééhNavajo pronunciationIPA not recorded in this deck. Audio not recorded. | Hello / It is good — the all-purpose greeting (yah-AH-tay) | review |
yáʼátʼééh abíníNavajo pronunciationIPA not recorded in this deck. Audio not recorded. | Good morning | review |
yáʼátʼééh ałníʼníʼą́Navajo pronunciationIPA not recorded in this deck. Audio not recorded. | Good afternoon | review |
yiníshtaNavajo pronunciationIPA not recorded in this deck. Audio not recorded. | I am reading / I am studying | review |
yishááłNavajo pronunciationIPA not recorded in this deck. Audio not recorded. | I am walking (going on foot, away from speaker) | review |
ʼNavajo pronunciationIPA not recorded in this deck. Audio not recorded. | The apostrophe marks a glottal stop — a real consonant in Navajo | review |