Introduction to Navajo Adverbs
This lexicon is built on a list from Young & Morgan (1987:12-17). This list is a heterogeneous collection of expressions that certainly belong to more than one syntactic category. For instance, it includes time expressions like ’adą́ą́dą́ą́’ (‘yesterday’) and ’ałní’ní’ą́ (‘at noon’), but it also includes the negative frame doo…da and several expressions that are constructed with it, and it includes various particles that tend to appear before the verb (e.g., hah ’quickly’; dah ‘up’). These appear in various places within a clause. Oddly, ńt’éé (a particle denoting past time which is placed after the verb) is in the list, but dooleeł (a particle denoting future time which appears in the same position) is not in the list.
We constructed this tool using Young & Morgan’s list without making adjustments to it. There may be a future version that includes different selections.
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’Aadę́ę́’ hoołtį́į́ł.
there-from 3s-rain.Prog’Adeesdíilgo dibé sits’ą́ą́’ dah diijéé’.
3-thunder.P-GO sheep 1-away.from start-3-run.Pl.P’ayóigo
-ę́ę+-dą́ą́’ (yę́ędą́ą́’)
-íighah
-k’ee
-shą’
bik’ídisoodiz
3DO-2dpl-wrap.it.around.it.PBįįh bináyaa niłchiin ’éí hataałii chodayooł’į́.
deer 3-eye beneath matter that medicineman 3-3 use.ICh’ah ’éí doodaii’ nák’ee sinilí łizhinígíí daats’í nee hólǫ́’?
hat or sunglasses perhaps 2-with 4-exist.NICh’óóshdą́ą́dą́ą́’ Diné Bizaad t’éiyá bee yádeilti’ nít’ę́ę́’.
formerly Navajo language only 3-with pl-3-speak.I pastdadizhdínóołkał
pl-3DO-4dpl-start.to.herd.them.(animals).Fstart to herd them (animals), 4th person plural
bookmarkDamǫ́ǫgo tódilchxoshí yishdlį́į́h.
Sunday-GO soda 3-1-drink.Udaohsą́
pl-3DO-2dpl-eat.it.Ideiidlą́ą́’
pl-3DO-1dpl-drink.it.Pdeiit’aal
pl-3DO-1dpl-chew.it.Pdidazhdííłjéé’
pl-3DO-4dpl-start.fire.Pdidoołhįh
3DO-2dpl-melt.it.Fdiilyį́į́h
3DO-1dpl-melt.it.IDiné bikéyah bikáa’gi łáhágóó ninádahałtį́įh łeh.
Navajo 3-land 3-on-at a.few.places areal-rain.I usuallyGohwééh t’áá bizhání ’éí doodaii’ ’abe’ biłgo daats’í nínízin?
coffee only TOP or milk perhaps 3-with 3-2-want.NIHa’át’éegoshą’ t’áadoo ’azee’ál’į́į́góó nisíníyáa da?
why-Q NEG hospital-to 2-go.sg.P NEGHa’át’íí lá hastiin dóó ’at’ééd ’áyiilaa?
what Q man and girl 3-3-make.Phadeizgeed
pl-3DO-3dpl-dig.it.out.Phadiiltééł
3DO-1dpl-carry.him/her.up.out.of.something.Fcarry him/her up out of something, 1st person dual
bookmarkháágóó
Háágóó lá Bíl doogááł nízin Jáan?
where-toward Q Bill 3-go.sg.F 3-want.CI JohnK’ad cháshk’eh góyaa tó de ’anool’ąął.
now wash down water up 3-rise.Progléi’
because, inasmuch as, or in view of the fact that
bookmarkMary bimá sání yá ’ata’ halne’.
Mary 3-grandmother 3-for indef.between 3-talk.DInaashłé
3DO-1-carry.a.ropelike.thing.around.Icarry a ropelike thing around, 1st person singular
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