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Béésh náábał dóó haa nízahdi nighan?

windmill and how 3-long.N-at 2-home
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How far is your place from the windmill?

Bikáá’ dah ’asdáhí bikáa’gi doodaai’ ni’góó daats’í nishdaah?

chair 3-top-at or floor-on perhaps 1-sit.NI

Bá’ólta’íísh níyá?

3-for-3-teach-Q 3-come.P
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Has the teacher come yet?

Chidí naat’a’íísh hooghan yikáá’góó ch’éta’ ’éí doodago daats’í dził yąąhgóó ch’ét’a’?

airplane-Q house 3-over-along 3-fly.P TOP or perhaps mountain 3-over-along 3-fly.P

Chidíísh bee hólǫ́ doodaii’ ni daats’í chidí nee hólǫ́?

car-Q 3-with 4-exist.NI or 2 maybe car 2-with 4-exist.NI

da’

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particle for yes/no questions

Da’ ’áájí ’ałdó’ ’áłah ’azlį́į́’?

Q that-side also meeting 1-happen.P

Da’ chidíísh bee hólǫ́ doodaii’ ni daats’í chidí nee hólǫ́?

Q car-Q 3-with 4-exist.NI or 2 maybe car 2-with 4-exist.NI

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Does s/he have a car or do you have a car?

Da’ k’ad daats’í ch’iyáán ’áníléehgo n ’adazh’niiyą́ą́’?

Q now perhaps food 2-make.I-GO 2-for feast.happen

Da’ Ron saad neiiłkaah?

Q Ron word 3-3-investigate.I
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Is Ron studying words?

Da’ Ron saad nináánéíłkaah ya’?

Q Ron word 3-3-investigate.I Q
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Ron’s investigating words again?

Díídó’ doo ákót’ée daásh łí?

this-DÓ’ neg indef-how-3-be.NI neg-ÍSH ŁÍ

Díkwíí shą’ ninááhai?

how.many Q 2-winter.NI

Gohwééh haa néeląą’ nee hólǫ́?

coffee how 3-much.N 2-with 4-exist.NI

Ha’a’aahdę́ę́sh naaghan ’éí doodago e’e’aahdę́ę́sh naaghan?

east-from-Q 2-home TOP or west-from-Q 2 home

Ha’át’éegishą’ nich’ah nííní’ą́?

where-at-Q 2-hat 3-2-set.down.SRO.P
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Where did you leave your hat? Where did you set your hat down?

Ha’át’éegosh náníldzid?

why-Q 2-fear.I
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Why are you afraid?

ha’át’éejį’

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where to a point

Ha’át’íí biniinaa náníldzid?

what 3-cause 2-fear.I

Ha’át’íísh nizhé’é nahideeshnih nízin.

what-Q 2-father 3-1-buy.F 3-want.NI

haa + Neuter V

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how / what V. The ’h’-expressions formed with ’haa’ plus a neuter verb are used to pose questions about “physical characteristics, quantity, and degree”.

Haa néelą́ą́’ nidá’ák’eh?

how 3-much.N 2-cornfield
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How many cornfields do you have?

haa nízahdę́ę́’ hoolzhiizh

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for how long

Haa nízahdę́ę́’ hoołtį́į́ł?

how 3-long-from rain.Prog

Haa’ísh nínígai?

where-Q 2-hurt.I
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Where do you hurt?

Haaʼísh dáʼákʼeh?

where-Q cornfield
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Where is the cornfield?

Haaʼísh niʼnisʼbąąs?

where-Q 3-1-park.F
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Where should I park?

Hastiin dóó ’at’ééd ha’át’íí ’áyiilaa?

man and girl what 3-3-make.P
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What did the man and the girl make?

Há’át’íí lá hastiin dóó ’at’ééd ’áyiilaa?

what Q man and girl 3-3-make.P
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What did the man and the girl make?

Háadi lá lį́į́’ naakai?

where-at Q horse 3-walk.pl.I

háajį’

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to what point

háá-P.ENCLITIC

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where. The expressions formed with ’háá-’ have a postpositional enclitic following them which indicates information about direction, location, or path.

hááji

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where, which way

Hádą́ą́’ hooghan ’ájíilaa?

When-past this hogan 3-4-make.P

H lá bá nidáá’?

who Q 3-for 2-enemyway.ceremony

Háí lá kintahgóó sh adoołbąs?

who-Q town-to 1-me 3-drive.F

Háísh b nanilnish?

who-Q 3-with 2-work.I

Háíshą’ tsinaa’eeł ’áyiilaa?

who-Q boat 3-3-make.P

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Who made a boat?

lá

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particle for content questions

Na’azhǫǫshgi díkwíí shį́į́ shaa woobįįh?

hoop.and.pole.game-at how.much 1-to pass-win.I
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How much will I lose at the hoop and pole game?

Na’nízhoozhígóósh díníyá?

Gallup-to-Q 2-go.SP

Nichidí háadish nííníłbą́ą́z?

2-car where-at-Q 3-2-park.P

Nichidíshą’ háadi nííníłbą́ą́z?

2-car-Q where-at 3-2-park.P

Nidlóóhísh ’éí doodago doo daats’í nidlóoh da?

2-cold.X-Q TOP or NEG perhaps 2-cold.X-Q NEG

Ronísh saad neiiłkaah?

Ron-Q word 3-3-investigate.I
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Is Ron studying words?

T’ahdiísh nahałtin?

still-Q area-rain.CI
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Is it still raining?

Yiską́ągo Na’nízhoozhídi háadish ’adeeshį́į́ł ninízin?

tomorrow Gallup-at where-Q 2-eat.F 2-want.CI