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Ch’ah ’éí doodaii’ nák’ee sinilí łizhinígíí daats’í nee hólǫ́’?

hat or sunglasses perhaps 2-with 4-exist.NI
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Do you have a hat or sunglasses? / Maybe you have a hat or sunglasses.

Chidí daats’í bee hólǫ́ ’éí doodaii’ niísh chidí nee hólǫ́?

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

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

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

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

Da’ ’ałní’ní’ą́ąjį’ tł’óo’di nishínílnish?

Q noon-until outside-at 2-work.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

Da’ dibé nee hólǫ́?

Q sheep 2-with 3-exist.NI
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Do you have sheep?

Da’ dichinísh nínízin?

Q hunger-Q 2-feel.NI

Da’ Ron saad nináánéíłkaah ya’?

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

Da’ shééhonísin?

Q 1-2-know.NI
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Do you know me?

Dah díníilghaazhísh ’íilnilaa?

fry.bread-Q 3-2-make.P
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Did you make fry bread?

Díí yihahígíí biyi’, háísh tówónaanígóó ch’aa deeyá?

this year.IGII within who overseas.GOO travel 3-going.F-Q

Díkwíísh ninááhai?

how.many-Q 2-winter.NI

Díidí háísh bichidí?

this who-Q 3-car
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Whose car is this?

Ha’át’éego lá ’íiyisíí ’atiinjį’ ’ańdeeshdááł lá?

how Q main road-up.to 1-back-on-go.F DISC
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How can I get back onto the main road?

Ha’át’éegoshą’ ’ayóo náníldzid?

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

Ha’át’íí biniiyé shą́ą́h ńdídááh?

what 3-because 1-passing.by 2-go.I

ha’át’íí biniyé/ biniinaa

Ha’át’íí neidiyoołnih nínízin?

who 3-3-buy.F 2-think.NI

Ha’át’íísh 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?

Ha’át’íísh nizhé’é nayiisnii’?

what-Q 2-father 3-3-buy.P
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What did your father buy?

Ha’át’íí́sh baa hane’?

What Q 3-for be.told.CI

Ha’át’íí nizhé’é yaa naaghá?

what Q 2-father 3-about 3-do.CI

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 níldííl

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how large is it

haa níłnééz

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how long, how tall is it

Haa’íshą’ neezgai?

where-Q 3-hurt.N

Háadi lá dibé nidahaniih?

where-at Q sheep pl-3-pass-sell.CI

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.

Háádę́ę́’shą’ tó ndahohheeh?

where-from-Q water pl-3-2-haul.LPB.I

Háágóó lá díníyá?

where-to.Q 2-go.F

Háágóósh díníyá?

where-to-Q 2-go.I
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Where are you going?

hádą́ą́’

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when [past]

Hádą́ą́’ ’áłtsé chidí naat’a’í n nast’a’?

When past first airplane 2-with 3-fly.P

Hádą́ą́’ hooghan ’ájíilaa?

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

Hádą́ą́’ Jáan Tó Hónaanígóó naayá?

When past John ocean across-to 3-go.P

Hái da shą’ tsinaa’eeł ’ájiilaa lá?

who DA Q boat 3-4-make.P DISC
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(I wonder) who made this boat?

Háidíígíí lá neidiyoołnih?

which.one-ÍGÍÍ Q 3-3-buy.F
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Which one is s/he going to buy?

Háí lá sis ligái ííł’įįh?

who-Q belt silver 3-make.U

Háísh ’átsą́ą́’ jóyą́ą́’ laanaa nízin?

Who ribs 4-eat.O hope 3-3-want.CI

Háíshą’ tsinaa’eeł ’áyiilaa?

who-Q boat 3-3-make.P
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Who made a boat?

Mary ha’át’íísh nayiisnii’?

Mary what-Q 3-to.buy.I

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What did Mary buy?

Nádí daats’í ’éí doodaii’ nideezhí daats’í bááh ’íidoolííł?

older.sister perhaps or younger.sister perhaps bread 3-make.F
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Is your older sister or your younger sister going to make bread? / Maybe your older sister or your younger sister is going to make bread.

Ńléí ’asdzą́ą́ sáníshą’ háí ’át’į́?

there woman old-Q what 3-be.N
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Who’s that old lady over there?

Tł’éédą́ą́’ásh nahóółtą́ kééhót’ínígi?

night-past-Q rain.P 2-live.NI-at

Yiską́ągo Na’nízhoozhídi háadish ’adeeshį́į́ł ninízin?

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

ʼAwéé chʼídeeldloʼ. ʼA’áshįįh daatsʼí nihee dahólǫ́.

baby 3-laugh.P Navajo.salt perhaps 2dpl-with pl-HO-exist.NI

“Shich’é’é baa shíni’" diníine’. T’ahdiísh t’áá ’ákónít’é?

1-daughter 3-about 1-mind 2-say.P still-Q just 2-well.NI