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’At’éédísh yiniłtsą́?

girl-Q 3-2-see.P

’Atsį’ísh ’éí doodaii’ łóó’ísh nínízin?

meat-Q or fish-Q 3-2-want.NI

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?

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

Q noon-until outside-at 2-work.P

Da’ dichin nínízin?

Q hungry 2-want.NI

Da’ dichinísh nínízin?

Q hunger-Q 2-feel.NI

Da’ naadą́’ísh nee hólǫ́?

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

Da’ Ron saad neiskáá’?

Q Ron word 3-3-investigate.P
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Did Ron study words?

Da’ shééhonísin?

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

Dibéésh nee hólǫ́?

sheep-Q 2-with 4-exist.NI

Dichinísh doodaii’ dibáá’ísh dzinízin?

hunger-Q or thirst-Q 3-4-want.NI

Díidí háísh bichidí?

this who-Q 3-car

Díísh haa yit’éego ’atiin?

this-Q how 3-be.NI road
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How is this road?

Díkwíí jį́ shą’ nanilnish?

how.many Q days 2-work.I

Díkwíí lá nibeegashii?

how.many-Q 2-cow
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I was wondering how many cows you have.

Díkwííshą’ nibeegashii?

how.many-Q 2-cow
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Exactly how many cows do you have?

Gohwééh t’áá bizhání ’éí doodaii’ ’abe’ bgo daats’í nínízin?

coffee only TOP or milk 3-with-GO perhaps 3-2-want.NI

Ha’át’íí biniinaa náníldzid?

what 3-cause 2-fear.I

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 Mary nayiisnii’?

What-Q Mary 3-to.buy.I
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What did Mary buy?

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’

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how much, how many, what quantity. [mass]

Haa nízahjį’ hanínáshyįh dooleeł t’áá ’ákwíí jį́?

how 3-long.N-up.to 1-rest.R FUT every day

haa nóolin

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what does it look like

Haalá tʼáá ʼéiyá yiníle ni’?

how-Q just TOP 2-name.NI remember

hahgo

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when [future]

Hahgo Jáan hooghan ’íílééh?

When John hogan 3-3-make.F
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When will John build a hogan?

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

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

há’at’é-P.ENCLITIC

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where. The expressions formed with ’há’at’é-’ either appear with a postpositional enclitic (also with the subordinating complementizer ’-go’, which we listed separately)

háadi

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Hádą́ą́’ Jáan bighan ’áyiilaa?

When-past John 3-hogan 3-3-make.P

Hádą́ą́’sh Mary ’ólta’dę́ę́’ nádzá?

when-past-Q Mary school-from 3-return.P

Háí lá́ bá nidáá’?

who Q 3-for 2-enemyway.ceremony
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Who is enemyway ceremony for?

Háíshą’ tsinaa’eeł ’áyiilaa lá?

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

Háish dooda ní?

who-Q NEG 4-said.P
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Who said no?

Háá’íshą’. ’Ákǫ́ǫ́ dílyeed!

what-Q there 2-run.F

Kin Łánídiísh ’éí doodago Bee’eldííldahsinildi daats’í naniná?

Flagstaff-at-Q TOP or Albuquerque-at perhaps 2-go.around.CI

Mary ha’át’íí nayiisnii’?

Mary what 3-3-buy.P

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What did Mary buy?

Mary hádą́ą́’sh ’ólta’dę́ę́’ nádzá?

Mary when-past-Q school-from 3-return.P

Na’nízhoozhígóó náádínídzáago háadish ’adeeshį́į́ł nínízin?

Gallup-toward again-2-go.R-GO where-Q 1-eat-F 2-want.NI

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.

Nichidísh háadi nííníłbą́ą́z?

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

Nidlóóhísh doodaii’ dooísh nidlóoh da?

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

Nihimásání ha’át’íí lá yinízin?

1dpl-grandmother what LÁ 3-3-want.NI

Niísh ’ałdó’ t’áá ’ákwíinínízin?

2-Q also just 2-think.so.NI

Shééhonísinísh?

1-2-know.NI-Q
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Shizhé’éésh łį́į́’ yiyííshǫǫdę́ę ’ayóó ’eelwod?

1-father horse-Q 3-3-tame.P-COMP.past really 3-run.away.P

Yiską́ągo Na’nízhoozhídi háadish ’adeeshį́į́ł ninízin?

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

Yiską́ągoósh ’adeestsił nínízingo bee na’anishí hasht’enilééh?

tomorrow-Q 1-make.F 2-want.NI-GO tool 3-2-prepare.I