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’Asdzą́ą́ ’éí ’ashkii ha’át’íí yeiní’ą́?

woman TOP boy what 3-to-3-3-move.SRO.P
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What did the woman give the boy?

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 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

Chidí naat’a’í ’íinilaaígíí háajį’ ninít’a’?

airplane 3-2-make.P-ÍGÍÍ where-up.to 3-fly.P
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How far did the airplane that you built go when it flew?

Chidí naat’a’íísh hooghankáá’góó ch’ínísaal ’éí doodaii’ dziłghą́ą́’góó daats’í?

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

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’ Cubadę́ę́’ tsinaa’eeł nił ní’éél?

Q Cuba-from boat 2-with 3-float.P

Daniel hahgosh hidilníísh?

Daniel when-Q 3-start.work.I
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When does Daniel go to work?

Dibé nee hólǫ́, ya’?

sheep 2-with 3-exist.NI Q

Díí chąą’ shą’ háádę́ę́’ niníyęęzh?

this manure-Q where-from 3-ooze.P

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

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

Díídó’ doo ákót’ée daásh łí?

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

Díkwíí jį́ nanilnish?

how.many-Q day 2-work.I

Díkwíí shą’ ninááhai?

how.many Q 2-winter.NI

Díkwíísh ninááhai?

how.many-Q 2-winter.NI
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How old are you?

Gohwééh nayiisnii’diísh b bééhózin?

coffee 3-3-buy.P-at-Q 3-with 3-know.NI

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’éédę́ę́’

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here from

ha’át’ééjí

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which way

Ha’át’íí baa ’áłah ’aleeh jiní?

what 3-for meeting 4-say.NI

Ha’át’íí lá neidiyoołnih lá?

what DISC 3-3-buy.F DISC
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What is she going to buy?

Ha’át’íí shį́į́ biniinaa łeech’ąą’í nidahał’in?

what perhaps 3-because dog pl-3-bark.I

Ha’át’íí shį́į́ biniinaa łééch’ąą’í nidahał’in.

what perhaps 3-because dog pl-3-bark.I

Ha’át’íísh biniinaa nanichxǫ’?

what-Q 3-because 2-pout.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 néelą́ą́’ nidá’ák’eh?

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

Hahgo hooghan ’ánílééh?

when hogan 3-2-make.I
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When are you building a hogan?

Hahgosh Daniel hidilníísh?

when-GO-Q Daniel 3-start.work
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When does Daniel go to work?

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)

Há’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?

Háadi niyaa hazlį́į́’?

where-at 2-under area-grow.P
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Where did you grow up?

háajį’go

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toward where

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.

Háágóó lá Bíl doogááł nízin Jáan?

where-toward Q Bill 3-go.sg.F 3-want.CI John

Háágóósh díníyá?

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

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?

Háí dahoneesná, Kinłánídę́ę́’ ’Óola yee ’ádadójíhígíí doodago Gah Bikee’ Taah Yí’áhídę́ę́’ Hado yee ’ádadójíhígíí daats’í?

who pl-3-win.P Denver-from nugget 3-with RFLX-pl-4-call.NI-nom or Florida-from heat 3-with RFLX-pl-4-call.NI-nom perhaps

Háí lá ’ałhosh?

who Q 3-sleep.I

Háí lá kintahgóó sh adoołbąs?

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

Háísh tsinaa’eeł ’áyiilaa?

who-Q boat 3-3-make.P

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?

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.

Nichidí lá háadi nííníłbą́ą́z?

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

Nichidíshą’ háadi nííníłbą́ą́z?

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

T’ahdiísh nahałtin?

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

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