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’Atsį́’ísh ’éí doodaii’ łóó’ísh nínízin?

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

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enclitic for yes/no questions

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’íísh hooghan yikáá’góó ch’ét’a’ doodaii’ dził bąąhgóósh ch’ét’a’?

airplane-Q hogan 3-over-along 3-fly.P or mountain 3-side-along-Q 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
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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 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

Daniel hahgosh hidilníísh?

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

Dibé bitsį’ doodago béégashii bitsį’ daats’í nínízin?

sheep 3-meat or cow 3-meat possibly 3-2-want.NI

Dibéésh nee hólǫ́?

sheep-Q 2-with 4-exist.NI

Dichin nínízin ya’?

hungry 2-want.NI Q

díkwíí

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how many

Díkwíí shą’ ninááhai?

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

Díí ’áʼkáán háidíígíísh nahiidiilnih?

TOPIC flour which.one-ÍGÍÍ-Q 3-2du-buy.F

Gohwééh haa néeląą’ nee hólǫ́?

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

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

coffee only TOP or milk perhaps 3-with 3-2-want.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’éego lá ’íiyisíí ’atiinjį’ ’ańdeeshdááł lá?

how Q main road-up.to 1-back-on-go.sg.F DISC

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How can I get back onto the main road?

Ha’át’éegosh náníldzid?

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

Ha’át’éegoshą’ ’ayóo náníldzid?

why-Q very 2-fear.I

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Why are you afraid?

Ha’át’éegoshą’ t’áadoo díníyáa da?

why-Q neg 2-go.sg.P NEG
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Why didn’t you go?

Ha’át’íí baa ’áłah ’aleeh jiní?

what 3-for meeting 4-say.NI

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?

haa nízahdę́ę́’ hoolzhiizh

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for how long

Haa’ísh neezgai?

where-Q 3-hurt.N
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Where does it hurt?

Haaʼísh dáʼákʼeh?

where-Q cornfield
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Where is the cornfield?

Hahgo hooghan ’ánílééh?

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

Hahgo lá tá’dinigizh?

When part 2-shear.F

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’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 ’ádeiit’į́?

where-at Q pl-3-be
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Where are we (pl)?

Háágóó shą’ díníyá?

where-to.Q 2-go.F

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 shą’ b nanilnish?

who Q 3-with 2-work.I

Mary ha’át’íí yinízin?

Mary what 3-3-want.NI

Naadą́ą́’ lá haa néelą́ą́’ nida’ak’eh biyi’ góne’?

corn Q how 3.much.N 2-cornfield 3-in there
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How much corn is in your cornfield?

Nichidí lá háadi nííníłbą́ą́z?

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

Nichidí háadi-sh nííníłbą́ą́z?

2-car where-at-Q 3-2-park.P
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Where did you park your car?

Nidlóóhísh doodaii’ doo daats’í nidlóoh da?

2-cold.I-Q or neg perhaps 2-cold.I neg
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Are you cold or not?

Nił hǫ́zhǫ́ǫ́sh doodaii’ doósh nił hózhǫ́ǫ da?

2-with-happy.NI-Q or neg-Q 2-with happy.NI neg

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?

Shééhonísinísh?

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

Yiską́ągo Na’nízhoozhídi, háádish ’adeeshį́į́ł ninízin?

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