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’Áádóó shą’?

and.then Q

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 hooghankáá’góó ch’ínísaal ’éí doodaii’ dziłghąą’góó daats’í?

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

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’ naadą́’ísh nee hólǫ́?

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

Da’ Ron saad neiiłkaah?

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

Dichin nínízin ya’?

hungry 2-want.NI Q

Díídó’ doo ákót’ée daásh łí?

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

Díkwíí jį́ shą’ nanilnish?

how.many Q days 2-work.I

Díkwíí lá ninááhai?

how.many Q 2-winter

Díkwíísh ninááhai?

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

Doo b bééhózin da ya’?

neg 3-with 3-know.CI neg Q

Díidí háísh bichidí?

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

Gohwééh nayiisnii’diísh b bééhózin?

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

Ha’at’iish náádaadi’ní?

what-Q again-pl-3-say.I

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’íísh biniinaa naníchxǫ’?

what-Q 3-because 2-pout.CI

Ha’át’íísh Mary nayiisnii’?

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

Ha’át’íísh neidiyoołnih nínízin?

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

Ha’át’ííshą’ 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?

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 nízahjį’ hanínáshyįh dooleeł t’áá ’ákwíí jį́?

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

haa níłnééz

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how long, how tall is it

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?

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

man and girl Q what 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 lá ’ádeiit’į́?

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

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 shą’ díníyá?

where-to.Q 2-go.F

Háágóósh díníyá?

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

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?

Háí lá ’ałhosh?

who Q 3-sleep.I

Háí lá b nanilnish?

who Q 3-with 2-work.I

Háísh tsinaa’eeł ’áyiilaa?

who-Q boat 3-3-make.P

Háíshą’ tsinaa’eeł ’áyiilaa?

who-Q boat 3-3-make.P

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Who made a boat?

Háá’íshą’. ’Ákǫ́ǫ́ dílyeed!

what-Q there 2-run.F

Háágóósh díníyá?

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

Jáanísh naalnish?

John-Q 3-work.I

Joołísh ’atiin tsé’naa ’ahííníłhan doodaii’ daats’í ’anít’i’ báhátis ’ahííníłhan?

ball-Q road across 3-2-throw.P or perhjaps fence 3-over 3-2-throw.P

Mary ha’át’íí nayiisnii’?

Mary what 3-3-buy.P
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What did Mary buy?

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

Yadiizíníshą’ haa néelt’e’go nínízin?

can-Q how 3.many.N-GO 2-want.NI