Introduction to Navajo Adverbs
This lexicon is built on a list from Young & Morgan (1987:12-17). This list is a heterogeneous collection of expressions that certainly belong to more than one syntactic category. For instance, it includes time expressions like ’adą́ą́dą́ą́’ (‘yesterday’) and ’ałní’ní’ą́ (‘at noon’), but it also includes the negative frame doo…da and several expressions that are constructed with it, and it includes various particles that tend to appear before the verb (e.g., hah ’quickly’; dah ‘up’). These appear in various places within a clause. Oddly, ńt’éé (a particle denoting past time which is placed after the verb) is in the list, but dooleeł (a particle denoting future time which appears in the same position) is not in the list.
We constructed this tool using Young & Morgan’s list without making adjustments to it. There may be a future version that includes different selections.
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’Adą́ą́dą́ą́’ shá bíighah ’atah ’adishdiłgo ’i’íí’ą́.
yesterday 1-for 3-passing down 1-play.stick.dice.RI evening’Azhą́ deesk’aaz ndi t’áá ’ákwíí jį́ na’nishkaad.
even. though 3-cold.SPN but just every day 1-herd CI’Át’ahígo da’diidį́į́ł.
soon pl-’-1dpl-eat.F’áłt’ąą
’Ólta’di ’áłchíní binaashii sédáago ’ííníshta’.
school-at children 3-across.from 1-sit.SNP 3-read.NIBéésh náábał dóó haa nízahdi nighan?
windmill and how 3-long.N-at 2-homeCh’ééh jiyáán hooghangóó dah dii’ągo shee nikihoníłt.
watermelon home-toward up 3-1-move.SRO.P 1-with area-start-rain.PDa’adánídi ’áts’ą́ą́’ deeshghał.
restaurant-at ribs 3-1-eat.Fdeidooyį́į́ł
pl-3DO-3dpl-eat.it.FDibé bighan báátis dah yiishte’.
Sheep corral 3-over up 1-climb.Pdidíníilkał
3DO-1dpl-start.to.herd.them.(animals).Fstart to herd them (animals), 1st person dual
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3DO-4-start.to.herd.them.(animals).Fstart to herd them (animals), 4th person
bookmarkDíí hastiin tł’ééjí hataałgo bee béého’doolzįįd.
Ha’át’íí biniinaa náníldzid?
what 3-cause 2-fear.IHaa níníłnééz?
what 2-tall.relatively.NIHaa’ísh neezgai?
where-Q 3-hurt.Nhadééłbįįd
3DO-1-fill.something.up.with.it.Pfill something up with it, 1st person singular
bookmarkHatáaldi 'iikááh 'atah 'ajóle’.
ceremony-at sandpainting among 4-make.OHazhó’ó nidahísóotą́.
still pl-2dpl-sit.pl.Pháagi
Hádą́ą́’ ’áłtsé chidí naat’a’í nił nast’a’?
When past first airplane 2-with 3-fly.PHodíína’go ch’í’deeshnił.
later.GO out.animals.FJáan naalnishísh?
John 3-work.I-QK’ad shį́į́ deesk’aaz hodooleeł.
now probably cold area-become.Fnaa
Neeznáadigóó ’oolkiłgo ’áłah ’aleeh daaní.
ten.at-toward time-GO meeting pl-4-say.NINichxǫ' doo ájít’į́į da.
stop NEG 4-act.thus.I NEGNichxǫ' t'áadoo baa nánít’íní.
stop NEG 3-about 2-bother.I-ÍNizhé’é ha’át’íísh nahideeshnih nízin.
2-father-Q what 3-1-buy.F 3-want.NIRonshą’ saadísh neiiłkaah?
Ron-Q word-Q 3-3-investigate.IWhat about Ron, is he investigating words? / Is Ron studying words (too)?
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