How to use adjectives in Navajo

How to use adjectives in Navajo

You want to learn how to use adjectives in Navajo? You've come to the right place! Scroll down and see the short Navajo lessons complete with useful examples. Big, small, happy, sad... we'll teach you all you need to know about Navajo adjectives.

Navajo adjectives

Adjectives are generally used to describe nouns. Navajo, however, has only a handful of true adjectives. In Navajo, verbs are generally used in the place of adjectives ('is happy','is strong' etc.).

Examples

yíłtseii
the dry summer
deesdoi
the hot summer
hakʼaz
the cold summer
shį́ 'agod
the short summer
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Navajo belongs to the Na-Dené language family. If you are planning on doing some travelling, learning Navajo would be a great way to make the most of your trip.

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Basic words and phrases in Navajo

Learn to get by in Navajo with these useful words and phrases. We'll begin by learning some basic Navajo phrases which you can use for everyday communication.

Yá’át’ééh abíní
Good morning
Yá’át’ééh hiiłchi’į’
Good night
Yá’át’ééh ałní’íní
Good evening
Yá’át’ééh
Good afternoon
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Step 7 : Adjectives in Navajo

Adjectives are used to describe nouns. To get started, we suggest you learn the three Navajo adjectives -tsoh, -yázhí and haastih (big, small, old). Using the nouns naaltsoos, bikʼi dah asdáhí and dáádílkał (book, chair, door) which you learned in Step 3, learn to use each adjective with each noun (the big book, the old chair, the small door). You can scroll to the top of this page to see a short lesson about Navajo adjectives including useful examples. After you've learned to use the adjectives -tsoh, -yázhí and haastih with the nouns naaltsoos, bikʼi dah asdáhí and dáádílkał you can move on to Step 8 (Navajo Verbs).

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