A collection of useful phrases in Navajo (Diné Bizaad), an Athabaskan language spoken in Arizona and New Mexico in the USA.
See these phrases in any combination of two languages in the Phrase Finder. If you can provide recordings, corrections or additional translations, please contact me.
| English | Diné Bizaad (Navajo) |
|---|---|
| Welcome | Yá'át'ééh |
| Hello (General greeting) | Yá'át'ééh |
| How are you? | Ąąʼ? (lit. "Well?") Ąąʼ haʼíí baa naniná? ("What are you doing?") Nił haahootʼé? (“how are things with you?”) Ąąʼ yáʼánítʼééh yaʼ? (“you’re well, is that right?”) Haalá áńtʼé? (an earnest inquiry into one’s health) Haaʼíílá ńtʼé? (an earnest inquiry into one’s health) Haitʼáo naniná? (an earnest inquiry into one’s health) Haʼátʼíísh baa naniná? (an earnest inquiry into one’s health) |
| Reply to 'How are you?' | ʼÁh nístsʼííd |
| Long time no see | |
| What's your name? | Haash yinilyé? |
| My name is ... | Shí éí ... yinishyé |
| Where are you from? | Háadish nitsʼééʼ łeeʼ sitą́? (lit. "Where is your umbilical cord buried?") Ąąʼ háádę́ę́ʼ? Háádę́ę́ʼísh íiyisíí naniná? |
| I'm from ... | ... naashá |
| Pleased to meet you | Nizhónígo ałhééhosiilzįįd |
| Good morning (Morning greeting) |
Yá'át'ééh abíní Yáʼátʼééh abínóó (shouted at a distance, as across a room) |
| Good afternoon (Afternoon greeting) |
Yá'át'ééh |
| Good evening (Evening greeting) |
Yá'át'ééh ałní'íní Yáʼátʼééh iʼííʼą́ |
| Good night | Yá'át'ééh hiiłchi'į' |
| Goodbye (Parting phrases) |
Hágoónee’ ("okay/alright then") Hágooshį́į́ Yá’át’ééh (reply) Á'aa, hágoónee’ (reply) |
| Good luck! | |
| Cheers! Good Health! (Toasts used when drinking) |
Ahóá! |
| Have a nice day | Nizhónígo Nee Ado’ááł |
| Bon appetit / Have a nice meal |
Nizhónígo adííyį́į́ł |
| Bon voyage / Have a good journey |
Nizhónígo ch’aanidíínaał |
| I understand | |
| I don't understand | Doo ndiists'a' da |
| Yes | Aoo' |
| No | Dooda |
| Maybe | |
| I don't know | Doo shił bééhózin da |
| Please speak more slowly | Háázhó’ógo bee ádíní |
| Please say that again | Ánáádí'ní |
| Please write it down | |
| Do you speak English? | Bilagáana bizaadísh dinitsʼaʼ? |
| I don't speak English | Bilagáana bizaad doo shił bééhózin da |
| Do you speak Navajo? | Diné bizaadísh dinitsʼaʼ? |
| Yes, a little (reply to 'Do you speak ...?') |
Bééhózin da |
| I'm learning Navajo | Diné bizaad bíhoosh'aah |
| I don't speak Navajo | Diné bizaad doo shił bééhózin da |
| I don't understand Navajo | Dinékʼehjí doo diistsʼaʼ da |
| Speak to me in Navajo? | |
| How do you say ... in Navajo? | |
| Excuse me | |
| How much is this? | Díkwíí bą́ą́h ’ílį́? |
| Sorry | Shoohá |
| Please | T'aa shoodi |
| Thank you | Ahéhee' Tʼáá íiyisíí ahéheeʼ (thank you very much, my sincere thanks) |
| Reply to thank you | Ahéhee' |
| Where's the toilet / bathroom? | Háadish yah anída'aldah góne'? |
| This gentleman will pay for everything | |
| This lady will pay for everything | |
| Would you like to dance with me? | |
| I love you | Ayóó ánííníshí Ayóó ánóshí |
| Get well soon | |
| Leave me alone! | |
| Help! | Shíká anilyeedá! |
| Fire! | |
| Stop! | |
| Call the police! | Siláo shá bich i' holne'! |
| Christmas greetings | Yáʼátʼééh Késhmish (to 1 or 2 people) Nizhónígo Késhmish Daʼdoohłeeł (to 3 or more people) |
| New Year greetings | Baa Hózhǫ́ǫgo Nee Nínáádoohah (used before 1st January) Nizhónígo Nináánááhai Dooleeł (used on and after 1st January) |
| Easter greetings | Nizhónígo Damóotsoh |
| Birthday greetings | Baa hózhǫ́ǫgo niʼdizhchį́ |
| One language is never enough | |
| My hovercraft is full of eels |
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