Diné Bizaad Introducing yourself

Question 1

Shi

Answer 1

Me/I/My

Question 2

Yá’át’ééh

Answer 2

Greetings (Actually has a much deeper meaning rooted in yádiłhił—the word for the sky/cosmos)

Question 3

Shik’éí

Answer 3

My Relatives

Question 4

Shidiné’é

Answer 4

My People

Question 5

Sha Hastóíí

Answer 5

My male elderlies

Question 6

Shi Záanii

Answer 6

My female elderlies

Question 7

Shi Tsíłkéí

Answer 7

My younger male relatives

Question 8

Shi Ch’ikę́ę́h

Answer 8

My younger female relatives

Question 9

Shi Ałchíní

Answer 9

My children

Question 10

Shi ei _____ yinishyé

Answer 10

My name is _____

Question 11

Shi ei _____ nishłį́ʼ

Answer 11

I am ____ (My first/mother’s clan is ____)

Question 12

________ bashishchiin

Answer 12

I am born for _____ clan (My father’s clan is _______)

Question 13

Shi éí ______ da shi cheii

Answer 13

My maternal grandfather’s clan is ________

Question 14

adóó

Answer 14

and

Question 15

Shi éí ______ dashinálí

Answer 15

My maternal grandfather’s clan is ________

Question 16

Shimá éí ______ yolyé/wolyé

Answer 16

My mother’s name is ______

Question 17

Shizhé’e éí ______ yolyé/wolyé

Answer 17

My father’s name is________

Question 18

Shimásání éí ______ yolyé/wolyé

Answer 18

My maternal grandmother’s name is ________

Question 19

Shicheii éí ______ yolyé/wolyé

Answer 19

My maternal grandfather’s name is _______

Question 20

Shinálí Asdzáán éí ______ yolyé/wolyé

Answer 20

My paternal grandfather’s name is _________

Question 21

Shinálí Hastiin éí ______ yolyé/wolyé

Answer 21

My paternal grandfather’s name is ________

Question 22

Chishi ke ______

Answer 22

My footprints are in _______. (I’m from ______)

Question 23

Łeezh

Answer 23

Soil/Dirt

Question 24

shi tséé

Answer 24

my umbilical chord

Question 25

Shi tséé łee’tsetaa’ ______

Answer 25

My umbilical chord is buried in _______ (I am from _______)

Question 26

_______ dę́ę́ nasha.

Answer 26

I walk around ______ (I am from _______)

Question 27

Ak’otao

Answer 27

In this way…

Question 28

Diné

Answer 28

Person/Navajo Person

Question 29

Asdzáán

Answer 29

Woman

Question 30

Nishlį́

Answer 30

I am

Question 31

Akot’éego Diné nishlį́

Answer 31

In this way, I present myself as a Diné person

Question 32

Akot’éego Asdzání nishłį́ʼ

Answer 32

In this way, I present myself as a Diné woman