Diné Bizaad Introducing yourself Flashcards
Shi
Me/I/My
Yá’át’ééh
Greetings (Actually has a much deeper meaning rooted in yádiłhił—the word for the sky/cosmos)
Shik’éí
My Relatives
Shidiné’é
My People
Sha Hastóíí
My male elderlies
Shi Záanii
My female elderlies
Shi Tsíłkéí
My younger male relatives
Shi Ch’ikę́ę́h
My younger female relatives
Shi Ałchíní
My children
Shi ei _____ yinishyé
My name is _____
Shi ei _____ nishłį́ʼ
I am ____ (My first/mother’s clan is ____)
________ bashishchiin
I am born for _____ clan (My father’s clan is _______)
Shi éí ______ da shi cheii
My maternal grandfather’s clan is ________
adóó
and
Shi éí ______ dashinálí
My maternal grandfather’s clan is ________
Shimá éí ______ yolyé/wolyé
My mother’s name is ______
Shizhé’e éí ______ yolyé/wolyé
My father’s name is________
Shimásání éí ______ yolyé/wolyé
My maternal grandmother’s name is ________
Shicheii éí ______ yolyé/wolyé
My maternal grandfather’s name is _______
Shinálí Asdzáán éí ______ yolyé/wolyé
My paternal grandfather’s name is _________
Shinálí Hastiin éí ______ yolyé/wolyé
My paternal grandfather’s name is ________
Chishi ke ______
My footprints are in _______. (I’m from ______)
Łeezh
Soil/Dirt
shi tséé
my umbilical chord
Shi tséé łee’tsetaa’ ______
My umbilical chord is buried in _______ (I am from _______)
_______ dę́ę́ nasha.
I walk around ______ (I am from _______)
Ak’otao
In this way…
Diné
Person/Navajo Person
Asdzáán
Woman
Nishlį́
I am
Akot’éego Diné nishlį́
In this way, I present myself as a Diné person
Akot’éego Asdzání nishłį́ʼ
In this way, I present myself as a Diné woman
