"Daʼ naat'áaniinééz góó diníyá?"

Translation: Are you going to Shiprock?

[GEORGEDOUG9]

So this is gonna be a difficult language it seems

[LinguistIn2]

Lol. Seems that way. Also seems that it has a different kinship system so that will be weird too since they have to include from which side. I think, so far, not enough is information is available on the course to tell us the nuances because the words in a sentence seem to highly depend on factors not stated.

[deactivated user]

All I knew about the Navaho language is that it is a very verbal language, it uses verbs where we would use nouns or adjectives. I am guessing that the name Shiprock has a verb in it.

[dereknak12]

I am a native speaker of English and Navajo and can explain grammar if any need explanations. I used to tutor Navajo for three years at my community college.

[EmilyHaze]

Is there a place where I can hear how this is supposed to be pronounced? Am I supposed to be able to hear it on Duolingo and my computer just isn't working right?

[LanguageForLife1]

Does anyone know the difference between this and the "Ni, naat'áaniinééz góó diníyá?" one? (hope I wrote that correctly)

[dereknak12]

Nį, in this case is redundant and not necessary. Navajo in a sense is similar to Spanish (which I also speak) in that you do not necessarily need the subject pronoun.

Here, díníyá already states "you go, you are going" therefore, Nį, is unnecessary. Plus, you need a question marker. Hence, Naat’áanii Néézgóósh díníyá?

[aafrophone]

Does anyone know the morphological breakdown of "naat'áaniinééz"?

[dereknak12]

In reference to one of the BIA people who used to run Shiprock. Naat’áanii, a boss or leader. Nééz, tall.