Topic: Navajo

"Bisóodi bitsįʼ dóó naʼahóóhai bitsįʼ yishą́."

Translation:I eat pork and chicken.

October 5, 2018

7 Comments

https://www.duolingo.com/3asilyDistracted

    Oh boy this is one of those languages that's impossible to pronounce.

    October 5, 2018
    https://www.duolingo.com/LinguistIn2
    • 4

    Lol

    October 5, 2018
    https://www.duolingo.com/bdschwant

      X-SAMPA: /bI"tsI~?/

      April 15, 2019
      https://www.duolingo.com/kjbritt91
      • 7

      What does "bitsįʼ" mean? Is it a noun-classifier for certain types of food?

      October 12, 2018
      https://www.duolingo.com/Aidan440188
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      • 202

      I would presume it has something to do with meat, given how it's been introduced thus far.

      October 14, 2018
      https://www.duolingo.com/RyanNez2

        it means meat in general

        November 17, 2018
        https://www.duolingo.com/bdschwant

          "bi-" means "its/his/her", "tsį" means "meat". So, "its meat, the meat of".

          April 15, 2019

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