"Yáʼátʼééh shicheii."
Translation:Hello, maternal grandpa.
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"Maternal" is not one of the words I can select from the word bank, so the closest I can get to the correct answer is "Hello my mom grandpa" which is not right at all.
Yá'át'ééh, I was wondering if "maternal" is part of "shicheii." Or if "Hello, grandpa" should be a correct option. I know " shi" means "I" or "me" and that adding shi as part of a word makes it "my." I was not sure if something similar was happening with maternal, and I am hesitant to report this if I might be wrong.
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I think it should be accepted, but it's good to know the "maternal."
There isn't a part of the word meaning "maternal," but there are entirely different words for paternal grandparents and maternal grandparents, so it's good to know which is which.
You would say "shicheii" to your mother's father, but never to your father's father.
Under "another correct solution" it gives "Hello, maternal grandfather."
But when I put "hello, grandfather" first time it told me it was wrong because I did not put 'my' in front of grandfather.
Seems to be missing some options for correct solutions.
Yáʼátʼééh! Of course yes! The variations are still missing. The Beta course is intended to call for Beta testers to add these missing sentences using the report button. :)
I don't know enough about Navajo culture to know if one normally includes "my" in addressing a family member (it seems to be included in the person's title) to show respect.
Also, how on earth does this make sense? I'm questioning everything at this point.
To finish my statement, why does duo differentiate between Grandpa and Grandfather
But then you don't know that unless the title is translated to English, so maybe my question doesn't make sense. (???)
Swedish is a language which divides relatives by which side they are on . Morfar = mom's pa, Farfar = father's father; Farmor = Father's (or pa's) mother (mom), etc. Aunts and uncles are likewise mom's sis, pa's sis, pa's bro, etc (moster, faster, farbror) all somewhat the 'worse' for generational wearing down.
