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- "Yáʼátʼééh."
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Cant hear any audio on my android, either on the website in Chrome or thru the app.
There's currently no audio on this course, but they might add it eventually (maybe in 2-3 years).
Yáʼátʼééh! This word has different uses, not only as "hello".
Here is some information about it:
https://navajowotd.com/word/yaat-eeh/
Additionally, “Yá’át’ééh abiní” is the way to say good morning in Navajo. Here you’re saying “it is good, the morning.” Notice -át’é-, it is another word meaning “it is.”
It can also be used with ‘shił’ as in “shił yá’át’ééh” to mean “I like it.” Change it to nił or bił and you’ve got “you like it” and “he/she/it likes it” (Navajo pronouns tend to be gender neutral).
When someone greets you with "yá'át'ééh," is the correct response this: "Aoo' yá'át'ééh" ("yes, it is good")? Or is it more common to just say "yá'át'ééh" back to them?
It's good people are posting links to the words here, but Duolingo not having audio kind of defeats the purpose of the Navajo course. It's a shame because I know many Native languages are going away. I really hope they get audio soon so people can learn from the course.
The audio is a bit muffled to hear the annunciation, which i heard is important for learning this kanguage. Hopefully that can be addressed in the future.
