"I have a monkey."

Translation: Shi magí hólǫ́.

[Tannuska]

When we use "bee hólǫ́" and when we use "hólǫ́"? Thanks!

[Klaque]

I have the same question!

[Judorange123]

[Shí] magí shee hólǫ́.

[deactivated user]

Believe me, if I've reported that this sentence makes no sense grammatically, I've reported it a thousand times! When will they fix it?

[jtaylor162]

Seems right, to this beginner, except I think it would be Shi, and not Shí, right? DL rejected when I spelled Shí with the accent, but I'm not sure if it also might (incorrectly?) reject the use of "shee" after magí, which I used. Experts??

[ccksling7]

Not acceptable.
Only on this occasion is it "hólǫ́" only... without "bee".
Must have consistency, otherwise it confuses the learner.
(Unless the monkey is special compared to the other animals).

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[PaisleyDragon]

Bee is used for the third person. Like, he, she, it has.

[sammyjo1111]

thank you

[Ponorka68]

Is it possible to write only: "Magí hółǫ́" ?

[deactivated user]

No. The verb "hółǫ́" by itself means "to exist" or "there is/are". The construction "Object + bee" + "hółǫ́" is necessary for the meaning "to have X". You could say "Magí shee hółǫ́". I think. I'm not a Navajo expert, I may have got it wrong :P

[LindaAlcor5]

How do you type the last letter? It's not on my phone keyboard.

[ccksling7]

Try gǫǫ́głę́ keyboard. They have one called Diné bizaad. It has all you need for Navajo

[MexicoMadness]

ccksling, I downloaded the G keyboard but don't know how to get to the Diné Bizaad version.

[baileyusa115]

You can do a web search for special Navajo characters, and then copy and paste. OR you can use the desktop version of Duolingo. It has all the special characters (except the special apostrophe).

[SulleyWazowski]

Learning usable sentences here

[sammyjo1111]

see PaisleyDragon