"Yáʼátʼééh shizheʼé."
Translation:Hello father.
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According the the Navajo word book online "shizhe'e" means relative. Azhe'e is father. "ama" means mother, btw (not shima). https://navajowotd.com/word/akei/
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"Shi" means "my" and they always include a possessive. "Azheʼé" and "amá" is what they put in dictionaries when they have to strip the possessive off, but it's rarely used.
"Shizheʼé" literally means "my father," but they use it when we would just say "father" (or "dad"). Same with "shimá." Literally "my mother," but used when we'd just say "mother" or "mom" in English.
(Also, according to that page, "ak’éí" is relative, not "azheʼé." You'll see even on that page they say the words they give are stripped of the possessives.)
It is actually my father, because shi is attached it makes it my. Father is azhe’é.