"The goat has a cheek."

Translation: Tłʼízí aniitsį́ʼ hólǫ́.

[Kyle556737]

I sure love having to guess whether I need bee or not every time.

[nicolesteah420]

Its a hard language to learn

[Yvonne807974]

It would be easier if Duolingo were consistent, provided explanations of grammar, not to mention pronunciation.

[Ollie16534]

This is annoying. Im typing it out but won't accept it

[Naomi30440]

I have solved: use annitsj''. Note that is not quotation marks but actually two apostrophes.

[jesusinho1]

Tł'izhi aniitsi' holó worked for me.

[tsuj1g1r1]

So is the "bee" in "bee hólǫ́" optional then? "Goat cheek exists" makes as much sense as "goat cheek to it exists" in Navajo, right?

[johnsmith229962]

As far as i have seen, both answers should be correct. I'm not certain why duolingo is so inconsistent with it. Maybe just because it's still such a new course.

[tsuj1g1r1]

Ahéhee'! Yeah, and how they refer to animals in English without articles, like "Bear eats the potato" and how they sometimes only accept the present simple, or present continuous, but not both. Definitely a work in progress. But I wouldn't have ever really gotten around to learning a word of Navajo without a Duolingo course, and it's such a beautiful language, so I am very grateful to the course contributors all the same.

[awesomepan747676]

Aniist'i' works for this one

[jtaylor162]

Really? I wonder why...

[liamok_gvel]

why there is no "bee" or "bił"?

[deactivated user]

aniits'į' works

[koi_begoi]

My keyboard doesnt have the nasal tone or special L markings.

[CatherineC5647]

I think there may be a mistake here. It should be "Tł'ízí aniitsį́' bee hólǫ́." No? This far, "hólǫ́" alone has meant "I have."

[charlotte96669]

I do not have Dine Bizzaad fonts only english fonts sorry I know aniitsi close enough. Sigh ok? Understand?

[AVAshadow75]

Same issue here with characters on keyboard... my learning is stunted ...

[AVAshadow75]

Keyboard characters are the biggest cramp in this program ... i am doing great...until i have to type something. Any other suggestions on how to solve this issue? I cannot get Dine Bizzaad fonts :(

[bobbybluehorse]

The system will not let me write aniitsj'

[Pia.M.]

Its į not j

[VarvaraShi4]

Yes that's true

[VarvaraShi4]

And aniitį' also works

[VirgilLee1]

Navajo never has been a ''written'' language, therefore as in other languages some things have to be taken in context. sorta? ako yeigo inilta doo hazhogo nannina?

[HoangHuynh492683]

7

[jtaylor162]

"Something else went wrong:" DL should accept "aniitsį'" with the last letter in LOWER tone, without claiming that this is a "typo" when students spell it this way. Others have commented, and Wiktionary agrees, that it's the lower tone at the end of of this word. Can anyone defend DL's spelling??

[VirgilLee1]

As in any language, there are multiple ways to express ones self.

[Dave551972]

do you use 'bee' here?

[Yvonne807974]

The program is inconsistent on this... with the monkey it did, with the goat it doesn't. Multiple problems with this beta version of Duolingo Navajo, but it seems the programmers are not working the bugs out.

[Yvonne807974]

Yes, very frustrating. The fact that these problems -- and that no audio has been added -- are not being addressed is what is holding me back from signing up for plus!