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=== Nav -> Eng ===
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== Nav -> Eng ==
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===Example 1: tłʼééʼ ===
  
 
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| Díí tłʼééʼ neeznáájiʼ ííníshtaʼ. || Tonight I am in class up till ten..
 
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| Áko tłʼééʼ hazlį́į́ʼ áádóó jį́ hazlį́įʼjįʼ áłtsé łaʼa jį́ azlį́į́ʼ. || And there was evening and there was morning, one day.
 
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* Again -> na liwat
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* Divide between night and evening semantically small, therefore our generalization is tłʼééʼ -> night, with possibility of representing evening as well
* Rather [adj.] -> liwat
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* If preceded by Díí (this), translate to night (to form the meaning of tonight)
* Just because [so–and–so]/is the case [predicate] happens -> bákay kay...liwat
 
* However, on the other hand -> liwat
 
* [Particle dismissing something as not worth worrying about: ‘anyway’] -> liwat
 
  
===Example 2: ===
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===Example 2: naaltsoos ===
  
 
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| Shiyázhí, nízhiʼ naaltsoos bikááʼ íníleeh. || My child, write your name on the paper. .
 
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| Shiyázhí, naaltsoos wóltaʼí naadiin góneʼ nihá yíníłtaʼ. || My child read page 20 in the textbook.
 
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| Naaltsoos tsitsʼaaʼ naaltsoos atseedzį́ biiʼ hadéébįįd. || The cardboard box is filled with newspapers.
 
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* Since, because -> Man
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* If followed by tsitsʼaaʼ (box), translate to cardboard
* [Particle used when the speaker is pointing out something]  -> Man
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* Proposed generalization: if followed by number, translate to page
* [Particle used on discovering something: ‘oh yes, I see]  -> Man ngayqan
 
  
===Example 3: ===
 
 
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* On, at [with days of the week] -> Han
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* At, on [past time] -> Han
 

Latest revision as of 14:14, 6 May 2022

Nav -> Eng

Example 1: tłʼééʼ

Navajo Sentence English Translation
Díí tłʼééʼ neeznáájiʼ ííníshtaʼ. Tonight I am in class up till ten..
Áko tłʼééʼ hazlį́į́ʼ áádóó jį́ hazlį́įʼjįʼ áłtsé łaʼa jį́ azlį́į́ʼ. And there was evening and there was morning, one day.
  • Divide between night and evening semantically small, therefore our generalization is tłʼééʼ -> night, with possibility of representing evening as well
  • If preceded by Díí (this), translate to night (to form the meaning of tonight)

Example 2: naaltsoos

Navajo Sentence English Translation
Shiyázhí, nízhiʼ naaltsoos bikááʼ íníleeh. My child, write your name on the paper. .
Shiyázhí, naaltsoos wóltaʼí naadiin góneʼ nihá yíníłtaʼ. My child read page 20 in the textbook.
Naaltsoos tsitsʼaaʼ naaltsoos atseedzį́ biiʼ hadéébįįd. The cardboard box is filled with newspapers.
  • If followed by tsitsʼaaʼ (box), translate to cardboard
  • Proposed generalization: if followed by number, translate to page