Yá’át’ééh (Hello in Navajo) – Navajo Language (Diné Bizaad)
Yá’át’ééh, ahéhee’, and nizhóní are common Navajo expressions you will hear amongst our Diné people. The most popular expression is yá’át’ééh and you will always hear a response back, “Yá’át’ééh!” There are several scenarios to use yá’át’ééh, but the most common is as a greeting.
Nizhóní- the Navajo word for beauty.
What does ya at EEH mean?
yá’át’ééh. greetings, hello, fine, suitable, pretty, he is well, he is good, must.
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Yá’át’ééh, ahéhee’, and nizhóní are common Navajo expressions you will hear amongst our Diné people. The most popular expression is yá’át’ééh and you will always hear a response back, “Yá’át’ééh!” There are several scenarios to use yá’át’ééh, but the most common is as a greeting.
Shash yázhí Sun Bear, sun bear.
Hello and thank you. Yáʼátʼééh dóó ahéheeʼ. “Thank you,” he said in a whisper. T’áa íitsa’í koní, “Ahéhee.”
Yá’át’ééh, ahéhee’, and nizhóní are common Navajo expressions you will hear amongst our Diné people. The most popular expression is yá’át’ééh and you will always hear a response back, “Yá’át’ééh!” There are several scenarios to use yá’át’ééh, but the most common is as a greeting.
What does YAH TA HEY mean?
Yah-ta-hey (Navajo: Tʼáá Bííchʼį́įdii) is a census-designated place (CDP) in McKinley County, New Mexico, United States. . The English name for this place is an approximation of a Navajo greeting, though the actual Navajo name means « like the devil », in reference to J.B.
How do you pronounce ya at EEH?
‘Ánííníshní’ means ‘regard’ or ‘adore’. As in many languages, there is no exact Navajo word for love.
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Hello and thank you Yá’át’ééh dóó ahéhee.
In Navajo, it wasn’t very common for people to include their name when they met new groups of people. Much more relevant then, as is now, are the clans and the homesite. Starting the introduction off is a greeting: Yá’át’ééh (It is good; welcome; hello)
English Diné Bizaad (Navajo)
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Hello (General greeting) Yá’át’ééh
How are you? Ąąʼ? (lit. « Well? ») Ąąʼ haʼíí baa naniná? (lit. « What are you doing? »)
Reply to ‘How are you?’ ʼÁh nístsʼííd
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