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ánaaí --someone's older brother

shinaaí -- my older brother

ninaaí -- your older brother

hánaaí-- older brother in fourth person (one's older brother)

áłánaaí -- each other's older brother

nihánaaí -- our older brother

and many more versions. This is a type of word that in Navajo must always be in the possesive.

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yá'át'ééh shitsilí - hello my younger brother

yá'át'ééh shinaaí - hello my older brother

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