This is very hard to translate in to Navajo because there are very many ways to "come" or "arrive" in Navajo.How you are traveling matters. And it changes based on who and how many you are talking to. It also often needs to know the manner of movement, such as on the way somewhere else, round trip, like it is usually done and so on.
náníshtłáád - means to come back to him or her ( a spouse or lover).
My home is shighan, our home is nihighan, nighan is your home, his her it's home is bighan.
Navajo is a subject object verb language.
There is no imperative form. To express the imperative you use the 2nd person prefix. Perhaps this is why it is rude to order Navajo people around.
Note on pronouncing: Vowels with marks over them are high tone.
Double vowels are held longer.
i is as in bit sound.
a is as in father.
tł is a consonant we don't have in English, if you think of how we make gl sound and put your tongue where L is it will work.
gh is a bit like ch in loch with a more g sound to it.
Hogan is the only word I know of that is from Navajo and now used in English. It is a traditional Navajo home. In Navajo it is: hooghanThere are quite a few place names in New Mexico and Arizona that come from Navajo.
Je rentre
aseezį́ binaaltsoos - is one way to say newspaper in Navajo. There are about three other ways too. The main Newspaper on the Navajo Nation is the Navajo Times. You can find them online and on Facebook. There is also the Navajo-Hopi Observer.
Haa'goh
diyin yá naalʼaʼí-- meaning a supernatural messenger. It is not a Navajo concept. The word was made up after contact with Christians.
they watched tv
ííshją́ or t'áákáábaa yóónééh -- "don't forget!"
welcome to my home
the navajo lived in hogans mud sticks They were earthen houses - miranda did navajo report in 5th grade
If you cast a spell and you are wrong it will come back on you threefold. Don't mess with stuff you don't know.
Venga a casa pronto, cielo.
In the Columbian Exchange, woolen Navajo blankets were brought to the Americas from Europe, Asia, and Africa.