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How were the Navajo code talkers trained?
Bilingual Navajo speakers were recruited. They invented the code together and also the writing system that was used. Much of it was a spelling code with several different options in Navajo for each letters in English. For example: the letter "c", cow starts with c. Cow in Navajo is beegashi. Also cat, cat in Navajo is moashi. Either could be used. Other parts of the code were substitutions for common words like different birds for different planes.
Where does the Navajo name Dine mean?
Diné means people, man, or person in Dine' bizaad ( Navajo language). The mark over the e means it is high tone. Navajo is a tonal language. Sometimes people write it in English: Dineh because that is a little more how it sounds.
What is the proper adjective for Navajo?
The proper adjective form for Navajo is Navajo, as in Navajo Nation, Navajo people, Navajo history, Navajo art, etc. An example sentence: We visited the Navajo display at the museum to see the Navajo jewelry.
What bodys of water surround the Navajo Indians tribe?
The Colorado, San Juan, Little Colorado and Rio Grande rivers. Today the Colorado is dammed to form Lake Powell on the Navajo Nation's northern border.
Who made the Navajo clothing?
Navajo clothing was fashioned and made by the Navajo females
What does yazzie mean in Navajo?
little
What is little brother in Navajo?
"My Little brother" in Navajo is shitsilíatsilí -- someone's little brothernitsilí--- your younger brothernihitsilí ---- your or our younger brotherhatsilí --fourth person , a little like "one's little brother"hatsilíké-- fourth person plural, "one's little brothers"There are a lot more possibilities. In Navajo this is one of a kind of word that always has to be in the possessive form. There is no "little brother". He must be somebody's brother.
How do you say little cry baby in Navajo?
In Navajo, "little cry baby" can be translated as "nínágháísh baa yázhí."
How did the code talkers language work?
If you speak Navajo it is a very simple substitution code. They spelled things out in English, chose a English word or two for each letter, translated that word into Navajo and then used that. For example the letter C. Cat stands for C and Navajo for cat is Mósí . Sheep stands for S, sheep in Navajo is Dibé. Bear is for B and bear in Navajo is Shash. They also used word for types of birds for types of planes and fish for boats etc.
How were the Navajo code talkers trained?
Bilingual Navajo speakers were recruited. They invented the code together and also the writing system that was used. Much of it was a spelling code with several different options in Navajo for each letters in English. For example: the letter "c", cow starts with c. Cow in Navajo is beegashi. Also cat, cat in Navajo is moashi. Either could be used. Other parts of the code were substitutions for common words like different birds for different planes.
How do you say my cat or my kitten in Navajo?
In Navajo Kitten is: mósí yázhí.Kitty is: gidíCat can also be:mósí,moasi or mósíMy kitten is : shimósí yázhíThe marks above vowels are high tone not accent or stress. Navajo is a tonal language.Here is a video of the song "soft kitty" sung in Navajo attached as a linknot sure about navajo, but in apache which is closely related, it's shimoosa.
Does the cat in the cat have a brother?
In the story the cat in the hat comes back, the cat in the hat brings Little Cat A, Little Cat B, etc.. all the way to Little Cat Z. It doesn't really say if they are brothers or not.
How do you say 'feast on a turkey in Navajo?
The word for Thanksgiving in Navajo is: Tązhii Daʼaghał which means "turkey they are eating it". Or Késhmish Yázhí which means "little Christmas"
What is the Navajo spelling of the word Small?
The Navajo word for small or little is "yazzie", as in dibeh-yazzie (sheep-little) = lamb. The standard spelling in the orthography that is now taught is: "yázhí". The marks are high tone marks. Navajo is a tonal language and needs tones to be correct. The zh sound is somewhere between z and the sound in the middle of the word "pleasure". shí ashkii yázhí- "my little boy"
How do you spell a little cat?
A baby cat is a kitten.
How do you say little cat in Shetlandic?
peerie cat
What do you call the little house in which a cat sleeps?
Cat house
