Enclitics

EncliticsExamples of enclitics

di at kindi At the house/store

d66’ from )lta’d66’ From the school

g00 To, toward T[‘00g00 To/toward outside

7g77 The one who Naalnish7g77 The one who is working/the one shich

7sh Yes/no question Naalnish7sh? Is he/she working?

Resource: Din4 Bizaad B7n1hoo’aah: Rediscovering The Navajo Language.p. 41Evangeline Parsons Yazzie, Ed.D. Margaret Speas, Ph.D.

EncliticsExpressing Location or Direction with Enclitics

If you want to express location or direction of an action in Navajo, we use a word that ends in an enclitic. The base word is a noun, often a place name, and the enclitic is placed at the end.

hooghan hogan/home

hoghandi At the hogan/ at home.

Kin[1n7 Flagstaff/Durango

Kin[1n7d66’ From Flagstaff/Durango

)lta’Hooghan n7maz7

Schoolhogan

)lta’g00Hooghan n7maz7g00

To school.To the hogan

Kin House/store/town

Kind66’ From the house/store/Town.

T[‘00’ outside T[‘0o’di (at) outside.

Resource: Din4 Bizaad B7n1hoo’aah: Rediscovering The Navajo Language.p. 41Evangeline Parsons Yazzie, Ed.D. Margaret Speas, Ph.D.