sh as in "she"; oo as the long 'o' in "go." Rhymes with go or no.

Used as an exclamation meaning "check this out" or "look here." Compare anił'į́ shoo ("look at this").

ní- like "ni" in Nick, held with high tone. -ł- voiceless lateral fricative — tongue in L position, blow air around the sides without voicing. -į́ nasalized "ee" with high tone.

Sometimes transcribed nh chee lh. The hook under į marks nasalization (like French "Jean"); accents mark high pitch.

Na- short "a" as in father. ' glottal stop, like the catch in "uh-oh." ii long "ee" held twice as long. n nasal — adjacent vowels are produced through the nose. i' short "ih" + glottal stop.

Translates to "the buyer" or "buying." Glottal stops are essential to meaning in Navajo.

b like English 'b' (sometimes between b and p). á the 'a' in father; the acute mark indicates high tone, so pitch rises on this syllable.

Means "for him/her/it." Note: bááh (double vowel) means "bread" with a lengthened sound.

Hoo- "hoh" with long 'o.' -ghan "ghun" or "gahn" with a guttural, throaty 'gh' (voiced velar fricative — similar to a French 'r' or gargling).

Translates to "home" or "house." Anglicized as "hogan." Traditional hooghans are built with the door facing east to greet the sun.

á sharp high "ah." kǫ́ǫ́ two nasalized 'o' sounds, both high pitch — sounds like "ohng-ohng," with the second held slightly longer.

Often appears in tʼáá ákǫ́ǫ́ ("right there," "okay," "fine"). Also: Ákǫ́ǫ́ dílyeed! ("Run there!").

n- a simple "n" sound; tsah with "ts" like the end of "cats" and "aa" as a long, low-toned "ah"; EE high-toned and long "ee"; ghee a soft "gh" — a voiced velar fricative, like a French "r" or a soft gargle — followed by a long, high-toned "ee."

Means "big," "large," or "it is big." Built on the root -TSAA ("big"); ntsaaí (sometimes nitsaaí) is the verbal form, and the -í ending is a nominalizer that turns it into "the thing that is large." Appears in phrases like Atiin ntsaaígíí — "the big road" or "the highway."

sh as in "she"; į́ a nasalized "ee" (like in "see") held with a high tone; į́į́ the doubled vowel elongates the sound while keeping it high and nasal. Roughly shee-ee with a high, sharp pitch — not flat or falling.

Means "perhaps," "possibly," or "probably." Often appears at the end of words or phrases that signal uncertainty — e.g., díkwíí shį́į́ ("however many").