How to Say "Here" in Navajo - How To Say Guide

kǫ́ǫ́

The English word "here" is translated into Navajo as kǫ́ǫ́, meaning in, on or at this place. Wiktionary also lists kwii and kweʼé.

Meaning: in, on, or at this place (adv)

Ways to say it

The pack provides three forms for this concept: kǫ́ǫ́, kwii and kweʼé.

In traditional Navajo culture, describing a location as 'here' can be influenced by the four sacred mountains. Directions and placement are often understood relative to these geographical landmarks.
The Navajo language is an 'agglutinative' language, meaning it glues many small pieces of meaning together. A word for 'here' can be modified by prefixes to indicate who is there and how they arrived.
While kǫ́ǫ́ means 'here', the Navajo language has no single word for 'it'. Instead, the speaker uses specific markers to indicate the location or state of the object being discussed.

Example sentences for Navajo are not verified yet.

Tyler and Jessica are meeting at a park.

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