{"id":3023,"date":"2014-11-07T11:48:29","date_gmt":"2014-11-07T16:48:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/?p=3023"},"modified":"2014-11-13T10:42:43","modified_gmt":"2014-11-13T15:42:43","slug":"my-father-navajo-language-lesson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/my-father-navajo-language-lesson\/","title":{"rendered":"My Father – Navajo Language Lesson"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"My<\/a>

My Father – Shizh\u00e9\u00e9<\/p><\/div>\n

My Father<\/strong>
\nMy father is tall.
\nHe is strong.He is brave.
\nHe hunts and he rides and he sings.
\nHe coaxes the corn and the squash plants to grow out of the sand-dry earth.<\/p>\n

Shizh\u00e9\u00e9<\/strong>
\nShizh\u00e9\u00e9 nineez. \u2018Ay\u00f3igo bidziil.
\nD\u00f3\u00f3 doo n\u00e1ldzid da.
\nNaalzheeh, d\u00f3\u00f3 liinabigk\u00e9 d\u00f3\u00f3 ni’t’a
\nBizaadk\u2019ehgo naada\u00b4a\u00b4 d\u00f3\u00f3 na’na’agh\u00edz\u00edbit’aa t\u2019\u00e1\u00e1 h\u00f3\u00f3ltsaiigi hadahinis\u00e9h<\/p>\n

My father has magic in his fingertips.
\nHe can turn flat pieces of silver into things of beauty.
\nSometimes I hide in the wide folds of my mother’s skirts and look out at my father.<\/p>\n

Shizh\u00e9\u2019\u00e9 bila\u2019 bil\u00e1atahd\u00f3\u00f3 \u2018\u00e1l\u00ed\u00ed h\u00f3lo\u00b4.
\n\u2018E\u00ed beesh ligaii t\u00e1adoo le\u2019\u00e9 danizh\u00f3n\u00edy\u00edg\u00ed\u00ed \u2018\u00e1deile\u2019.
\nLahda shim\u00e1 bitl\u2019aakal bighi\u2019 n\u00edn\u00e1d\u00edsht\u2019iihgo shizh\u00e9\u2019e nesh\u2019ii leh.<\/p>\n

From:<\/strong>
\nLittle Herder In Autumn<\/strong>
\nby Ann Clark
\nUnited States Department Of The Interior
\nIllustrated By Hoke Denetsosie<\/p>\n

Little Herder \u2013 Navajo Language Lessons<\/h2>\n

Story Telling \u2013 Navajo Language Lesson
\n<\/a>Build a Fire \u2013 Navajo Language Lesson
\n<\/a>Little Lambs \u2013 Navajo Language Lesson
\n<\/a>Field \u2013 Navajo Language Lesson
\n<\/a>The Waterhole \u2013 Navajo Language Lesson
\n<\/a>The Puppy \u2013 Navajo Language Lesson
\n<\/a>Sheep Corral \u2013 Navajo Language Lesson
\n<\/a>Possessions \u2013 Navajo Language Lesson
\n<\/a>Breakfast \u2013 Little Herder Story
\n<\/a>The Sing \u2013 Navajo Language Lesson
\n<\/a>Going To The Sing \u2013 Navajo Language Lesson
\n<\/a>Sleep \u2013 Navajo Language Lesson
\n<\/a>Supper \u2013 Navajo Language Lesson
\n<\/a>Father Comes Back \u2013 Navajo Language Lesson
\n<\/a>Shoveling Snow \u2013 Navajo Language Lesson
\n<\/a>The Dogs are Hungry \u2013 Navajo Language Lesson
\n<\/a>There Is No Food \u2013 Navajo Story<\/a><\/p>\n

More Navajo language links:<\/h2>\n