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Navajo Word of the Day: Power Outage

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Channel: daybreakwarrior · 2011 · Education

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Inspired by today's events, I figured this would be a useful phrase to learn. Earlier the electricity went out! So the Navajo Word of the Day is: "da'neeztsiz," which means, "the electricity went out."

The sentence used for today's word is: "Nihits'áá' da'neeztsiz. Áko béésh t'áá bí nitsíkeesí yaa ádzaago dah hidiiyá," which means, "The electricity went out. So, the internet went down."

The breakdown:

Nihits'áá': away from us
Da'neeztsiz: the lights went out
Áko: so
Béésh t'áá bí nitsíkeesí: Internet
Yaa ádzaago: went down
Dah hidiiyá: got hung up or tied up

Let me know what you think. I'm trying to show the continued utility of the Navajo language. Enjoy!

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