Questions and answers

héehe'e yes
hová'âháne no

Népévomóhtâhehe? Are you feeling good?
Nétónetomóhtahe? How are you feeling?
Nápévomóhtahe. I'm feeling good.
Násáapévomóhtâhéhe. I'm not feeling good.
Náháomóhtahe. I'm sick.

Néháeanahe? Are you hungry?
Náháéána. I'm hungry.
Násáaháeanáhe. I'm not hungry.

Nékâhaneotsehe? Are you tired?
Násáa'éšekâhaneotséhe. I'm not tired.
Náéšekâhaneotse. I'm tired.

Énémenehe? Is he singing / Did he sing?
Énéméne. He is singing / He sang.

Mó-nęstsenomëne? Do you want to drink coffee (or anything else hot)?

Éhoo'kôhohe? Is it raining? (Alternate way to ask it: Mó'éhoo'köho? Is it raining?

Móhénęsehe? Is that it? / Is that all?
Mónęhetáa'e? Is that all? / Is that the end?
Mónęhé'še? Shall we go now? / Are we ready to go?

Naa nénéehove? How about you?

Tósa'e? Where?
Névááhe? Who?
Névááso? Who?
Neváaseo'o? Who (plural)?
Hénová'e? What?

Tósa'e nétao'sętsęhe'öhtse? Where are you going?
Náto'semâhoéve'ho'eohtse. I'm going to town.
Nátao'sęsé'eohtse. I'm going to the store (literally, going toward).
Méavé'ho'eno nátao'sętsęhe'eohtse I'm going to Lame Deer.

Nétónęšéve? What are you doing?
Násáatónęšévéhe. I'm not doing anything.
Nééetónęšéve? What have you been doing?
Náhomöse. I'm cooking.
Nákóhkonôheonäne. I'm making bread.

Nétaéšęhósętónęšéve? What did you do this time? (typically use to scold)

Nétónetotse'ohe? What's your job?
Námôxe'ęstóne. I'm a secretary (literally, I write).
Námatanaéve'ho'eve. I'm a policeman.

Nétónęšetano? What are you thinking?
Náaseohtsétáno. I want to leave.

Nétónęševéhe? What is your name?
Vóestaa'e White Buffalo Calf Woman
Vóestaa'e náheševéhe. My name is White Buffalo Calf Woman.
Mókéé'e Little Woman
Mókéé'e náheševéhe. My name is Little Woman.

Tóne'še néévâho'ęhóó'óhtse? When did you get back home?
hetóéva in the evening / this evening
Tóne'še néto'seaseohtse? When are you going to leave?

Tóne'še ého'oesta? What time is it?
Éno'kôxe'ohe. It's 1 o'clock.

Tóne'še? When? (man's voice)
Tóne'xóvéva? At what time? / When?
tséhna'nôxe'ohe when it was 3 o'clock
ma'tanésôxe'ohe when it's 2 o'clock

Étatóne'xove? How long has that been?

Étóne'éhoo'e? How long did he stay?
névéé'ęše for four days
Énenóvoo'e. He stayed for awhile. (Alternate pronunciation: Énonóvoo'e.)
Éohtaene. He stayed overnight.

Étónęstôheaénáma? How old is he?
Émâhtóhtôheaénáma. He's ten years old.

Étónęstôheéše'hama? How many months old is he? (Also, 'How many months along is she in her pregnancy?')
Étanéveéše'hama. He's four months old (or, She's four months along in her pregnancy).

Étónęstôxeo'o? How many of them (animate) are there?
Énéšeo'o. There are two of them.
Énóhoneo'o. There are five of them.

Étóne'ëso? How long is it? / How far away is it?
Éháa'ëso. It's a long ways.

Étónesta? What is his condition?
Étónéso? What's it like?
Étónęsóotse? What happened?

Névááhe neško? Who is your mother? (Alternate: Névááhe tséhešketo?)
Néváéso tsévéhonevęstse? Who is the boss?
Névááhe tséhoó'henonęstse? Who is singing? (alternate: Névááhe tsénéménęstse?)

Névááhe tsévéstoemôhtse? Who is your spouse?
Neváesóho tsé'tóhe tsévéstoemose? Who is his wife (spouse)?

Néváéso tséoomôhtse? Who did you hit?
Névááhe tséoomáta'e? Who hit you?

Hénová'e tséméseto? What did you eat?
Hénová'e tsémésése? What did you guys eat?
ho'évohkôtse meat

Hénová'e tsévóohtomo? What did you see?

Hénová'e tséhéseoomôse? Why did you hit him? (Alternate pronunciation: Hénová'e tséhóseoomôse?)