Talk:Jesus Daaztsą́ą́dę́ę́ʼ Náádiidzáhígíí Bééhániih

literally

I’m curious to see a literal translation of this. Is it ‘Jesus died from [something]; his recovery is remembered?’ --Romanophile ♞ (contributions) 11:33, 3 March 2016 (UTC)

"Jesus whose death and recovery from it is remembered". The nominalizer -ígíí applies to the entire preceding phrase, not just the word that it is appended to. -ígíí turns the entire phrase "Jesus daaztsą́ą́dę́ę́ʼ náádiidzáh" into a single noun phrase. This plus the enclitic postposition makes it difficult to write a literal translation. —Stephen ^(Talk) 13:17, 3 March 2016 (UTC)