haalá áńtʼé

== Navajo == === Etymology === haa (“how”) + lá (exclamatory suffix) + áńtʼé (“you are”) === Phrase === haalá áńtʼé? how are you doing? ==== Usage notes ==== This phrase is not used in the same situations as it is used in English. In Navajo, it is not used as a mere pleasantry or greeting, rather an earnest inquiry into one’s health or welfare, and it may seem intrusive and pushy if there is not a sufficiently close relationship to be asking such a question. For the equivalent of the English pleasantry, see ąąʼ. ==== Synonyms ==== haaʼíílá ńtʼé? haʼátʼíísh baa naniná? haitʼáo naniná?