Vocabulary: Greetings and Expressions
| English | Kenai Dena'ina |
| Is it good? (greeting) | yaghali du |
| Yes, it is good. (response) | aa' yaghali |
| Thank you. | chiqinik |
| and | ch'u |
| and then, next | yethdi |
| good, fine, OK | yaghali |
| yes | aa' |
| no, not | k'usht'a |
| maybe, probably | shu |
| no good, terrible | qil |
| really terrible | qil gheli |
| really good | yaghali gheli |
| goodbye | q'ua |
| excuse me, I'm sorry | duk'idli |
| ouch | eĥ |
| It hurts. | ekdu |
| oh no, oh my | axdi |
| I'm scared. | ezga |