Vocabulary Words:
ᎷᏏ lusi - Lucy
ᏥᏩᏏᎯᏓᏍᏗ tsi-watvhidas-di - for me to visit (someone)
ᎪᎯᏓ gohida - (for) a long time
ᎫᏰᏉᏂ guyegwoni - July
ᏏᎧᎸ sikalv - the month of
ᎬᏪᏙᎸᎢ gv-wedol-v'i - s/he hasn't been here since Verb Breakdown
ᏄᏯᎩ nuyagi - New York
ᏭᏓᏅᏒᎢ w-u-danvs-v'i - s/he moved away
ᎨᏍᏗ ᏱᏥᎦᏔᎮ gesdi yi-tsigata-he - I didn't know that
ᏗᎵᏃᎮᏗ dihlinohedi - telephone
ᎯᎦᏔᎯ hi-g(a)ta-ha - you know it
ᎤᏬᏢ uwotlv - it's at home
ᎨᏍᏗ ᎪᎱᏍᏗ gesdi gohusd - it doesn't matter, no problem (literal meaning: "nothing")
ᏍᎩᏃᎮᎸᎢ sginohehlv'i - you tell me (future imperative)
ᏑᎾᎮᎢ sunale'i - tomorrow
Ꮟ si - wait!
ᎤᏰᏥᎦ uyetsga - s/he is laughing
ᏓᎩᏯᏪᎦ d-agi-yawe-ga - I am tired
ᏓᏆᏨᏫᏎᎭ d-agw-atsvwise-ha - I am confused
ᏓᏥᏩᏛᎮᏏᏊ da-tsi-watvhes-i-gwu - I will still visit someone Verb Breakdown
-gwu - still
ᏕᏓᏓᎪᎲᏳ dedadagohvyu - goodbye (plural objects)
ᏕᎾᏓᎪᎲᏳ den(a)dagohvyu - goodbye (single objects)
Prefixes & Suffixes:
gv- I to you
sgi- you to me
yi- negative prefix
Note: The pronoun prefix sgi- (ᏍᎩ) is used
to express the idea of "you to me". ᏍᎩᎪᏩᏘᎭ sgigow'tiha "you are seeing
me."
When using this pronoun you must drop the second person pronoun and
replace it with sgi- (ᏍᎩ). Take for example: ᎯᎪᏩᏘᎭ higow'tiha - You
are seeing it. vs. ᏍᎩᎪᏩᏘᎭ sgigow'tiha - You are seeing me. or ᎯᏬᏂᎭ
hiwoniha - You are speaking vs. ᏍᎩᏬᏂᎭ sgiwoniha - You are speaking to
me.
Additional useful words using ᏍᎩ sgi-:
ᏍᎩᏃᎮᏏ sginohesi - Tell me.;
ᏍᎩᏍᏕᎳ sgisdela - Help me.;
ᏍᎩᏙᎵᎨ sgidolige - I'm sorry. or Forgive me.;
ᏍᎩᏯᏁᏝᏅ sgiyanetlanv - Our Creator.
ᎦᎵᏉᎩ -7- Galgwogi"
ᏄᏯᎩ ᏭᏓᏅᏒᎢ
Wil - Ꮩ ᎭᏛᏁᎭ, ᎺᎵ?Mel - ᎷᏏ ᏥᏩᏛᎯᏓᏍᏗ ᎠᏆᏚᎵᎭ. ᎪᎯᏓ ᎨᏍᏗ ᏯᎩᎪᎲᎢ.
Wil - ᎫᏰᏉᏂ ᏏᎧᎸ ᎬᏪᏙᎸᎢ. ᏄᏯᎩ ᏭᏓᏅᏒᎢ.
Mel - ᎨᏍᏗ ᏱᏥᎦᏔᎮ. ᏗᎵᏃᎮᏗᏍ ᎯᎦᏔᎭ?
Wil - ᏥᎦᏔᎭᏛ. ᎤᏬᏢ.
Mel - ᎨᏍᏗ ᎪᎱᏍᏗ. ᏍᎩᏃᎮᏢᎢ ᏑᎾᎴᎢ.
Tsani - Ꮟ. ᎷᏏ ᎨᏍᏗ ᏱᏭᏓᏅᏒᎢ. ᏩᏚᎵᏏ ᏄᏯᎩ ᏭᏓᏅᏒᎢ.
Wil - (ᎤᏰᏣᎦ) ᎾᏍᎩ! ᏓᎩᏯᏪᎦ ᏓᏆᏨᏫᏎᎭᏃ.
Nigadv - (ᎤᏂᏰᏣᎦ)
Mel - ᎭᏩ, ᎷᏏ ᏓᏥᏩᏛᎮᏏᏊ. ᏕᏓᏓᎪᎲᏳ.
Wil - ᏕᎾᏓᎪᎲᏳ.
nuyagi wudanvsv'i
Wil - do hadvne, mel?
Mel - lusi tsiwatvhidasdi agwaduliha. gohida gesdi
yagigohv'i.
Wil - guyegwoni tsikalv gvwedolv. nuyagi wudanvsv.
Mel - gesdi yitsigatahe. dilinohedis higataha?
Wil - tsigatahadv. uwotlv.
Mel - gesd gohusd. sginohetlv'i sunalei.
Tsani - si. lusi gesdi yiwudanvsv. wadulisi nuyagi
wudanvsv'i.
Wil - (uyetsga) nasgi, dagiyawega dagwatsvwisehano.
Nigadv - (uniyetsga)
Mel - hawa, lusi datsiwatvhesigwu. dedadagohvyu.
Wil - denadagohvyu.
Answer The Questions
- 1) ᎧᎪ ᏄᎦᎩ ᎨᏍᏗ ᏱᏭᏓᏅᏒ?
- Kago nuyagi gesdi yiwudanvsv?
- 2) ᎧᎪ ᏚᏯᏪᎦ?
- Kago duyawega?
Dialogue Seven
She Moved to New York
Wil - What are you doing Mel?
Mel - I want to visit Lucy. I haven't seen her for a long
time.
Wil - She hasn't been here since (the month of) July. She
moved to New York.
Mel - I didn't know that. Do you know her phone number?
Wil - I know it for sure. It's at home.
Mel - Don't worry about it. Tell me tomorrow.
Tsani - Wait. Lucy didn't move. Wadulisi moved to New York.
Wil - (he is laughing) So that's it, I'm tired and I'm
confused.
Everyone - (they are laughing)
Mel - OK. I will still visit Lucy. Goodbye.
Wil - Goodbye.
Answers
- 1) ᎷᏏ ᎨᏍᏗ ᏱᏭᏓᏅᏒ ᏄᏯᎩ.
- Lusi gesdi yiwudanvsv nuyagi.
- 2) ᏫᎵ ᏚᏯᏪᎦ.
- Wil duyawega.
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