Forming A Negative Sentence
Using Negation Words
tsalag gesdi yigawoni. S/He doesn't speak Cherokee.
dagwalelu gesdi yagiha. I don't have a car.
hia gesdi wesa yigi. This is not a cat.
unvdatlvi gesdi yisdigo(wa)tiha. You two don't see the mountain.
tla hyigowatiha. You don't see it.
hano, ayv gesdi yagwaduliha. No, I don't want it.
gesdi osd yigisei. It wasn't good.
gili tla egwa yigi. The dog isn't big.
kawi gesdi yuduliha. S/He doesn't want coffee.
tsalag gesdi hyiwoniha. You don't speak Cherokee
gesdi yanaliheliga. They are not happy.
tla yigoliga. I don't understand.
hia gesdi gasgilo yigi. This is not a chair.
gesdi unegv yigi. It isn't white.
wesa - cat
osda - good
unvdatlvi - a mountain
unegv - white