Cherokee Sentence Construction - Questions

Forming A Question In Cherokee

Using Question Words

ᎦᏙ ᏳᏍᏗ ᎯᎠ? (ga)do yusdi hia? What is this?

ᎧᎪ ᎢᏳᏍᏗ ᎠᏍᎦᏯ? kago iyusdi asgaya? Who is this man?

"dog" Ꮩ ᎠᏗᏘ? "dog" do adti? How do you say "dog"?

ᎧᎩᏳᏍᏗ ᎦᏬᏂᎭ? kagiyusdi gawoniha? Who is it speaking?

ᎲᎦᎢᎦ ᏣᏚᎵᎭ? hvgaiga tsaduliha? How much do you want?

ᎦᏙ ᎢᏳᏍᏗ ᎤᏚᎵᎭ? do iyusdi uduliha? Which does he want?

ᎦᏨ ᏫᎦᏘ? gatsv hwigti? Where are you going? (E)

ᎭᏢ ᏫᎦᏘ? hadlv hwigti? Where are you going? (W)

ᎦᏨ ᎮᎯ? gatsv hehi? Where do you live? (E)

ᎭᏢ ᎮᎯ? hadlv hehi? Where do you live? (W)

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Using Question Suffixes

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ᏣᎳᎩᏍᎪ Tsalagisgo hiwoniha?
Do you speak Cherokee?

ᎯᎠᏍ? Hias?
Is this it? This one?

ᎣᏏᏉᏧ? Osigwotsu?
How are you?

ᎩᎵᏍᎪ ᎯᎠ? Gilisgo hia?
Is this a dog?

ᏩᎦᏍ ᎭᏫᏯ ᎯᎠ? Wagas hawiya hia?
Is this beef?

ᏍᏓᎤᎵᎭᏍᎪ ᎦᏚ? Sdadulihasgo gadu?
Do you two want bread?

ᎯᎠᏍᎪ ᎦᏍᎩᎶ? Hiasgo gasgilo?
Is this a chair?

ᎣᏏᏍᎪ ᏂᏥᏫ? Osisgo nitsiwi?
Did I say it right?

ᎬᏂᎨ, ᎤᏁᎬᎨ? Gvnige unegvke?
black or white?

ᎪᎵᎦᏍ ᏣᎳᎩ? Golgas tsalagi?
Does he understand Cherokee?

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Vocabulary

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ᎠᏍᎦᏯ - asgaya - a man
ᎯᎠ - hia - this
ᏩᎦ ᎭᏫᏯ - waga hawiya - beef
ᎤᏚᎵᎭ - uduliha - s/he wants it
ᏣᏚᎵᎭ - tsaduliha - you (singular) want it
ᎦᏚ - gadu - bread
ᎦᏍᎩᎶ - gasgilo - a chair
ᏫᎦᏘ - hwigti - you (singular) are going (away from speaker)
ᎮᎯ - hehi - you (singular) live, reside at
ᎣᏏ - osi - good, right
ᏂᏥᏫ - nitsiwi - I said it