Vocabulary Words:
agoliye'a - s/he is reading it
gohweli galeyvtanv - newspaper (see: Note)
gaduhv'i - a/the town
tsenvsdi - you - to go
gadohv - why
tesi - you will go
Breakdown
adananv'i - a/the store
gohusdi - something
tsawahisdi - you - to buy
gohweli - paper
digohwelodi - pencil
Prefixes
"I" prefixes; tsi -; agw-; agi-"you" prefixes; hi-; ts-;
Note: the "d" on bound pronouns denotes plural objects.
suffixes
-sgo - question marker-no - and
Note: When using the second person singular pronoun form beginning with an "h", combined with a prefix (i.e. wi-, da-, de-, etc.) there usually occurs a morphing of the sounds. See: tesi
"Newspaper" can simply be gohweli: ᎪᏪᎵ ᏥᎪᎵᏰᎠ. gohweli tsigoliyea. I am reading a paper.
"So'nela"
ᎪᎱᏍᏗᏍᎪ ᏣᏩᎯᏍᏗ ᏣᏚᎵᎭ?
- ᎦᏙ ᎯᎪᎵᏰᎠ?
- ᎪᏪᎵ ᎦᎴᏴᏔᏅ ᏥᎪᎵᏰᎠ.
- ᎦᏚᎲᎢᏍ ᏤᏅᏒᏍᏗ ᏣᏚᎵᎭ?
- ᎦᏙᎲ ᎦᏚᎲᎢ ᏖᏏ?
- ᎠᏴᏃ ᎠᏓᎾᏅᎢ ᎠᏇᏅᏍᏗ ᎠᏆᏚᎵᎭ.
- ᎪᎱᏍᏗᎪ ᏣᏩᎯᏍᏗ ᏣᏚᎵᎭ?
- ᎥᎥ, ᎪᏪᎵ ᏗᎪᏪᎶᏗᏃ ᎠᎩᏩᎯᏍᏗ ᎠᏆᏚᎵᎭ.
Gohusdisgo Tsawahisdi Tsaduli.
- Gado higoliye'a.
- Gohweli galeyvtanv tsigoliye'a.
- Gaduhv'is tsenvsdi tsaduli.
- Gadohv gaduhv'i tesi.
- Ayvno adananv'i agwenvsdi agwaduli.
- Gohusdisgo tsawahisdi tsaduli.
- Vv, gohweli digohwelodi-no agiwahisdi agwaduli.
Answer the Questions
1) gado agoliye'a.2) hadlv uwenvsdi uduli.
3) gado usdi uwahisdi uduli.
Dialogue Nine
Do You Want To Buy Something?
- What are you reading?
- I'm reading the newspaper.
- Do you want to go to town?
- Why will you go to town?
- I want to go to the store.
- Do you want to buy something?
- Yes, I want to buy some paper and pencils.
Answers
1) gohweli galeyvtanv agoliye'a.2) gaduhv'i uwenvsdi uduli.
3) gohweli digohwelodi-no uwahisdi uduli.