Vocabulary Words:
hayoldatsv - how are you?
osigwo - I'm good.
ihina - And you?
tsalagisgo - Cherokee?
Word Breakdown
hiwoniha - you are speaking
adelogwa'a - s/he is learning.
agi-wonihis-di - I-to speak *(inf)
Verb Breakdown
gatsv - where
tsunadelogwasdi - school
Prefixes & Suffixes:
"I" prefixes; agi-; g-"you" prefixes; hi-; h-
question suffixes
questions -tsu, -sgo
Notes: Present tense suffixes are frequently dropped in conversation. I.e. hiwoniha = hiwoni.
*Infinitives in Cherokee must have a pronoun prefix attached to it like any other Cherokee verb, the infinitive verb stem is usually also different from the present tense verb stem and the infinitive ending will most likely be -di.
"Sogwo"
ᎦᏨ ᎭᏕᎶᏆᎠ
- ᎭᏲᎳᏓᏨ.
- ᎣᏏᏉ. ᎢᎯᎾ.
- ᎣᏏᏉ. ᏣᎳᎩᏍᎪ ᎯᏬᏂᎭ.
- ᎦᏕᎶᏆᎠ ᎠᎩᏬᏂᎯᏍᏗ ᏣᎳᎩ.
- ᎦᏨ ᎭᏕᎶᏆᎠ.
- ᏧᎾᏕᎶᏆᏍᏗ ᎦᏕᎶᏆᎠ.
Gatsv Hadelogwa'a
- Hayoldatsv.
- Osigwo. Ihina.
- Osigwo. Tsalagisgo hiwoniha?
- Gadelogwa'a agiwonihisdi tsalagi.
- Gatsv hadelogwa'a?
- Tsunadelogwasdi gadelogwa'a.
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Answer The Questions
1) Gado usdi adelogwa'a.2) Tsunadelogwasdisgo tsalagi adelogwa'a.
(See answers below.)
Dialogue One
Where are you learning?
- How are you?
- I'm good. And you?
- I'm good. Do you speak Cherokee?
- I'm learning to speak Cherokee.
- Where are you learning?
- I'm learning at school.
Answers
1) gawonishisdi tsalagi adelogwa'a.2) vv, tsunadelogwasdi adelogwa'a.