Vocabulary Words:
do - what (informal form of gado)
detsado'a - you are called
dagwado'a - I am called
-ado-
udohiyu - really, very
ahwi - deer
agina - young animal
osi - good, nice
detsado'v - your name (see note)
hehi - you live; you are a dweller
Kolanvyi - Big Cove (place name; lit. = Raven Rock Place)
ge'i - I live, reside; I am a dweller
uwoduhiyu - beautiful (it is)
Prefixes & Suffixes:
osdi- (two of us not including you)
du- (3rd per. sg.)
ga- (3rd per. sg.)
yi- (conditional verb prefix)
wi- (action away from speaker)
sdi- (you two)
-i (present tense for some action verbs.)
Note:
The noun detsado'v (your name) is a form of dudo'v - 'his/her name' or simply "a name". (Note the difference in the ending -v from the verb ending -a.) This verb requires the distributive prefix d- then the bound pronoun which is changed to match the subject (see -ado-). I.e., dagwado'v = my name.
ᏦᎢ - 3 - "Tso'i"
Ꮩ ᏕᏣᏙᎠ?
- ᎭᏲᎳᏓᏨ. - ᎭᏲᎳᏓ. ᏂᎯᎾ?
- ᎣᏏᏉ. Ꮩ ᏕᏣᏙᎠ?
- ᏣᏂ ᏓᏆᏙᎠ. ᏂᎯᎾ?
- ᎠᏫ ᎠᎩᎾ ᏓᏆᏙᎠ.
- ᎤᏙᎯᏳ ᎣᏏ ᏕᏣᏙᎥ. ᎦᏨ ᎮᎯ?
- ᎪᎳᏅᏱ ᎨᎢ.
- ᎤᏬᏚᎯᏳ ᎪᎳᏅᏱ.
Do Detsado'a?
- Hayoldatsv.
- Hayolda. Nihina?
- Osigwo. Do detsado'a?
- Tsani dagwado'a. Nihina?
- Ahwi agina dagwado'a.
- Udohiyu osi detsado'v. Gatsv hehi?
- Kolanvyi ge'i.
- Uwoduhiyu Kolanvyi.
Answer The Questions
- 1) ᏱᎬᏱᎢ ᎠᏍᎦᏯ ᎦᏙ ᏚᏙᎠ?
- Yigvyi'i asgaya gado dudo'a?
- 2) ᏍᎩᎾᏍᎪ ᎠᏍᎦᏯ ᏔᎵᏁ ᎠᏍᎦᏯ ᏚᏙᎠ ᎣᏍᏓ ᎤᏰᎸ?
- Sginasgo asgaya taline asgaya dudo'v osd uyelv?
- 3) ᏱᎬᏱᎢ ᎠᏍᎦᏯ ᎦᏨ ᎡᎯ?
- Yigvyi'i asgaya gatsv ehi?
Vocabulary in the questions:
- yigvyi'i - first
- sgina asgaya - that man, the man just mentioned
- taline asgaya - the second man
- osd uyelv - he likes it.
Dialogue Translation
What's your name?
- How are you?
- I'm good. And you?
- I'm good. What's your name?
- My name is John. And how about you?
- My name is Young Deer.
- Really a nice name. Where do you live?
- I live in Big Cove.
- Big Cove is beautiful.
Answers
- 1) ᏣᏂ ᏚᏙᎠ.
- Ahwi Anida dudo'a.
- 2) ᎥᎥ, ᎣᏍᏓ ᎤᏰᎸ.
- Vv, osd uyelv.
- 3) ᎪᎳᏅᏱ ᎡᎯ.
- Kolanvyi ehi.
