Cherokee Verbs


Not all Cherokee verb pages listed here are conjugated in full. Some appear only in the first and third person singular forms for each tense. However, with these two verb forms, and by using the the conjugation examples, it is possible to conjugate the Cherokee verb.  There is a large pool of "fully conjugated" Cherokee verbs to work from.

Verb Conjugation Examples

The following can be useful examples for conjugating Cherokee verbs that are only given in the first and third person singular.

A Class

Verb stem starts with a vowel.

aliheliga

Verb stem starts with a consonant.

agowatiha

B Class

Verb stem starts with a vowel.

uduliha

Verb stem starts with a consonant.

uyosiha
utadegi'a

Complicated Verbs


Key:

P Present Tense
H Present Habitual Tense
R Remote Past Tense
I Imperative
Inf Infinitive
F Future
FC Flash Cards

Cherokee Verbs

animal utterance -we- P, R, I, FC
asking him/her -tvdvhv- P, H, R, I, Inf
attempting it -anelidi- P, H, R, I
bathing -adawo- P, H, R
be called -ado- P, H, R
be happy -aliheli- P, R, I
be stingy with -geyu- P, H, R, I, Inf
building (house) -anesge- P, H, R, I
close it -sduhvs- P, H, I
crave it -sgwos- P, H
do it -advne- P, H, R, FC
drink something -aditas- P
eat it -gi- P, FC
enter it -yvhi- P, H, R, Inf, I
examine him-goliye- P, H, R, Inf, I
fly -nohili P, H, I
get full -ohlvsg- P, H, R, Rep, Inf, I
get off -dloi- P, H, R, Inf, I
give it -hneh- P
go -e- P, H, R, I, FC
have it -h- P
hear it -atvgi- P
help -a(li)sdeli- P
hunger -yosi- P, H, R, FC
hunt -nohalido- P, H, R, Inf, I
jail him -sduhvs- P, H, I
know it/how -gata- P
know it/something -anvt- P, H, R
learn it -adelogwa- P
look for him -hyo- P
love -geyu- P, H, R, I, Inf
mix in -suyvs- P, H, R, Inf, I
name it (PL)-ado- P, H, R
open it -sdu'i- P, H, I
possessive of -geyu- P, H, R, I, Inf
read it -goliye- P, H, R, Inf, I
say it -adi- P, H, R, I, Inf
see it -gowati- P, H, R
sleep -'li- P, H, I, Inf
smell it/something -hwsvg- P, H, Inf 
(it) smells, has a smell -svg- P, H
speak it -woni- P, H, R, I
swimming -adawo- P, H, R
take with -suyvs- P, H, R, Inf, I
tell it -nohe- P, H, R, I
think so -eli- P, H, R
thirsty -tadegi- P, H, R
throw -deg- P, H, R, I, Inf
tired -yawe- P, R
try it -anelidi- P, H, R, I
understand it -oli- P, R
utter it -we- P, R, I
want it -aduli- P, R, I, FC
wear shoes -lasuhl- P, H, R, I
work -lvwistane- P, H, R, I
write -oweli- P, H, R, I, Inf

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