The "A" class verb 'help' in present tense.

Root verb -a(li)sdeli-

g-a(li)sdeli-ha I am helping.

h-a(li)sdeli-ha you are helping.

a(li)sdeli-ha he/she/it is helping.

in-a(li)sdeli-ha the two of us (including you) are helping.

sd-a(li)sdeli-ha you two are helping.

osd-a(li)sdeli-ha the two of us (not including you) are helping.

id-a(li)sdeli-ha we (including you) are all helping.

ots-a(li)sdeli-ha we (not including you) are all helping.

its-a(li)sdeli-ha you are all helping.

an-a(li)sdeli-ha they are helping.


Practice Sentences

1. Gili a(li)sdeliha.
S/he is helping the dog.

2. Kago ha(li)sdeliha?
Who are you helping?

3. Ogitsi osda(li)sdeliha.
The two of us are helping our mother.

4. Yeligwosg sgisdela tsalagi agidelogwasdi?
Can you help me to learn Cherokee?


Vocabulary

ogitsi - our mother (the two of us)(see: passive nouns)
yeligwo - possible, possibly
yeligwosg - is it possible?
udelogwasdi - s/he to learn (see: infinitives)


Infinitive

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