Cherokee Infinitives

The verb 'to go' in infinitive form.

Root verb -envs-

agw-envs-di I - to go

ts-envs-di you - to go

uw-envs-di he/she/it - to go

gin-envs-di the two of us (including you) - to go

sd-envs-di you two - to go

ogin-envs-di the two of us (not including you ) - to go

ig-envs-di we all (including you) - to go

og-envs-di we all (not including you) - to go

its-envs-di you all - to go

un-envs-di they - to go

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Practice Sentences

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1. ᏗᎦᏚᎲ ᎠᏇᏅᏍᏗ ᎠᏆᏚᎵ.

digaduhv agwenvsdi agwaduli.
I want to go to town.

2. ᏧᏪᏅᏒ ᏤᏅᏍᏗ ᏣᏚᎵ?

juwenvsv tsenvsdi tsaduli?
Do you want to go to his/her home?

3. ᏣᎳᎩ ᎤᏪᏘ ᎤᏪᏅᏍᏗ ᎣᏍᏓ ᎤᏰᎸ.

tsalagi uweti uwenvsdi osd uyelv.
S/he likes to go to North Carolina.

4. ᏧᎾᏕᎶᏆᏍᏗ ᎤᏁᏅᏍᏗ ᎨᏍᏗ ᏳᎾᏚᎵᎠ.

tsunadelogwasdi unenvsdi gesdi yunadulia.
They don't want to go to school.

5. ᎦᏨ ᎣᏍᏓ ᎤᏪᏅᏍᏗ?

Gatsv osd uwenvsdi?
Where is a good (place) to go?

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Vocabulary

ᏗᎦᏛᎲ  digaduhv - distant town
ᏧᏪᏅᏒ  juwenvsv - his/her home
ᏣᎳᎩ ᎤᏪᏘ  tsalagi uweti - North Carolina (old Cherokee)
ᎣᏍᏓ ᎤᏰᎵ   osd uyelv - s/he likes
ᏧᎾᏕᎶᏆᏍᏗ   tsunadelogwasdi - school