The "A" class verb 'live, reside' in present tense.

Root verb -ehi-

ᎦᎢ - g-e'i I live at ....

ᎮᎯ - h-ehi you live at ....

ᎡᎯ - ehi he/she/it lives at ....

ᎢᏁᎯ - in-ehi the two of us (including you) live at ....

ᏍᏕᎯ - sd-ehi you two live at ....

ᎣᏍᏕᎯ - osd-ehi the two of us (not including you) live at ....

ᎢᏕᎯ - id-ehi we (including you) live at ....

ᎣᏤᎯ - ots-ehi we (not including you) live at ....

ᎢᏤᎯ - its-ehi you live at ....

ᎠᏁᎯ - an-ehi they live at ....


Practice Sentences

1. Tokiyasdi ehi. - ᏙᎩᏯᏍᏗ ᎡᎯ.
He lives in Ashville.

2. Kolanvyi ge'i. - ᎪᎳᏅᏱ ᎨᎢ.
I live in Big Cove.

3. Gatsv hehi? - ᎦᏨ ᎮᎯ?
Where do you live?



Vocabulary


ᏙᎩᏯᏍᏗ - Tokiyasdi - Ashville ("There are races there")

ᎪᎳᏅᏱ - Kolanvyi - Big Cove ("Raven Rock")


Other Tenses

ᎡᎰᎢ - eho'i (continuous)

ᎡᎲᎢ - ehv'i (past) he lived

ᎡᎮᎢ - ehe'i  (reportative)

ᎮᎮᏍᏗ - hehesdi  (infinitive\imperative) for him to live at


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