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Lesson 65-68

65) > - le (phonetic: lay) - Example:

  • U>Wsc ha-le-wi-s-da (stop)
  • i#w Ewf a> Ypg [gO/ i-tsu-la tsa-la-gi a-le yo-ne-ga de-ga-wo-ni. (both Cherokee and English s/he speaks them = S/he speaks both Cherokee and English.)
  • g>/ uPhscp n aYC ga-le-ni u-we-hi-s-da-ne na a-yo-tli. (His ear it is hurting him the child = The child has an earache.)
  • hwix ac>/sq qw hi-la-i-yv a-da-le-ni-s-go go-la? (When it starts winter = When does winter begin?)

66) } - tse (phonetic: jay) - Example:

  • a}s4 a-tse-s-do (mattress)
  • i}=sd ul{Wc i-tse-yu-s-di u-li-su-wi-da u-nu-wa. (green/ color of/ he is wearing it = He is wearing a green shirt.)
  • a% a}Wa n a#E a-ma a-tse-wi-a na a-tsu-tsa. (water / he is wasting it/ the boy = the boy is wasting water.)
  • d} dw{] j[l di-tse di-la-su-lo du-de-li. (new/ shoes/ he wants them = He wants new shoes.)

67) J - gu (phonetic: goo) - Example:

  • J> gu-le (acorn)
  • aJfsd esfdR a-gu-gi-s-di e-s-gi-di-si. (dipper/ hand it to me = hand me a dipper.)
  • uJJ /gPsz grfa u-gu-gu ni-ga-we-s-gv ga-tv-gi-a. (hoot owl/ its hooting/ I hear it = I hear a hoot owl hooting.)
  • hwix z/sq J\y hi-la-i-yv gv-ni-s-go gu-wa-ya. (when/ it gets ripe/ huckleberries = When do huckleberries get ripe?)

68) ? - quo (phonetic: gwoe) - Example:

  • us?C u-s-quo-tli (His stomach)
  • a?B/ gcBwg a-quo-ye-ni ga-da-ye-la-ga (my hand/ I cut myself = I cut my hand.)
  • us?C uPhscp n aYC u-s-quo-tli u-we-hi-s-da-ne na a-yo-tli. (his stomach / it is hurting him / the child = The child has a stomach ache.)
  • dEwf d?P]d g[]Qa di-tsa-la-gi di quo-we-lo-di ga-de-lo-qua-a (Cherokee/ for me to write/ I am learning it = I am learning to write in Cherokee.)
   


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