ᏔᎵᏁ ᏣᎳᎩ ᏗᏕᏠᏆᏍᏗ

[Mol_Bolom]

2.1
Dialogue

ᏆᏈ: ᎯᎳ ᎠᏟᎩᎵ?
ᏈᏔ: ᏔᎵ ᏔᎵᏍᎪ ᎢᏳᏩᎫᏗ, ᎦᏙᎲ?
ᏆᏈ: ᏧᏪᏱ ᎠᎩᏙ ᏓᎦᏥᏯᎦᏙᏍᏓᏂ ᎾᎯᏳᎢ ᏪᏙᎮᏍᏗ.
ᏈᏔ: ᎯᎳ ᏗᏂᏲᏟ ᏧᏪᎧᎭ?
ᏆᏈ: ᎠᏂᏔᎵ, ᏌᏊ ᎠᏧᏣ ᎠᏐᎢᏃ ᎠᎨᏳᏣ.

Gwagwi: Hila atligili?
Kwita: Ta'li ta'lsgo iyuwagdi, gadohv?
Gwagwi: Tsuweyi agido dagatsiyagatosdani nahiyui wedohesdi.
Kwita: Hila diniyotli tsuwekaha?
Gwagwi: Anita'li, sagwu atsutsa asoihno agehyutsa.

Bob: What time is it?
Peter: 2:20, why?
Bob: I'm going to watch my sisters kids while she's away.
Peter: How many kids does she have?
Bob: Two, one boy and the other is a girl.

Vocabulary

ᎯᎳ	How many, how much
ᎠᏟᎩᎵ	Time
ᏔᎵ, ᏔᎵᏍᎪ	two, twenty
ᎢᏳᏩᎫᏗ	O'clock (PM, or AM)
ᎦᏙᎲ	Why?
ᏧᏪᏱ	His/her children
ᎠᎩᏙ	My sister (Male > female), My brother (Female > male)
ᏓᎦᏥᏯᎦᏙᏍᏓᏂ	I will watch them (at a specified moment in time)
ᎾᎯᏳᎢ	Then, while
ᏪᏙᎮᏍᏗ	Will be away from here for a while.
ᏗᏂᏲᏟ	Children
ᏧᏪᎧᎭ	He/she has (living things)
ᎠᏂᏔᎵ	Two (Living things)
ᏌᏊ	One
ᎠᏧᏣ	Boy
ᎠᏐᎢᏃ	And another (living thing)
ᎠᎨᏳᏣ	Girl

Break down of words used

Gwagwi: Since Cherokee doesn't naturally have the b, p, f, v, and r sounds, the letters hw, gw, kw, etc sometimes are used in their place. So b+o+b becomes gw+a+gw+(i)

tsuweyi: The plural prefix di- (usually used with nouns, adjectives, adverbs, and possessives) changes to ts, or j, before the 3rd person prefix 'u'. -w- added before a vowel when the vowel follows the 3rd person singular prefix 'u'.

agido, agidoi: My sister. agi- (I --- him/her/it) prefix.  -doi (possessive root).

dagatsiyagatosdani: The prefix da- and suffix -i is a tense that is future specific.  If a moment in time is specified, or is known, then this prefix and suffix is used.  ga- 3rd person plural pronoun object.  tsiy- 1st person singular transitive subject. -agatosdan- (Verb root).

wedohesdi:  w- prefix denoting the subject is either facing away from speaker, or is out of sight.  -e- (Verb root). -do (For awhile), -esdi Future progressive.

tsuwekaha, duwekaha: ts-, d- 3rd person plural object. u- 3rd person singular subject.  -we-, -wa- with a few words, this syllable is added after the 3rd person singular subject 'u' only.  -ka- living object classifier. -a present tense.

anita'li: The 3rd person plural subject 'ani' is only added to the numbers two and three, all other numbers do not get this prefix.  Therefore, "Three men" = "ᎠᏂᏦᎢ ᎠᏂᏍᎦᏯ", "two men" = "ᎠᏂᏔᎵ ᎠᏂᏍᎦᏯ", "Four men" = "ᏅᎩ ᎠᏂᏍᎦᏯ".

asoihno: a- 3rd person singular animate subject. soi Another, other.  -hno and, so.

Examples.

Root	Word	Description
eyi	agweyi	My child. agw- 1st person singular subject.
	gvgweyi	My children. ga+agw becomes gvgw-
	tseyi	Your child
	sgweyi, sgiyeyi	You are my child.

<Work in progress.  Let me know if I'm going way overboard, >

[Mol_Bolom]

2.2

Dialog

ᏣᏥ: ᏗᏓᎾᏅᏗᏢᏍ ᏗᎪᏪᎵ ᏫᏕᏣᏩᏎ?
ᏓᏫᏗ: ᎥᎥ, ᎥᏎᏅ Ꮭ ᏱᏚᏅᎲ ᏧᏬᏗᎨ ᏗᎪᏪᎵ ᏥᏓᏆᏚᎸᎲ, ᎠᎴᏃ ᎠᎩᏩᏒᏊ ᏧᏁᎦ ᏗᎪᏪᎵ.
ᏣᏥ: Ꭽ! ᎢᎬᏱᏊ ᎠᏴᏗᏢ ᏣᏪᏅᏒ, ᎯᎸᏍᎩ ᏧᏬᏗᎨ ᏗᎪᏪᎵ ᏓᎩᏅ.  Ꮭ ᏯᏆᏅᏔ ᏄᎵᏍᏛ ᏓᎩᏅ, ᎥᏎᏅ ᏝᏋ ᏱᏓᏆᏚᎵ.
ᏓᏫᏗ: ᎣᏍᏓᏊ! ᏙᏓᏥᎩᏍᎨᏍᏗ.  ᎤᏓᏤᏝ ᏧᏬᏗᎨ ᏗᎪᏪᎵ ᏱᏗᎬᏗᏍᎨᏍᏗ ᏏᏅ ᏧᏁᎦ.

Jaji: didanahnvdidlvs digohweli widetsahwase?
Dawidi: Vv, vsehnv tla yidunvhv tsuwodige digohweli tsidagwadulvhv, alehno agiwasvgwu tsunega digohweli.
Jaji: Ha! Igvyigwu ayvdidlv tsawenvsv, hilvsgi tsuwodige digohweli daginv.  Tla yagwanta nuhlsdv daginv, vsehnv tlagwv yidagwaduli.
Dawidi: Osdagwu! Dodatsigisgesdi.  Udatsetla tsuwodige digohweli yidigvhdisgesdi sihnv tsunega.

George: Did you go to the store and buy some paper?
David: Yeah, but they didn't have the brown paper I wanted, so I just bought some white paper.
George: Hah, you should have come to me first, I have lots of brown paper.  Don't know why I have it, but I have no use for it.
David: Great! I'll come by and pick it up.  It would be better if I use brown paper than white.

Vocabulary

ᏗᏓᎾᏅᏗᏢᏍ	Towards the distant store?	di-  distant or out of sight adanahnv Store -didlv towards -s Inquisitive suffix
ᏗᎪᏪᎵ	Book, papers
ᏫᏕᏣᏩᏎ	You went and bought them	wi- Away, not facing speaker de- plural object prefix tsa- 2nd person singular subject -hwas- Buy, purchase -e Reportative past tense
ᎥᎥ	Yes
ᎥᏎᏅ	but
Ꮭ ᏱᏚᏅᎲ	He/she/it didn't have them	tla not, no yi- Not, no (Used along with tla) d- Plural object u- 3rd person singular subject -nv- flexible classifier -v Past tense
ᏧᏬᏗᎨ	Brown (plural inanimate)
ᏥᏓᏆᏚᎸᎲ	That which I wanted	tsi- that which, the one who d- plural object agw- 1st person singular subject adulvh want -v past tense
ᎠᎴᏃ	and so, so
ᎠᎩᏩᏒᏊ	I just/only bought	agi- 1st person singular subject hwas Buy, purchase -v past tense -gwu Just, only
ᏧᏁᎦ	White (Plural inanimate)
ᎢᎬᏱᏊ	Just/only first
ᎠᏴᏗᏢ	Towards me
ᏣᏪᏅᏒ	You went
ᎯᎸᏍᎩ	Several, few
ᏓᎩᏅ	I have (Flexible inanimate objects)	d- plural object agi- 1st person singular subject -nv- flexible classifier
Ꮭ ᏯᏆᏅᏔ	I don't know
ᏄᎵᏍᏛ	Reason, why
ᏝᏋ ᏱᏓᏆᏚᎵ	I just/only don't want (plural inanimate objects)
ᎣᏍᏓᏊ	Just/only good
ᏙᏓᏥᎩᏍᎨᏍᏗ	I will come and receive/get them	doda- Modification of de- plural object, da- Come, here, towards speaker tsi- 1st person singular subject gi(sg) Receive, get -esdi future progressive
ᎤᏓᏤᏝ	Better
ᏱᏗᎬᏗᏍᎨᏍᏗ	If I will use them	yi- conditional prefix di- plural object g- 1st person singular subject vhdi(sg) Use -esdi Future progressive
ᏏᏅ	Than