"Off" Meeting - Conference Call with guest facilitator Jayce Lowe

On Tuesday, March 26th at 7pm we will review past phrases and learn the following new phrases via conference call.  Please message me directly to get the password.  If you were on the previous conference call, the call-in information is the same .  Looking forward to hearing you lovely voices!   :)

Here are the phrases below: 

v-v = yes
tla or v-tla= no


Speaker 1
ᎣᏏᏲ! (o-si-yo!)  =  Hello!

ᏙᎯᏧ? (do-hi-tsu?) = How are you?  (or literally, is it fine or good?)


Speaker 2
ᏙᎯᏊ (do-hi-quu) = I'm fine. (or literally, it is fine or good)

ᏂᎯᎾ? (ni-hi-na) = And you?


Speaker 1
ᏙᎯᏊ (do-hi-quu) = I'm fine. (or literally, it is fine or good)

ᎦᏙ ᏕᏣᏙᎠ? (ga-do  de-tsa-do-a?) = What's your name?  (or literally what do they call you?)


 Speaker 2
  _____ ᏓᏆᏙᎠ (_____ da-qua-do-a)  =  My name is _____. (or literally I am called/they call me)

ᏂᎯᎾ? (ni-hi-na) = And you?

ᎦᏙ ᏕᏣᏙᎠ? (ga-do  de-tsa-do-a?) = What's your name?  (or literally what do they call you?)

   
Speaker 1
_____ ᏓᏆᏙᎠ (_____ da-qua-do-a)  =  My name is _____. (or literally I am called/they call me)


Speaker 2
Ga-do  u-s-di  hi-a? = What is this?

Speaker 1
Hi-a  di-go-we-li = This is a book (or papers)


Speaker 2 
Ha-wa = okay
Do-na-da-go-hv-i = See you later (or literally you and I will see each other again)


Speaker 1 
Do-na-da-go-hv-i = See you later (or literally you and I will see each other again)

"On" Meeting with guest facilitator Jessica Lackey

Same place, new face!  :)

I will be out of town for the Tuesday, March 19th "on" meeting of the Cherokee Language Group at the Leawood Pioneer Library.  However, Miss  Jessica Lackey has graciously agreed to lead the meeting.  A talented former student of Mr. Girty, she will go through the hand-out presented at last week's meeting in Lawrence, pronouncing the phrases and helping others with their pronunciation.

Wa-do Jessica!

Do-da-da-go-hv-i

"Off" Meeting - Healthy Food Potluck and Cherokee Language with Guest Teacher Mr. Andy Girty

 

Wa-do (thank you) to  everyone who came to Lawrence on Ta-li-ne-i-ga (Tuesday)!  I was very grateful for the a-li-s-da-yv-di  o-s-da (good food) , good learning and good company!  It was especially good to see so many people car pooling and helping one another out.  They say helping one, another we will all get along.

 

Just to recap our lesson, we were joined by Mr. Andy Girty, fluent Cherokee speaker and respected elder who currently teaches the language at Haskell Indian Nations University.  My Girty brought some worksheets from his Cherokee I class and instructed us in proper pronunciation and context.  E-la-di-tlv (below) you will find the worksheets, please excuse my little notes :)

Howa,  i-ga-li-i (okay, friends or literally okay, all of us are friends),

Do-da-da-go-hv-i (we all will see on another again)

 

-Naisa

 

 

 

 

 

"On" Meeting - Conversation Games

Wa-do (thank you) to  everyone who made it out on Tuesday night.  For those of you who were not able to come, I appreciate your letting me know.   You were missed and I hope that you will be able to come next time.  Ki-la! ("later" or literally another time/ again, but used here as a short version of "ki-la do-da-da-go-hv-i" or we all will see each other again another time)

Activities: 

 1.  Reviewed "how are you" greetings by repeating as a group and role playing.  

  2.  Reviewed syllabary pronunciation.

 3.  Clarified questions about the exact meaning of the different parts of the "how are you" greetings.

 4.  Identified the verb endings "-tsu, -s and -sgo" as indicating that the word is a question. 

 5.  Introduced "what is your name" greetings by repeating as a group.

 

Homework:

 

1.  Practice saying  the following conversation with a partner or by yourself, switching rolls 

 

Speaker 1

ᎣᏏᏲ! (o-si-yo!)  =  Hello!

    

ᏙᎯᏧ? (do-hi-tsu?) = How are you?  (or literally, is it fine or good?)

    

     

Speaker 2 

ᏙᎯᏊ (do-hi-quu) = I'm fine. (or literally, it is fine or good)

    

ᏂᎯᎾ? (ni-hi-na) = And you?

    

Speaker 1 

ᏙᎯᏊ (do-hi-quu) = I'm fine. (or literally, it is fine or good)

    

ᎦᏙ ᏕᏣᏙᎠ? (ga-do  de-tsa-do-a?) = What's your name?  (or literally what do they call you?)

   

   

 Speaker 2

  _____ ᏓᏆᏙᎠ (_____ da-qua-do-a)  =  My name is _____. (or literally I am called/they call me)

    

ᏂᎯᎾ? (ni-hi-na) = And you?

     

ᎦᏙ ᏕᏣᏙᎠ? (ga-do  de-tsa-do-a?) = What's your name?  (or literally what do they call you?)

    

     

Speaker 1 

_____ ᏓᏆᏙᎠ (_____ da-qua-do-a)  =  My name is _____. (or literally I am called/they call me)

 

 

2.  Familiarize yourself with Cherokee syllabary and how to pronounce each symbol

Resources for homework:

 

Listen to "how are you" greetings  

Listen to "what is your name" greetings

(Also to hear "what is your name" pronounced by a fluent speaker you can go to: 

http://www.talkingleaf.org/main1.swf  click on Cherokee Tutor, press the arrows through the little presentation, scroll down to PHRASES - Establishing Identity)

 

Listen to fluent speakers using the homework vocabulary and more 

 

Cherokee Syllabary look & listen (click on picture of syllabary chart in the upper left corner)

 

Listen to Cherokee Syllabary song (click on picture of the TV and scroll to syllabary song)

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Chris Molle is in the process of making copies for those of you who requested language resource materials.

AND

On  Tuesday March 12th at 7:00pm our "OFF" Meeting will take place at the Lawrence Indian Methodist Church at  950 E 21st St, Lawrence, KS 66046.  Mr. Andy Girty, valued elder,  fluent Cherokee speaker and Haskell professor has kindly agreed to be a guest teacher for our language group.

I will be cooking and everyone is also invited to bring a healthy dish, fresh fruit or vegetables so we can have a healthy potluck Cherokee language event!

 

ᏩᏙ! (wa-do) =  Thank you!