April 2 "on" meeting review + schedule change

 

Thank you all for a wonderful language group meeting on Tuesday night!  Below is a review of the lesson with pronunciation links. 

Also, for our next "off" meeting we will not meet on the 9th of April, but will instead meet up on April 7th from 4pm-5:30ish at the Kansas City Indian Center for Cherokee Language Video Night 

Bring your a-na-ta-s-gi-s-gi (popcorn) if you like.  We will be watching a series of Cherokee language animations and videos :)
 
Some vocabulary words: 

Pronunciation can be found at the Cherokee Nation website WORDLIST by entering in the English  
v-v = yes
tla or v-tla= no
ga-s-gi-lo = chair

di-ga-s-gi-lo= chairs

ga-s-gi-lv = table
di-ga-s-gi-lv = tables
go-we-li = paper
di-go-we-li = books
1 = sa-quu
2 = ta-li
3 = tso-i
4 = nv-gi
5 = hi-s-gi
6 = su-da-li
7 = ga-li-quo-gi
8 = tsu-ne-la
9 = so-ne-la
10 = s-go-hi

And our on-going dialogue :):
Pronunciation for the first few phrases can be heard during this dialogue: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9q95PdJCY-4&feature=share&list=UUxGCWIMpAgE-IpmiMGixLMQ
Pronunciation of the questions can be found on this website by going to the Cherokee Tutor link, watching the short intro and then looking for phrases underneath the questions and conversations categories: http://www.talkingleaf.org/

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
Ha-wa = okay

Ga-do du-do-a = What is he/she/it 's name? (or literally what do they call that other one)

Speaker1
Fred du-do-a = He/she/it's name is Fred. 
Speaker 2
Ga-do  u-s-di  hi-a? = What is this?

Speaker 1
Hi-a  ga-s-gi-lo = This is a chair

Speaker 2

Ga-do ha-dv-ne? = What are you doing

Speaker 1

A-quo-tla = I am sitting

Ni-hi-na? = and you?

Speaker 2

Tsi-do-ga= I am standing

Speaker1
Ha-wa = okay
Do-na-da-go-hv-i = See you later (or literally you and I will see each other again)
or
Do-da-da-go-hv-i = See you all later (or literally we will all will see each other again)
 
Speaker 2
Do-na-da-go-hv-i = See you later (or literally you and I will see each other again)orDo-da-da-go-hv-i = See you all later (or literally we will all will see each other again)