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Cherokee language lessons Home Page: Archive: Message #3 

Date: Apr 25 2000 13:52:20 EDT 
>From: "Cherokee language lessons" <botaylor@cherokeemuseum.org> 
Subject: CWY Lesson #1 Greeting Lesson 


CWY Lesson #1  Greeting Lesson

The Cherokee word for hello is Si-yo.  

Remember that the (s) needs to be sounded out with the (sh) sound. In
order for you to be able to sound out the words, I have taken the liberty
to put dashes in between each syllabary character sound. Remember the
words must not be spoken in segments, but they must flow.  Cherokee is
known for its melodic sound.

Here are some other ways that you may hear hello:
Si-yu  Big Cove
O-si-yo Oklahoma (Oklahoma dialect does not have the (sh) sound).

Siyo is the word to start your basic greeting.  You will then ask the
person that you are greeting O-si-gwo-tsu.  "How are you doing?" 

Here are some other ways that you will hear, "How are you doing?":

Ha-yo-la-da-tsu   Giduwa dialect
Hayoldatsu (conversational form) Note: the absence of the (a) in (la).

To-hi-gwo-tsu  Oklahoma or western dialect.
Tohitsu (conversational form) 

Note: in the western dialect the (ts) is often sounded out with a (j)
sound.

We will finish the greeting in our next lesson.



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