From:Nancy Thomas <nlthomas@YvwiiUsdinvnohii.net>
To:nlthomas@YvwiiUsdinvnohii.net
Subject:CWY Lesson #4
Date:Thu, 22 Feb 2001 11:38:07 -0800
X-Priority:3
Status:R
Received: from default (d47.as1.alpe.mi.voyager.net [216.93.53.240]) by YvwiiUsdinvnohii.net (8.9.3) with SMTP id LAA17837 sender nlthomas@YvwiiUsdinvnohii.net for <nlthomas@YvwiiUsdinvnohii.net>; Thu, 22 Feb 2001 11:38:07 -0800
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
X-Mailer: Becky! ver 1.23
X-UIDL: 19a0d3f79431dfd1d0782efb15168d77
X-Becky-Encoding:2

Cherokee language lessons Home Page: Archive: Message #6 

Date: Apr 28 2000 16:50:59 EDT 
>From: "Cherokee language lessons" <botaylor@cherokeemuseum.org> 
Subject: CWY Lesson #4 
--

CWY Lesson #4  

Today we are going to learn simple phrase (Ha-gwa-du-li-ha) which
translates into "I want".  This word is also in the present tense or it is
happening right now.  Here are some variations of the word "I want."

Ha-gwa-du-li-ha         Big Cove or Giduwah dialect
Ha-gwa-du-li    Conversational

A-gwa-du-li-ha  Giduwah dialect
A-gwa-du-li             Conversational

I am going to give you some sentences using (Ha-gwa-du-li) along with a
few Cherokee nouns.  Play close attention to the sentence structure, the
noun usually goes first in the sentence followed by the verb.

I want milk. (Literal translation- milk I want.)
U-nv-di   ha-gwa-du-li

I want bread. (Literal translation- bread I want.)
Ga-du   ha-gwa-du-li

I want water. (Literal translation- water I want.)
A-ma   ha-gwa-du-li

*Note do not pause in the middle as you a-ma.  If you emphasize the (a) in
(a-ma) the meaning changes to salt.  If you see a colon (:) following a
vowel, this indicates that you hold or lengthen the sound of the vowel.
For example:

I want salt. (Literal translation- salt I want.)
A:ma   ha-gwa-du-li


FOR ALL SUBSCRIBERS TO THE CHEROKEE LESSONS 
I want to say (sgi) for your patience.  If you are trying to get back
lessons please go through the steps below to get all back lessons.  I
would also recommend that everyone get a Cherokee syllabary chart.  This
chart will help you learn the phonetic system that I am using, but you
will also get a chance to practice writing in Cherokee.

*For new members-If you have just started receiving lessons you can go to
http://www.listbot.com, click List Subscribers and enter your member
information, click (View List Archives), click (Cherokee Language Lessons)
and choose the back lesson that you need.



.