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Nouns related to bugs.

Part 2 to Cherokee A Class verb bound-pronouns. Introduction to classifying verbs and a basic conjugation of the verb EAT with simple sentences. The bound-pronouns used in this lesson are TSI for I, HI for you, A for he, she, or it, and ANI for they.

A basic collection of simple phrases for making small talk in Cherokee.

Introduction to Cherokee A Class verb bound-pronouns. Basic conjugation of the verb SEE with simple sentences. The bound-pronouns used in this lesson are TSI for I, HI for you, A for he, she, or it, and ANI for they.

Nouns related to birds.

Nouns related to animals.

Nouns related to people.

This is a general review of the material we have had so far. Listen to this review until you understand it well.

Adjectives also take bound pronouns. Therefore, they can be more complicated but they can also be more expressive. Most of the adjectives here begin with a vowel, which can be understood as being a bound pronoun for he, she, or it. Therefore uwoduhi beautiful, literally means he, she, or it is beautiful. The u at the beginning represents the third person singular bound pronoun. We will learn more about bound pronouns when we begin working with verbs. For more information on adjectives please visit www.culturev.com/cherokee/adj.html.

A review of the introduction to basic Cherokee greetings and simple questions.

An introduction to basic Cherokee nouns with simple questions and answers.Most nouns can be roughly understood to carry the idea of a or the. Many nouns, especially animals and plants, only have one form and do not differentiate between singular and plural. Ie. deer, fish, etc. We will talk more about plural forms later.

A review of the introduction to basic Cherokee Nouns 1 with Simple Questions and Answers.

Cherokee uses question markers to form questions, it is not done by inflexion like in European languages, more like Asian languages where a word is added to vocalize the fact that it is in deed a question. The basic same thing happens when forming questions in Cherokee, however the question marker is generally attached to the first word in the sentence. There are several different question markers, you have already learned one form in the question how are you dohitsu, osigwotsu the question marker here is tsu. Now, we will learn two more; s and sgo. These are commonly used to form questions. For more information on forming questions please visit www.culturev.com/cherokee/questions.html

An introduction to basic Cherokee greetings and simple questions. There are some differences between the Eastern and Western dialects. Most differences are more regional speaking habits and easy to differentiate. You will hear some greetings from the East and the West, but all are understood by fluent speakers.