From:Nancy Thomas To:nlthomas@YvwiiUsdinvnohii.net Subject:CWY #71 Calendar Lesson Date:Thu, 22 Feb 2001 11:40:47 -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 LAA18128 sender nlthomas@YvwiiUsdinvnohii.net for ; Thu, 22 Feb 2001 11:40:47 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Becky! ver 1.23 X-UIDL: 56468984df5d8b633e9227fb8282c997 X-Becky-Encoding:2 Cherokee language lessons Home Page: Archive: Message #71 Date: Jan 03 2001 15:04:13 EST >From: "Cherokee language lessons" Subject: CWY #71 Calendar Lesson -- Calendar Lesson Du-no-lv-ta-ni tso-i-ne ta-li-ga-yv-l so-gwo hu-de-ti-yv-sa-di-sv-i. January 3rd 2000 + 1 years Today I want to teach you the words and phrases that are used with the calendar. In the Cherokee mentality the cycles of the moon are very important and in actuality the Cherokee word for calendar translates in to moon counter. These moon cycles play a major role for certain religious rites, such as going to water on the new moon. Try to integrate these terms onto your personal calander. Calendar or moon counter Nv-do di-se-s-di Moon counter Quarter moon Gi-nu-di i-ka-da nv-do Formal Gi-nu-d i-ka-d nv-do Convsational quarter size moon Half moon A-ye-hli i-ka-da nv-do Formal A-ye-hl i-ka-d nv-do Convsational half size moon Three quarter moon Tso-i gi-nu-di i-ka-da nv-do Formal Tso gi-nu-di i-ka-d nv-do Convsational three quarter size moon Full moon Ka-li i-ka-da nv-do Formal Ka-li i-ka-d nv-do Convsational three quarter size moon Note: You can also leave out the word (I-ka-da) which signifies that you are talking about the size. Dark moon U-li-si-gi nv-do Formal U-l-si-g nv-do Conversational Dark moon New Moon or little moon Nv-do u-s-di-a Events for Du-no-lv-ta-ni. Martin Luther King jr. Birthday Ma-ta-ni Lu-di U-gv-wi-yu-hi ta-li-ne-i hu-de-ti-yi-s-gv-i Ma-ta-n Lu-di U-gv-wi-yu ta-li-ne hu-de-ti-yi-s-gv-i Martin Luther King the second his birthday Word of the day. Ground hog o-ga-na Formal o-ga-n Conversational That ground hog is fat. S-gi-na o-ga-na ga-li-tso-hi-da S-gi-na o-ga-n ga-l-tso-hi-d That ground hog he is fat *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. .