From:Nancy Thomas To:nlthomas@YvwiiUsdinvnohii.net Subject:CWY Lesson #52 People & Groups - ani Date:Thu, 22 Feb 2001 11:40:18 -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 LAA18081 sender nlthomas@YvwiiUsdinvnohii.net for ; Thu, 22 Feb 2001 11:40:18 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Becky! ver 1.23 X-UIDL: dc28415edcc1b54817cc2c6161bff45b X-Becky-Encoding:2 Cherokee language lessons Home Page: Archive: Message #57 Date: Oct 09 2000 13:44:17 EDT >From: "Cherokee language lessons" Subject: CWY Lesson #52 -- CWY Lesson #52 U-n-do-da-gwo-nv Du-ni-nv-di So-ne-li-ne Ta-li-ga-yv-l hu-de-ti-yv-sa-di-sv-i Monday October 09th 2000 years Students of the Cherokee language: I wanted to let you all know that the lessons have not stopped. I have just been very busy with the Indian Fair and playing Indian Ball. You will start receiving lessons on a regular basis. Thank you for your patience. Bo Taylor Today we are going to learn how Cherokee language deals with people and groups. We are going to learn how to use the pre-nominal prefix (a-ni) which is attached to the root word of a person turning it into a plural or group. Here are some examples: Man a-s-ga-ya Men a-ni + s-ga-ya (root word for man) a-ni-s-ga-ya Woman a-ge-ya women a-ni + ge-ya (root word for woman) a-ni-ge-ya boy a-tsu-tsa boys a-ni + tsu-tsa (root word for boy) a-ni-tsu-tsa girl a-ge-yu-tsa girls a-ni + ge-yu-tsa (root word for girl) a-ni-ge-yu-tsa person a-yv-wi people a-ni + yv-wi (root word for person) a-ni-yv-wi Indian a-yv-wi-ya Note: You will notice that Indian is the same as person except for the (ya) which is attached to the end of the sentence. What the (ya) denotes is principle or original. That is why you will often hear Cherokees called the "Principle People". Indians a-ni + yv-wi-ya (root word for Indian) a-ni-yv-wi-ya White man yv-wi-u-ne-ga yv-wu-ne-g yu-ne-g Conversational form that you are most likely to hear. White people a-ni + yu-ne-ga a-ni-yu-ne-g Black man yv-wi-gv-ni-ge-i yv-wi-gv-ni-ge Black people a-ni + gv-ni-ge-i (black a-ni-gv-ni-ge Note: Notice that the (yv-wi) is absent when you use the plural for black people. .