PARENT NAMES

Parents--
someone asked me for this and I am posting it--




MOMMY


ᎠᎩᏙᏓ (agitsi) — my mom
ᎩᏂᏙᏓ (ginitsi) — mom of us two
ᎣᎩᏂᏙᏓ (oginitsi) — mom of me and one other (but not you)
ᎢᎩᏙᏓ (igitsi) — our mom (three or more)
ᎣᎩᏙᏓ (ogitsi) — our mom (excluding you)
ᏣᏙᏓ (tsatsi) — your mom
ᏍᏗᏙᏓ (sditsi) — mom of the two of you
ᎢᏥᏙᏓ (itsitsi) — your mom (three or more)
ᎤᏙᏓ (utsi) — his/her mom
ᎤᏂᏙᏓ (unitsi) — their mom
ᎬᏙᏓ (gvtsi) — I am your mom
ᏍᏛᏙᏓ (sdvtsi) — I am your mom (of the two of you)
ᎢᏨᏙᏓ (itsvtsi) — I am your mom (three or more)
ᏥᏙᏓ (tsitsi) — I am his/her mom
ᎦᏥᏙᏓ (gatsitsi) — I am their mom
ᏍᎩᏙᏓ (sgitsi) — you are my mom
ᏍᎩᏂᏙᏓ (sginitsi) — you are our mom (of us two)
ᎢᏍᎩᏙᏓ (isgitsi) — you are our mom (three or more)
ᎯᏙᏓ (hitsi) — you are his/her mom
ᎦᎯᏙᏓ (gahitsi) — you are their mom
ᏣᏙᏓ (tsatsi) — she is your mom



DADDY

ᎠᎩᏙᏓ (agidoda) — my dad
ᎩᏂᏙᏓ (ginidoda) — dad of us two
ᎣᎩᏂᏙᏓ (oginidoda) — dad of me and one other (but not you)
ᎢᎩᏙᏓ (igidoda) — our dad (three or more)
ᎣᎩᏙᏓ (ogidoda) — our dad (excluding you)
ᏣᏙᏓ (tsadoda) — your dad
ᏍᏗᏙᏓ (sdidoda) — dad of the two of you
ᎢᏥᏙᏓ (itsidoda) — your dad (three or more)
ᎤᏙᏓ (udoda) — his/her dad
ᎤᏂᏙᏓ (unidoda) — their dad
ᎬᏙᏓ (gvdoda) — I am your dad
ᏍᏛᏙᏓ (sdvdoda) — I am your dad (of the two of you)
ᎢᏨᏙᏓ (itsvdoda) — I am your dad (three or more)
ᏥᏙᏓ (tsidoda) — I am his/her dad
ᎦᏥᏙᏓ (gatsidoda) — I am their dad
ᏍᎩᏙᏓ (sgidoda) — you are my dad
ᏍᎩᏂᏙᏓ (sginidoda) — you are our dad (of us two)
ᎢᏍᎩᏙᏓ (isgidoda) — you are our dad (three or more)
ᎯᏙᏓ (hidoda) — you are his/her dad
ᎦᎯᏙᏓ (gahidoda) — you are their dad
ᏣᏙᏓ (tsadoda) — he is your dad

Posting by request




MOMMY WORDS


ᎠᎩᏙᏓ (agitsi) — my mom
ᎩᏂᏙᏓ (ginitsi) — mom of us two
ᎣᎩᏂᏙᏓ (oginitsi) — mom of me and one other (but not you)
ᎢᎩᏙᏓ (igitsi) — our mom (three or more)
ᎣᎩᏙᏓ (ogitsi) — our mom (excluding you)
ᏣᏙᏓ (tsatsi) — your mom
ᏍᏗᏙᏓ (sditsi) — mom of the two of you
ᎢᏥᏙᏓ (itsitsi) — your mom (three or more)
ᎤᏙᏓ (utsi) — his/her mom
ᎤᏂᏙᏓ (unitsi) — their mom
ᎬᏙᏓ (gvtsi) — I am your mom
ᏍᏛᏙᏓ (sdvtsi) — I am your mom (of the two of you)
ᎢᏨᏙᏓ (itsvtsi) — I am your mom (three or more)
ᏥᏙᏓ (tsitsi) — I am his/her mom
ᎦᏥᏙᏓ (gatsitsi) — I am their mom
ᏍᎩᏙᏓ (sgitsi) — you are my mom
ᏍᎩᏂᏙᏓ (sginitsi) — you are our mom (of us two)
ᎢᏍᎩᏙᏓ (isgitsi) — you are our mom (three or more)
ᎯᏙᏓ (hitsi) — you are his/her mom
ᎦᎯᏙᏓ (gahitsi) — you are their mom
ᏣᏙᏓ (tsatsi) — she is your mom



DADDY WORDS



ᎠᎩᏙᏓ (agidoda) — my dad
ᎩᏂᏙᏓ (ginidoda) — dad of us two
ᎣᎩᏂᏙᏓ (oginidoda) — dad of me and one other (but not you)
ᎢᎩᏙᏓ (igidoda) — our dad (three or more)
ᎣᎩᏙᏓ (ogidoda) — our dad (excluding you)
ᏣᏙᏓ (tsadoda) — your dad
ᏍᏗᏙᏓ (sdidoda) — dad of the two of you
ᎢᏥᏙᏓ (itsidoda) — your dad (three or more)
ᎤᏙᏓ (udoda) — his/her dad
ᎤᏂᏙᏓ (unidoda) — their dad
ᎬᏙᏓ (gvdoda) — I am your dad
ᏍᏛᏙᏓ (sdvdoda) — I am your dad (of the two of you)
ᎢᏨᏙᏓ (itsvdoda) — I am your dad (three or more)
ᏥᏙᏓ (tsidoda) — I am his/her dad
ᎦᏥᏙᏓ (gatsidoda) — I am their dad
ᏍᎩᏙᏓ (sgidoda) — you are my dad
ᏍᎩᏂᏙᏓ (sginidoda) — you are our dad (of us two)
ᎢᏍᎩᏙᏓ (isgidoda) — you are our dad (three or more)
ᎯᏙᏓ (hidoda) — you are his/her dad
ᎦᎯᏙᏓ (gahidoda) — you are their dad
ᏣᏙᏓ (tsadoda) — he is your dad


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EXTRA:

ᎠᎩᏓᏅᏟ (agidanvtli) — my brother
ᎩᏂᏓᏅᏟ (ginidanvtli) — brother of us two
ᎣᎩᏂᏓᏅᏟ (oginidanvtli) — brother of me and one other (but not you)
ᎢᎩᏓᏅᏟ (igidanvtli) — our brother (three or more)
ᎣᎩᏓᏅᏟ (ogidanvtli) — our brother (excluding you)
ᏣᏓᏅᏟ (tsadanvtli) — your brother
ᏍᏗᏓᏅᏟ (sdidanvtli) — brother of the two of you
ᎢᏥᏓᏅᏟ (itsidanvtli) — your brother (three or more)
ᎤᏓᏅᏟ (udanvtli) — his/her brother
ᎤᏂᏓᏅᏟ (unidanvtli) — their brother
ᎬᏓᏅᏟ (gvdanvtli) — I am your brother
ᏍᏛᏓᏅᏟ (sdvdanvtli) — I am your brother (of the two of you)
ᎢᏨᏓᏅᏟ (itsvdanvtli) — I am your brother (three or more)
ᏥᏓᏅᏟ (tsidanvtli) — I am his/her brother
ᎦᏥᏓᏅᏟ (gatsidanvtli) — I am their brother
ᏍᎩᏓᏅᏟ (sgidanvtli) — you are my brother
ᏍᎩᏂᏓᏅᏟ (sginidanvtli) — you are our brother (of us two)
ᎢᏍᎩᏓᏅᏟ (isgidanvtli) — you are our brother (three or more)
ᎢᏓᎵᏅᏟ / ᎯᏓᏅᏟ (hidanvtli) — you are his/her brother (dialectical difference)
ᎦᎯᏓᏅᏟ (gahidanvtli) — you are their brother
ᏣᏓᏅᏟ (tsadanvtli) — he is your brother
ᎠᎾᏓᏅᏟ (anadanvtli) -our brother (everyone's brother, including me and him)

An oft repeated statement of  Cherokee author and fluent speaker, Prentice Robinson:
"The New Testament remains the basic text of the Cherokee language containing the most nearly complete vocabulary." ~Prentice Robinson
but now, we also have Haggai to study!


Finally!
after decades of silence!


Haggai (In Cherokee!)

Has Cherokee Syllabary, Cherokee /English(Latin) Phonetics AND a handy translation, commentary, and word study!



Is available to purchase!  http://www.amazon.com/HAGGAI-Cherokee-Bible-Project/dp/1512309168/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1432326618&sr=1-1

One way to preserve and spread language use.... Bibles! Old Texts! Old Songs!

access is always free

Who is at fault?

"The increasing scarcity of Native-language speakers has assigned the responsibility of Native language instruction to the school, instead of the home or community. When the Native language teacher is almost the only source of Native language input, and the instruction time allocated to Native language teaching is limited, the learners are not to blame for their limited progress in fluency and accuracy. "

a great quote!

SOURCE:  http://www2.nau.edu/~jar/RIL_5.html  accessed 04/19/2015 11:00 am EST


instead of assigning blame- lets all work to help each other do better!

Change your GMAIL to CHEROKEE

This will not affect the language your email is sent /received in but it will allow you to practice using Cherokee in your GMAIL account for all of the links.

Change your language settings

You can view your Gmail account links and sidebars in the Cherokee language.

Change your language

1. Open Gmail.
2. Click the gear in the top right.
   
3. Select Settings.
4. At the top of the page, select a language from the "Gmail display language" drop-down menu in the "Language" section.  Scroll DOWN to nearly the end (see pic) and select the Cherokee option.
5. Click Save Changes at the bottom of the page.

The Gmail interface will appear in the language of your choice after you click Save Changes. Remember, your Gmail's display language doesn't affect the language in which your messages are sent and received.

NEW Bible for the Cherokee!

Earlier today I posted a WOTD on my linked in/twitter -- that word was BIBLE.
Word of the Day (WOTD) ᏧᎭᎨᏓᎪᏪᎵ [tsuhagedagoweli] {Bible}
I posted it 2 hours ago.
now,
At that time I did NOT know about this project!


But I am EXCITED!!!
Hurrah!


http://www.cherokeephoenix.org/Article/index/8308

song for learning syllabary Come Ye, Disconsolate

arranged so you can test yourself at recognizing where you are in the song


LINK


https://youtu.be/Z7RBnH56mHg




PURPOSE:  Practice reading Cherokee Syllabary
Come, Ye Disconsolate
Scripture: Jeremiah 31:3
Thomas Moore, pub.1816
arr. by Thomas Hastings, pub.1831
TUNE:  Beebe, Walter O. Wilkinson, 1895,
Copyright: Public Domain

Main subject: Invitation
Language:  Cherokee, Eastern Giduwa (Big Cove) dialect
Vocals:   ᏦᎭᎾ ᏣᏑᏰᏓ ᎻᎩᏍ ᏫᏍ

CONTENTS:

Ꭴ Ᏺ Ꭲ Ꮳ Ꮣ Ꮕ Ꮨ Ꮏ Ꮙ Ꭱ Ꮴ Ꮎ, Ꭲ Ꮳ Ꭻ Ᏼ Ꮂ Ꭿ Ꭱ Ꮵ Ꮇ Ꮵ, Ꮎ ᏍᎩ Ꭴ Ꮹ Ꮢ Ꭿ Ᏻ Ꭸ Ꮵ Ꮕ Ꮼ Ꮧ, Ꮒ Ꭶ Ꮫ Ꭴ Ᏺ Ꭲ Ꮳ Ꮣ Ꮕ Ꮫ.


Ꭱ Ꮴ Ꮎ Ꮮ Ꭹ Ᏻ Ꭲ Ꮵ Ꮝ Ꭶ Ꮕ Ꮸ Ꭿ, Ꮵ Ꮜ Ꭶ Ꮆ Ꮑ Ꮫ Ꭱ Ꮵ Ꮇ Ꮵ, Ꭹ Ꭼ Ꭶ Ꮈ Ꮙ Ꮧ Ꭴ Ꭲ Ꮼ Ꮴ Ꮈ Ꭿ, Ꭸ Ꮶ Ꮢ Ꮄ Ꮧ Ꭲ Ꮵ Ꮝ Ꭶ Ꮕ Ꮸ.


u yo i tsa da nv ti hna quo e tse na, i tsa gu yv hv hi e tsi lu tsi, na sgi u wa sv hi yu ge tsi nv wo di, ni ga dv u yo i tsa da nv dv.


e tse na tle gi yu i tsi s ga nv tsv hi, tsi sa ga lo ne dv e tsi lu tsi, gi gv ga lv quo di u i wo tse lv hi, ge tso sv le di i tsi s ga nv tsv.




ORIGINAL ENGLISH VERSION:

Come, ye disconsolate, where’er ye languish,
 Come, at the shrine of God fervently kneel;
 Here bring your wounded hearts; here tell your anguish;
 Earth has no sorrow that heaven cannot heal.
Joy of the desolate, light of the straying,
 Hope when all others die, fadeless and pure;
 Here speaks the Comforter, in God’s name saying,
“Earth has no sorrow that Heaven cannot cure.”
Come, ask the infidel what boon he brings us,
 What charm for aching hearts he can reveal,
 Sweet is that heavenly promise Hope sings us—
“Earth has no sorrow that God cannot heal.”


CHEROKEE TRANSLATION AS SUNG:

1.  Those of you who feel bad, now go;  He paid for you, come to him. that you may come to him alone that you may be healed by him alone all of you who feel bad.


2.  come right away all you sinners, come to Jesus the anointed one.  Blood poured from the beloved one.  He has cleansed you from your sins




DISCONSOLATE
dis·con·so·late /ˌdisˈkäns(ə)lət/
adjective
adjective: disconsolate
meaning:
without consolation or comfort; unhappy.
synonyms:
sad, unhappy, doleful, woebegone, dejected, downcast, downhearted, despondent, dispirited, crestfallen, cast down, depressed, down, disappointed, disheartened, discouraged, demoralized, low-spirited, forlorn, in the doldrums, melancholy, miserable, long-faced, glum, gloomy;


informal


blue, choked, down in/at the mouth, down in the dumps, in a blue funk;


literary
dolorous 

watch at  https://youtu.be/44OPp4FcdaI


water and salt

ᎠᎹ ᏃᎴ ᎠᎹ

A⁠m⁠a⁠ ⁠n⁠o⁠l⁠e⁠ ⁠a⁠m⁠a


duration/tone/pitch-- important!

The right way to speak is to just speak!

ᎤᏛᏅᏃ Ꮭ Ꮩ ᎤᎵᏍᎨᏓ ᏱᎩ ᏚᏳᎪᏛ ᏣᎳᎩ ᏯᏂᏬᏂ ᎾᏍᎩᏊ ᏧᎾᏔᎾᏯ ᏯᏃᎵᎦ ᏗᎬᏩᎾᏟᏃᎮᏓ ᏱᎦ.
“ᏗᏍᎦᏚᎩ ᏚᏙᏢᏒ ᏣᎳᎩ ᎦᏬᏂᎯᏍᏗ ᎨᏒ ᏚᏓᎴᎾᎢ, ᎢᎦᏓ ᏄᏓᎴ ᎾᏅᏁᎰ ᎠᏂᏬᏂᏍᎩ ᎡᎵᏊ ᏄᏓᎴ ᎢᎬᏩᎵᏍᏙᏗ ᎥᎧᏁᎬᎢ. ᎠᏂᏔᎵ ᎠᏂᏴᏫ ᎬᏩᎾᏝᏃᎮᏗ ᏱᎦ ᎠᎴ ᏱᏓᎾᏓᏙᎵᏤᎢ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎣᏏ ᎨᎵᏍᎪ,” ᎠᏗᏍᎬᎢ. [ᏣᎳᎩ ᎠᏰᎵ ᏗᏁᎶᏗᏍᎩ ᎠᎦᏔᎯ Phyllis Edwards ]
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Even if English is your first or primary language, do you speak it perfectly every time?
No! when we converse, we sometimes stammer, stutter, or even mix up words.
We may say things backwards or use the wrong figure of speech; our verb and subject tenses may not match and sometimes our sentences are missing important parts of speech or run on and on (like this one!)


but


we don't stop talking just because we make mistakes.


We should talk- using Cherokee-- even though we are not speaking it perfectly.


Talk.  Use Cherokee.  Don't worry if you get it wrong or forget something.


And you speakers -- thank you for letting us make mistakes without making us feel small.
Thank you speakers for not making fun of us or belittling our attempts.
Thank you speakers for encouraging us and struggling to understand our broken speech.

Thank you for not poking fun at us while we try to learn.


Thank you! (SGI!)
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translation of above quote:


[Phyllis Edwards] said it’s not important that the children always speak proper Cherokee as long as the elder speakers can understand them and there is communication occurring.

“In each community the language is spoken differently, and there’s dialects, and I think it can be wrong. I mean, so long as two people can communicate with each other and understand what is being said, I think that’s fine,” she said. [Cherokee Nation translation specialists Phyllis Edwards]

android KITKAT os and Cheroke font

friends are testing this for android/kitkat OS-- what do you think of it? 


We will post results soon


http://kitkatapk.com/Download_Cherokee-Keyboard-plugin_APK-for-Android

ᏱᏂᎦᎳᏍᏗᏉ .... word study

ᏱᏂᎦᎳᏍᏗᏉ

yi-ni-ga-la-s-di-quo


[yini galsd kwo]


"Anyway"


adverb 


DEFINITIONS:
1. in any case; anyhow; nonetheless; regardless:
Whether you like it or not, I'm going anyway.

 DEFINITIONS:
2. (used to continue or resume the thread of a story or account):
Anyway, we finally found a plumber who could come right over.

Adverb
Meaning:  in any manner, by any means or method, regardless, somehow, nonetheless
Synonyms:
Anyhow, at all, at any rate, ever, however, in any case, in any manner, in any event, nevertheless
More words related to anyway


 anyhow 


adv. by any means
 about 
 any which way 
 anyway 
 around 
 at any rate 
 at random 
 haphazard 
 haphazardly 
 helter-skelter 
 however 
 in any case 
 in any respect 
 in any way 
 in either way 
 in one way or another 
 in whatever way 
 nevertheless 
 random 
 randomly 
 regardless 
 under any circumstances 
 whatever happens 
 willy-nilly


TRY THIS--


Use "anyway" and "Whatever" in your conversations this week- but use the Cherokee form of it!


ᏱᏂᎦᎳᏍᏗᏉ

yi-ni-ga-la-s-di-quo


[yini galsd kwo]


"Anyway"




ᏃᎴ  no le
[ means "and"]




ᎢᏳᏍᏗᏉ 
i yu s di quo


[i yusd kwo]
"whatever"