Deg xiqi xinatr’iditlghusr Conversational Deg Xinag
Chenh da’ 11/06/01 class
A\ixi antr’ixixidili’anh. We learn with each other.
Greetings:
Ade’. [Hello]
Ndadz dengit’a? [How are you?]
Ngidenax? [And you?]
Ndagh dhedo? [Where are you?] answer: “…dhisdo.”
Q’iydong ndagh ghingdo’? [Where were you yesterday?] “ …ghisdo.”
Venhdida’ ndagh tedo\? [Where will you be tomorrow?] “…tasdo\” [I will be in…]
Ni’egh ndadz dixet’a?[How’s the weather?]
Q'iydong ndadz dixighet'a'? [What was the weather yesterday?]
Dran ndadz dangit’an’? [What did you do today?]
Ndadz ditet’e\. [What are you going to do tomorrow?] Find out the future form of the verb that you want. …q’otasineyh [I’ll be working at ....]
Conversation between speakers:
QUESTIONS:
(Xitsi taso\ siyi\ gitigho\ togho\) |
I went there (by car). |
Nganh q’idz go’edaghol siyi\ togho\??. |
I went by car. |
Si’otr diliquth. |
My daughter is coughing? |
Q’idong I\ or ghi\ yoth? |
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What masks? |
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Nobody |
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Soghi\ de’on. tsighi\ ye'on' in stem list. |
It’s dark. |
Tthoggiy yi’idighon hiy dhidlodi |
Museum old time made stuff |
Ting xuliqik. (l or /?) |
(trail) The roads are slippery. |
xu+\+qik be slippery xu\qik it is slippery qik smooth, *slippery dithitl'en qig silk, *rayon |
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It was cloudy. |
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Gilegik dhidlodi (Ts’an, he’?) |
library |
Gan tr’idighine’ (Ts’an, he’?) |
what we said (summary) |
GRAMMAR:
Sits’i da’on(This is a verb!) |
S/he’s my friend , my relation |
P+ts’i d+0+'on |
‘be friend, relative to P’ |
sits'i dingi'o |
‘you're my friend’ |
ni\ts'i da'on |
‘friends, relatives’ |
REVIEW:
‘Isda’ nididong ningiyo’. (glottal stop at end of ningiyo’?) |
My cousin when did you come? Men to men |
Ughuda nididong ningiyo’. (Do we need to start with possessive person prefix as suggested below?) -ughuda' = cousin (male or female) -ughuda' yozr = female cousin (respectful) -ghuda' = (woman's) *sister-in-law |
My cousin when did you come Women to women? |
Yixudz ditr’atone\. |
Let’s all say it.(In this list I’ll try to note which phrases we practice around with.) |
PHRASES we use this class:
Ni’egh Gileg: |
Weather Song: |
Xiyts’in’ nixinedhit. |
Falltime has come. |
A\ixi antr’ixixidili’anh. We learn with each other.
Dixudz inuxdatl. Gilixudz iy. Chenh ditral iy. Gil ixudz iy. Gil dodo iy.