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When you come on-line you can say:

(_____Si'ezre') itl'anh.

This is (name).

Greetings:

Ade’.

Hello

Gogide’.

Here I am.?

Ndadz dengit’a?

How are you?

Xe{edz dist’a. 

I’m fine.

Some answers. If you have a different answer, ask for it.

Siyi{ xidija{.

I’m busy.

Xughenatlnix.

I’m tired.

Ngidenax, iy?

How about you?

Ndagh dhedo?

Where are you?

“…dhisdo.”

I’m… (wherever).

Qay xichux Anchorage.
  Holy Cross
   

Ngide chenh.

or Ngidedig.

Your turn.

Now you.

Ngi’egh ndadz dixet’a?

How’s the weather?

I{ yoth.

It’s snowing.

I{ chonh.

It’s raining.

Q’uth xelanh.

It’s cloudy.

No’oy vits’i xedhi\.

The sun is hot.

Xigide’on’.

It’s sunny.

Yo yan’ xelanh.

It’s clear. (Sky only there is.)

122 students ask also:

Dran ndadz dangit’an’?

What did you do today?

Gilegiq gho q’odhisinek.

I worked on papers.

Q’odhisinek. I worked.
Gidina{dikdi nidhiso. I went to school.
Q’ongiditlq’on’. I sewed.
Getiy q’odhisinek. I worked a lot.
Gilegik gileg gho q’odhisinek. I worked on a song book.
Gidina{dikdi ghisdo. I was at school.
   

Q’iydong ndadz dixighet'a?

What was the weather yesterday?

Yi{ ghon dini{ chenh

Half snow and rain.

I{ yoth inisdhinh.

I think it will snow.

 

 

Go deg che yixudz.

Same around here.

 

 

Venhdida’ ditete{? What will you do tomorrow?
Gilegik gho q’otasinek. I will work on papers.
Gidina{dikdi q’otasinek. I will work at school.
   

 

 

 

Introduce yourself. Ask for pronunciations from speakers.

Ndadz ngi’ezre’?

What’s your name?

______________ si’ezre’.

My name is ________________.

Deg Hit’an itl’anh.

I am Deg Hit’an.

Engan hit’an itl’anh.

I am a person from outside.

Deloy Chet xist’anh.  

I am from Holy Cross.

{eggijitno’ xist’anh.   

I am from Shageluk.

Gitr’ingithchagg xist’anh.   

I am from Anvik.

Nits’ini’an ghun’ xist’anh.

I am from New Bonasilla.

Deloy Ges xist’anh.

I am from Anvik. “Simple Hill”

deloy “hill”, ges “simple”

Canada nasyonh. I grew up in Canada.

Xeyeghelinghdi xit’anh.      

I am from Holikachuk (Grayling).

Singonh __________vi’ezre’.

My mother’s name is_______.

_____xit’anh.

She is from_______.

Sito’ _____________vi’ezre’.

My father’s name is________.

_______ xit’anh.

He is from______.

Sitsiy __________ vi’ezre’.

My grandfather’s name is____.

_______ xit’anh.      OR

_____xighela’. 

S/he is from_______. Or

Used to be from________.

Sitse___________ vi’ezre’.

My grandmother’s name is___.

_______ xit’anh.      OR

_____xighela’. 

S/he is from_______. Or

Used to be from________.

Qay xichux xididltthe.

They live in Anchorage.

_____xits’in’ niso.

I came from______.

Gileg                                                   songs

Q’at gileg

Pizza song

Tl’itay t’its chux viq’idz ni{tux xelyoy q’at.

Bread flat big on it mixture put I want. (I’m hungry for? pizza.)

Yith q’idz q’o’idighol gileg

Snow machine song (2 beats on the long vowels [a,o,e] and one beat on the short vowels [i,u].)

Siyotr’a’ (sittha’) yi{ yith q’idz q’o’idighol

With my daughter by snowmachine

dinayi{ q’otidigho{.

With us it’s going.

Dineg Gileg

Moose Song (2 beats on the long vowels [a,o,e] and one beat on the short vowels [i,u].)

Deloy Chet

Holy Cross

sigida{tidl yi{

with my gun

dineg oqo

for moose

siyozr yi{ gits’i’in q’otr’ithidatl.

with my son we walked around.

Closings:

Venhdida’ ninge nagi’e{.

See you tomorrow.

Ninge nagi’e{.

See you.

Yuxini’e nagi’e{.

See you guys.

Agide sroghidz.

That’s good. (Something you’ve done.)

Ntuxda’ che ninge nagi’e{.

See you later.

Gil dodo iy.

That’s enough.

Dixudz inuxdatl.

It’s good you came. (Thank you for coming.)

Ixudzan.

Good-bye.

Goxeyan’ xelanh ts’ixe’at

There’ll be another time, see you (not only now)

Agide yixudz.

That’s all.