Deg xiqi xinatr’iditlghusr
Conversational Deg Xinag
A}ixi antr’ixixidili’anh.
We learn with each other.


Ade' yixudz,

Jim Kari has checked our translations of his high frequency word list and filled in the gaps. Thanks Jim.

High frequency DX words from Jim Kari

 

DX

English

1

  ts'in'

Manner ADVERB, and, in order to, to  negative

2

  yitots'in'

After that, then, next,

3

  yi}ne

S/he said, s/he says to him/her

4

  ne

S/he says

5

  din'ne

S/he said, s}he says thus

6

  tr'in'ne

They say, we say, someone says

7

  ndadz

How/what

8

  gan

what

9

  ndagh

where

10

 yi}

With

11

 xuyi}

With them

12

 ixuxuyi}

All of a sudden, and then, and next

13

 q'i

on

14

 q'idz

on

15

 tux (dran tux)

Among, during (during the day)

16

 xi}dik, xi}di

Then, and then

17

 axaxi}dik

Then, and then

18

 zro

Only, just, plainly

19

 xizro

Only, just

20

 xizro lo chenh

only, maybe, again (hard to translateformulaic in stories, esp by Belle Deacon)

21

 ts'an

so, is that so

22

 xe}edz

good, nicely, well

23

 yixudz

All, entirely

24

 tr'edha

lo, suddenly

25

 antr'a

As if, like

26

 ey'

Yes

27

 He’

Question marker

28

 Yitoyiggi

Then, thereupon

29

 Ngo

While

30

 Yitongo

meanwhile

31

 yan'

Only, alone, just

32

 xuyan'

Only, alone, by oneself

33

 viyan'

No

34

 Tlagg

No good; shabby, dilapidated

35

 Neg

Nice, pretty

36

 Chux

Big

37

 yozr

Child, small, son

38

 long

Many, much, lots

39

 k'idz

Little, small

40

 sughiluq

Dear thing

41

 ghiluq

Poor thing

42

 dadz

This way, thus

43

 yadz

That way

44

 }o

Really, true

45

 yit

There (specific)

46

 yixi

There (area)

47

 deg

This, these, here

48

 go, got

Here

49

 iy

it, 3rd person inanimate

50

 ayiggi, eyiggi

down

51

 anh

he, she, it, that one

52

 idedik

Too, also

53

 che, chenh

Again

54

 tth'e

Still, not yet

55

 ine'

Listener’s expression when hearing stories

56

 da}ine'

But, even so

57

 xidiga}

finally