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Cherokee 132 | Unit 7: On-Going Activities

Grammar: The dialog focuses on Set A person pronouns. There are four closely related groups of Set A person pronouns. The present tense verb –advneha 'doing' begins with an a. It is a Set A a-stem verb and it takes Set A a-stem pronouns. Recall from Unit 6, if the first person begins with ga- and the third person form begins with a-, then the verb is a Set A a-stem verb. –advne 'do' is used when asking about an on-going activity:

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g- 1A a-stem Gedo gadvneha? What am I doing?		h- 2A a-stem Gedo hadvneha? What are you doing?	a- 3A a-stem Gedo advneha? What is he doing?

osd- 13Ad a-stem Gedo osdadvneha? What are she and I doing?	in- 12Ad a-stem Gedo inadvneha? What are you and I doing?	sd- 2Ad a-stem Gedo sdadvneha? What are you two doing?

ots- 13Ap a-stem Gedo otsadvneha? What are they and I doing?	id- 12Ap a-stem Gedo idadvneha?' What are you all and I doing?	its- 2Ap a-stem Gedo itsadvneha? What are you all doing?	an- 3Ap a-stem Gedo anadvneha? What are they doing?