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Cherokee 132 | Unit 7: On-Going Activities |7.2.  Grammar 2

 

Grammar 1 :  The dialog focuses on Set A person pronouns.  There are four closely related groups of Set A person pronouns.  The present tense verb –gi'a 'eat a solid food' begins with the consonant g.  It is a Set A c1-stem verb and it takes Set A c1­-stem pronouns in the present tense.  The third person singular pronoun is a- 'she/he' and the first person singular pronoun is tsi- 'I'.  Many of the other pronouns end with i.  The language requires i between the consonant of the pronoun and the consonant of the stem.

Click to listen to hear the table from left to right.

 

tsi-

1A c1-stem

tsigi'a

'I am eating it.'

 

hi-

2A c1-stem

higi'a

'You are eating it.'

a-

3A c1-stem

agi'a

'She is eating it.'
       

osdi-

13Ad c1-stem

osdigi'a

'He and I are eating it.'

ini-

12Ad c1-stem

inigi'a

'You and I are eating it.'

sdi-

2Ad c1-stem

sdigi'a

'You two are eating it.'

 
       

otsi-

13Ap c1-stem

otsigi'a

'They and I are eating it.'

idi-

12Ap c1-stem

idigi'a

'You all and I are eating it.'

itsi-

2Ap c1-stem

itsigi'a

'You all are eating it..'

ani-

3Ap c1-stem

anigi'a

'They are eating it.'


 

 
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