More Words And Phrases Cherokee ( Eastern Band )

[David White Hawk Administrator]

and = ale..
and above all = nigadv kaliwohi
and also = ale utloyasdi
and also = ulenu
and assure you = gvyoidaneha
and assure you that = gvyoidane nasgi
and examined = ale atsigoliyedv
and forward = ale anigisdodi
and have been = ale nulistanv
and have taken = ale agigisv
and (hno - suffixed) = ale
and (hno if suffixed) = ale
and hope you have receiv...ed = aquohiyu tsagisv
and i am = ale ayv
and i am glad = ale galieliga
and i am glad to say = ayv galieliga tsinegv
and i am pleased = ale degadanilvga
and i am pleased to say = ayv galieliga tsinitsiwea
and i assure you = ale ayv gvyoidaneha
and i have = ale agiha
and i was = ale ayv gesv
and i will expect = ale udugi aquvsesdi
and in reply = ale aquohiliyvsv
and in reply will say = hia nidatsiwesi gawoiliyvsgv
and in reply will state = ale datsineistani gawohiliyvsv
and in reply would like = ale gawoiliyvsv dvquadulvhi
and noted = ale gowelanvhi
and oblige = ale adalihelitesedi
and, or, but = ale
and return = ale nidayutsvda
and (see also or, but)  = ale
and shall be = ale nidagalistani
and shall be glad = ale degalielitsi
and shall be glad to have = ale dagalielitsi agvi
and then = nogwule
and which certainly = ale tsinudohiyu
and which may = ale yinvgalisda
and will be credited = ale ayosdodi atsitugv
and will be governed = ale asdawadvsdi
and will be guided = ale asdawadisesdi
and you? = nee nah
and you = nihina
and you? = nihina, nihinahv
Me/I=a yv  (ah yuh)
You=nihi  (nee hee)
 
We=i tsu la  (ee jew lah)
 
Man=a s ga ya  (ah sgah yah)
 
...Woman=a ge yv  (ah gay hyuh) (hhh sound in there)
 
Offspring(my)=a que tsi  (ah kway jee)
 
Son/Boy=a tsu tsa  (ah jew/chew jah/chah)
 
Son(my)=a tsu tsa * a que tsi
(ah jew/chew  jaw/chah * ah kway jee)
 
Girl=a ge yv tsa   (ah gay yuh jaw/chaw)
Daughter=u we tsi  a ge yv (oo way jee * ah gay yuh)
 
Child=a yo tli (ah yoe htlee)
Children=di ni yo tli (dee nee yoe htlee) (hhh sound in there)
 
Aunt=e lo gi  (ay lo gee)
Uncle=e du tsi  (ay doo jee)
 
Father=e do da  (ay doe dah)
Father(my)  a gi do da  (ah gee do dah)
 
Mother=e tsi  (ay jee)
Mother(my)=u tsi (oo jee)
 
Grandfather=e du da  (ay doo dah)
 
Grandmother=e li si (ay lee see)
 
Chief=u gv wi yu hi  (oo guh wee yoo hee)
 
Ouch!=a yo  (ah yoe)
 
Energy= nu li ni gv gv  (noo lee nee guh guh)
 
Medicine=nv wo ti  (nuh woe tee)
 
Happy=a li he li sdi  (ah lee hay lee sdee)
 
Welcome=u li he li sdi  (oo lee hay lee sdee)
 
Welcome=tsi lu gi  (jee loo gee)
 
I welcome you=de gv da ni lv gi  (day guh dah nee luh gee)
 
You are welcome=gv li e li ga  (guh lee ay lee gah)
 
Ok/Alright=howa  (hoe wa)
 
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More=u tli i ga i  (oo htlee ee gah ee) (hhh sound in there)
 
Later=o ni ya ge s do di  (oh nee yah gay sdo dee)
Nigadv osiyo,,,tohitsu kohiiga
Uha uwoduhi iga ?
 
nigadv=everyone/all (nee gah duh)
osiyo/siyo=hello (oh see yo/see yo)
t/dohitsu=how are you (t/doe hee jew)
uha=have (oo hah)
kohiiga=today/this day (ko hee ee gah)
iga=day (ee gah)
 
Hello everyone,,,how are you ?
Have a beautiful day :)
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Note: we place the subject first in a sentence.
Examp: My name is Mandie,,in Tsalagi, it is, Mandie is my name.
 
Like this,,,Mandie daquadoa
 
daquadoa=my name is (dah quah doe ah)

[cynthia Griffin]

I have a question. My son and I are learning to speak tsalagi and we were taught the eastern band way to say hello is Siyu. Is this correct?

[David White Hawk Administrator]

Hello = Osiyo O-See-O
Thank you = Sgi Ski

[cynthia Griffin]

We have been watching utube videos. There's a man that goes by the name chief moon wolf and he's been teaching how to speak eastern band Cherokee and he said Siyu was how you said hello.

[David White Hawk Administrator]

We say Osiyo

[cynthia Griffin]

Sgi David.