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Char-Koosta Language Lesson

 

December 28, 2006 lesson

Practice
i üaì - It is hot.
i üaì säisäs - The chicken is hot.
i nüaìçàeÛ - It is hot inside.
i ñept - It is slow.
i ân ñept - I am slow.
i ä ñept - You are slow.
i üaì ã ãolsqeÛ - It is hot outside.
i üaì êe äes åæsncuti - Its hot when you are cooking.
i ñept çu isäisäs - My chicken is slow.
i ñept çu asnïoïawistn - Your sled is slow.
   

çäänumeÛ citö - The house is small.
çäämeçö - Its a small house.
çäänumeÛ - It is small.

 
       
       
  ...eçö is a suffix that indicates a lodge, house, building or structure of somekind. Depending on the root word it can also be used as "...ç". Below are some examples using this suffix. n...aqs is a circumfix that indicates road or nose. The context of the conversation determines if it is road or nose. Depending on the root word it can also be used as "n...qs". Below are some examples using this circumfix.  
  usñneçö - It is a long house .
çäämeçö - Its a small house.
îinçö - It is green house.
nusñnaqs - It is a long road .
nçäämaqs - Its a small road.
ntøaqs - It is straight road.
 
       
 
 
 
   
       

 

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