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Lesson 3 of 10
Yes, no and the essentials in Cherokee
The small words that carry half of every conversation, and the ones that rescue it. Play the ten Cherokee words against the clock, with a note on how locals really use each one after every answer. All ten are written out below.
All 10 Cherokee phrases in this lesson
- α₯α₯uh-UH
- Yes
- α₯αuh-TLAH
- No
- α£ααOHS-da
- Okay
- α α±αͺα΅α¦tlah yee-goh-LEE-gah
- I don't understand
- α²αα¦ α―α¬ααα©?yoh-NAY-gah hee-woh-NEES-gee
- Do you speak English?
- α αα ααah-SEE-kway HAH-dah
- Can you repeat that?
- α€αα¦αα΅ α―α¬αα―oo-sgah-NOH-lee hee-woh-NEE-hee
- Slowly, please
- α¦α α―α ?GAH-doh HEE-ah
- What is this?
- ...α α©αα¬α¦ah-gee-nee-GUH-gah
- I need...
- αα©αααΈ?sgees-DAY-luh
- Can you help me?
A nasal "uh" said twice.
Short α (tlah) alone also means no.
Literally "good", used to agree.
Literally "I don't understand it".
α²αα¦ (yoh-NAY-gah) means English, from the word for white. All Cherokee speakers today also speak English.
Literally "say it again".
Literally "speak slowly".
Literally "what this?".
Literally "I am lacking ...".
Literally "help me?".