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Lesson 8 of 10
Getting around in Cherokee
Left, right, the station, one ticket, where is the toilet. 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
- αα’ αα― α€αΎα¨αα α±α©?HAH-tluh DOH-yah oo-nah-JUHS-dee YEE-gee
- Where is the toilet?
- αα’ α’αα’...?HAH-tluh ee-DEE-tluh
- How do I get to...?
- α α¦αα¦αah-gahs-GAH-nee
- To the left
- α α¦ααah-gah-TEE-see
- To the right
- α₯α³αͺαjee-yoo-GOH-dee
- Straight ahead
- α αAH-nee
- Here
- α α₯α³ ααα΄α·ah-JEE-lah dah-kwah-LAY-loo
- Train station
- Busbus
- Bus
- AirportAIR-port
- Airport
- One ticket, pleasewun TIK-it pleez
- One ticket, please
Literally "where is the place people go?".
Literally "which direction ...?".
Directions in Cherokee country also come as landmarks: the creek, the store, the church.
The directional word for straight.
Literally "fire wagon", the old word for a train.
Said in English. Rural Cherokee country has few buses; people drive.
Said in English. An airplane is α₯α³ (JEE-yoo), the same word as a canoe.
Said in English.