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Lesson 9 of 10
Time and days in Cherokee
Now, later, tomorrow, what time it opens and one moment please. 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
- αͺα―GOH-hee
- Now
- αͺα―α΄α’goh-hee-YUH-ee
- Later
- αͺα― α’α¦GOH-hee ee-GAH
- Today
- ααΎα΄α’soo-nah-LAY-ee
- Tomorrow
- αͺα― α€αα―GOH-hee oo-SUH-hee
- Tonight
- α―α³αͺ?hee-LAH-guh
- When?
- α―α³αͺ α€ααα’αα?hee-LAH-guh oo-sdoo-EES-dee
- What time does it open?
- ααΈα’SEE-luh-ee
- One moment, please
- α’α―αα¬ααα α―ee-yah-tah-wohs-dah-NUH-hee
- Minutes
- α’α³αͺα ααee-yoo-way-NUHS-dee
- Hours
Also means "this": αͺα― α’α¦ (GOH-hee ee-GAH), today, is literally "this day".
Literally "after a while".
Also the word for morning.
Literally "this night".
Literally "when will it be opened?".
Literally "wait a moment".
From the word for holding one's breath, a breath's length of time.