Deg xiqi xinatr’iditlghusr Conversational Deg Xinag
Chenh da’ 11/21/01 class
A\ixi antr’ixixidili’anh. We learn with each other.
Greetings:
Ade’. [Hello]
Ndadz dengit’a? [How are you?]
Ngidenax? [And you?]
Ndagh dhedo? [Where are you?] answer: “…dhisdo.”
Q’iydong ndagh ghingdo’? [Where were you yesterday?] “ …ghisdo’.”
Venhdida’ ndagh tedo\? [Where will you be tomorrow?] “…tasdo\” [I will be in…]
Ni’egh ndadz dixet’a?[How’s the weather?]
Q'iydong ndadz dixighet'a'? [What was the weather yesterday?]
Dran ndadz dangit’an’? [What did you do today?]
Ndadz ditet’e\. [What are you going to do tomorrow?] Find out the future form of the verb that you want. …q’otasineyh [I’ll be working at ....]
Ngide chenh.
Conversation among speakers:
Xidingi\qat. Ask it. [Questions]
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Xanuxlighan. |
You guys don’t forget. Why is stem –ghan? |
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Gilegik dhidlodi (Ts’an, he’?) |
library |
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Gan tr’idighine’ (Ts’an, he’?) |
what we said (summary) |
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Xina xatidlghisrdi |
Meeting place. |
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Xinaxedil |
What does this mean? |
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Xina xatidlghisrdi xits’in tasdo\. |
I’ll go to the meeting tomorrow. |
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Venhdida’ q’agh ntasdo\. [What’s the middle word?] |
I’ll come back tomorrow. |
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Q’odhisineyh dixiq’idz ist’anh? [Ts’an, he?] |
I was pretending to work. |
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Q’untogh niso. |
I came back by plane? |
GRAMMAR:
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Xigide’on’. Xigidighe’on’. Xigaxi’on’. |
What do these mean? What are the present, perfective and future markers? |
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Xanuxlighan. |
You guys don’t forget. What is the ‘you guys’ marker? |
Yixudz ditr’atone\ .Let’s all say it.(In this list I’ll try to note which phrases we practice around with.)
PHRASES we use this class:
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Ni’egh Gileg: |
Weather Song: |
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Xiyts’in’ nixinedhit. |
Falltime has come. |
A\ixi antr’ixixidili’anh. We learn with each other.
Dixudz inuxdatl. Gilixudz iy. Chenh ditr’al iy. Gil ixudz iy. Gil dodo iy.