Deg xiqi xinatr’iditlghusr
Conversational Deg Xinag

Summary of 1/30/01 class

 

Go tr’ighedo’: Jimmy, Katherine, Hannah, Amy, Barb, Beth, Cheryl, Flo, George, Xune/, Jesse, Judith, Malinda, Sonta, Alice.

 

We had greetings:

Ade’, Ndadz dengit’a?, Ndagh dhedo? Ni’egh ndadz dixet’a?

 

We added the following new phrases to our responses:

Ezre ngichox.	It’s really cold.
Quth diseloq; imo itlanh.	I had the flu; I was sick.
Ade’ gila.	That’s good.
Ezre xelanh.	It’s cold.
?Xidine tl’ek.	?It’s sting-y cold.
Siyix dhisdo.	I’m at home.

 

 

We practiced the gh sound.  Class members suggested thinking of this sound as: a French goose gargling while it motorcycles. [French r sound. Goose honk. Motorcycle noise. Gargling way in the back of the throat.] And we should practice it a lot.  We practiced with the words:

Ndagh	Where
Sighe’	My tooth

 

We heard a conversation among the speakers.

 

We asked for the following new material:  [? Means I’m not sure of this one.]

Vandhiginix.	I forgot it.
Vantr’ilnix.	They forgot.
Sigisr vandhiginix.	I forgot my mittens.
Ndadz dene ___ deg xiq’i.	How do you say ___ in Deg Xinag?
Gan a diva dene?	What did you say?
Ndada’	When
Natthey	Our grandchildren
?Dinatthey	His grandchild?
Sitthey	My grandchild
?Sitley’a	?(Calling your) grandchild.
One (or on)	Come.

 

Gil dodo iy.

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