Deg xiqi xinatr’iditlghusr Conversational Deg Xinag

summary of 2/6/01 class

 

 

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

 

Conversation among speakers.

 

We worked on the DH sound. Remember that DH is ONE sound, the same sound as English TH in THat, THis, THem, THose, eiTHer… We don’t say T-Hat in English and we don’t say D-Hisdo in Deg Xinag.

 

We checked the following:

Sitthey e’odz nine\tayh.

Bring me my grandchild.

Dinatthey

His grandchild?

Sitley’a

(Calling your) Grandchild.

Xidine tl’ek.

It’s sting-y cold.

 

We worked on self introductions.

 

We sang this weather song using today’s weather.

Gileg:

Song:

I/ yoth

It’s snowing.

I/ yoth

It’s snowing.

Xidey tr’iyh.

It’s windy.

Xidey tr’iyh.

It’s windy.

Eq xelanh.

It’s foggy.

Eq xelanh.

It’s foggy.

Xiyh nixinedhit.

Winter has come.

 

Gil dodo iy.

 

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