Deg xiqi xinatr’iditlghusr Conversational Deg Xinag

Summary of 2/22/01 class

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

Conversation among our speakers.

New material:

Xe\edz donisiyuq.	I got better.
Getiy vixatroth iy.	It’s really hard.
Q’in sighi hol	Some one going ahead.
Q’in sighi edoy	Dog team leader.
Xi’in nithiyo.	I went home.
Getiy diggiquth.	It’s really bad.
Ngi’egh ndadz dixighet'a?	What was the weather like?
Xinathiyonh	They grew up
Nasyonh	I grew up
Ngi’in tengi\.	Throw it away. (Pour liquid away.)
Sichidl	My younger brother
Sidadr	My younger sister
Gi\isnalingh sraqay istanh.	I have 5 children.
Q’edon dhiyiq ghedo’.	Yesterday she stayed home.
Q’edong siyiq ghisdo’.	Yesterday I stayed home.
Eq xelanh siyozr.	A little foggy.
Q’edong got ghisdo’.	I was here yesterday.
Q’edong ____ ghisdo’.	I was (somewhere) yesterday.
Ghi\ chon’.	It rained.

Grammar note: We talked about finding gh in each of the PERFECTIVE (action is completed sort of like ‘past tense’) forms.

We practiced self introductions.

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