Deg xiqi xinatr’iditlghusr Conversational Deg Xinag
Tr’ighedo’: Judith, Sam, Donna, Jesse, Cheryl, Ali
Ade’.
Ndadz dengit’a? Ndagh dhedo? Ni’egh ndadz dixet’a? Dran ndadz dangit’an’?
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Ni’egh Gileg: |
Weather
Song: |
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Ezre qul. Ezre qul. |
Not
cold. |
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Q’uth xelanh. Q’uth
xelanh. |
It’s
cloudy. |
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Tr’al ts’i izre. Tr’al
ts’i izre. |
Not
that cold. |
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Xulegg nixitadhit? |
Spring
is coming. |
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Nelang tol …???? |
I
took moose soup to Rose at the hospital. |
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Q’odhisinek. Check this. |
I
worked. |
We
added to our self introductions.
New
material: We talked about the verb ‘to arrive by walking’ on page 56 of the
verb lesson book, “Deg Xinag axa Nixodhi\ Ts’in’”. Here are the little parts of
the verb. The English is in parentheses.
1.Niso (I arrived) n(arrive) is(me) o(walk)
2.Ningiyo (you arrived) n(arrive) ngi(you) o(walk)
3.Neyo (s/he arrived) n(arrive) ---(s/he) o(walk)
4.Tr’inedatl (we arrived) tr’i(we) n(arrive) datl(walk)
5.Nuxdatl (you guys arrived) n(arrive) ux(you guys) datl(walk)
6.Xinedatl (they arrived) xi(they) n(arrived) datl(walk)
The
–n- at the beginning of a ‘verb of motion’ like ‘swim’ or ‘fly’ means to arrive
in that way. Notice that in #4 and
#6 the –n- is NOT at the beginning of the word.
That’s because tr’i-(we) and xi-(they) ALWAYS come at the beginning
of their verbs. I wonder why?
Practice
with sounds: gh.
Gil dodo iy.
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