Deg Xinag-ANL 121                                          Tuesday
Weekly Teleconference Notes                             Nov 14th
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Facilitated this date by Alice Taff
 
Attendant Speakers
Jim Dementi                              Fairbainks
Louise Winkelman                       Fairbanks
Catherine Hamilton                Legg
Jitno’
 
Attendant Language Learners
Jim ‘Xune{’ Kerr                       Qay
Xuchux
Amy Wiita                                Qay Xuchux
Cheryl Demientieff                      Qay Xuchux
Judith Lethin                              Oregon
Beth Leonard                           Fairbanks
Jesse Dementiev                       Huslia 
Malinda Chase                    Gitr’ingithchagg
Melody Deacon                            Gitr’ingithchagg
Stephanie Burgoon                Gitr’ingithchagg
George Holly                      Tsoxtse
Barbara Ross                      Grayling
Sonta Hamilton                          Legg Jitno’
Donna McAlpine                         McGrath
Jeanette Dementi                           Legg Jitno’
Flo Walters                               Grayling
 
Listening & Speaking
Getiy xuliqik!                            It’s
really slippery
 
A-Ndagh dhedo?                            Where are you?
B-_______ dhisdo.                  I
am in _______.
 
____________ si’ezre’.          my name
is________. (__________my name is.)
Si’to’________vi’ezre’.           My father’s name is______. (my
father_______his name is.)
Singonh_____vi’ezre’.             My mother’s name is_____. (my
mother_____her name is.)
____________xist’anh.       I come from_______. (_______ area I
have.)
 
xididltthe, he’?             Are
they there? (There they are, right? [he’=the sound to make a statement into a
question.])
Gidegh nonela iy.               Put
it away.(Away put it there) [t or d in gidegh?]
Telet.                              Be still.
Nda nixinedhit ?            What
time is it?
Ndadz dinal t’anh?          How many people are there?
Ndadz dinal t’ay?            How many are there?
Ngiq’a dhist’a.                  I
like you.(You liking I am)
Viq’a dhisda.                  I
like him.
Go dranh                         Today. (this day)
Che vidile’iy(?)             Sing
it again.
Sidhox diy gidhiq.                   I
am sorry.
 
lek                                   dog
sileg                                my dog (notice the change from
voicless to voiced in the noun stem.)
Xiday sileg, xiday sileg.          where
is my dog.
Sileg k’idz, sileg k’idz          my
little dog.
sileg k’idz ixedhinix           my
little dog is lost.
 
Grammer & Pronunciation
Identifying verbs/verb-stems/areal-prefix
PHRASE                                              VERB           VERB-STEM areal prefix
Getiy xuliqik.                                      Xuliqik        qik               xi-
Juneau xist’anh.                                   xist’anh      -’anh            xi-
Betty n’ Mary Ellen xididltthe he’?          xididltthe     -tthe            xi-
 
of Interest for next week
Donna to send out by e-mail the
words of Xiday Sileg