Your Grandmother's Cherokee

Preserving the Cherokee language, one word at a time.

Native American Man and Woman Eating, 1590. By Theodor de Bry. North Carolina Collection, UNC-Chapel Hill.

Cherokee Soap Opera

On Monday evening, the Cherokee language class made up this story, each person contributing one line.  We call it: Cherokee Soap Opera (in English).  

Asgaya:                       Sgigeyuhasg?

Ageya:                         Vv.  Gvgeyuha. Sgigeyuhasg?

Asgaya:                       Hadi.  Gesdi yi gvgeyuha.

Ageya:                         Cigawi, sgisdela.  Tsiyvnisdi agwaduliha.

Cigawi:                        Gesdi yi tsiyvniha.

Tsvdatsi:                     Tsiyvniha nole Tsalsdoni tsunadasdudi’i dagesi!

Ageya:                         Tsvdatsi, gvgeyuha!

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