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Why it matters that I try to figure out the language:

It matters that you try…

It is in the trying that you honor the ones that came before you.

They are why you are here. 

So in the honoring of them, you honor yourself,

And your blood that comes after you.

In Cherokee language, HAPPY is an active verb.  The form of it means that someone is doing an action.  Galieliga = I am happy (right now).  Its meaning also includes the feeling of being thankful.

It’s Snowing –Gutiha

Here in the mountains it has been snowing for several days, as it has throughout the east.  So here are some words for you to use to talk about snow.

“Let’s Run” Using Cherokee Language  “Didadisi” Tsalagi Gawonihisdi Gvdi

Cherokee language includes six different verb roots for running.  Each one can be conjugated into more than 240 forms, using ten persons and twelve tenses, positive and negative.  They include: 

The Cherokee word for warrior, Dahnawa Danatlihi,  literally means “War  They-Are-Running-Place.”  One way to translate that would be “They run to the place of war.” Or you could say, “Where they run is war.”