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Level 1 Students Get High Marks on Final Exam
Jan 13, 2015
Congratulations to all the students in Cherokee NC who passed the Level 1 test with high marks! They have come to class, studied, laughed, and persevered.
Happy New Year -- Ulihelisdi Atse Udetiyvsv'i
Jan 1, 2015
Ulihelisdi = it to be happy
Atse = new
Udetiyvsv'i = it was a year
Udetiyvsv'i is the same word as "He, she, or it had a birthday," meaning in English, that it has been a year.
Ditsaliheligi! = You all be happy!
Ulihelisdi Unadetiyisgv'i -- Merry Christmas
Dec 22, 2014
People who grew up speaking Cherokee say “Merry Christmas” several different ways. This is another phrase that cannot be translated exactly from English to Cherokee.
Some say Tsisa Udetiyisgv’I which means “It was Jesus’ birthday.”
Institute of Native American Studies at UGA Tries Your Grandmother's Cherokee
Dec 12, 2014
Wado, Jace Weaver and the University of Georgia for trying our method. And thanks, Jace, for your good words. Ditsvyalihelitseha--we appreciate you!
"Your Grandmother’s Cherokee™ comes the closest to mirroring how native speakers learn of any language teaching tool I’ve ever seen.
Thanksgiving--Words for Eating
Nov 27, 2014
Some Cherokee words specify whether the action is happening to a solid, liquid, flexible thing, long thing, or living thing. This is another way that Cherokee language differs from English. Talking about eating is very specific.