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Week 16

Friday, April 28, 2023

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Yáa yagyee (today)

Friday, April 28, 2023

Lingít

English

Keijín yagiyee áyá yáa yagyee

This is Friday today

Xʼéig̱aa Kayaaní Dísi

April (month of true plant budding)

tleiḵáa ḵa nasʼgadooshú yaawax̱ée yáa dís

28 days passed this month

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Welcome back!

  • Conversation practice
  • Southern Dialect, continued - Materials by Dzéiwsh (James Crippen)
  • Discussion: Plants

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Converstion Practice

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  • Aaá
  • Wa.é tsú, yakʼéi ix̱wsateení
  • Gunalchéesh

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  • A yáx̱ áwé (itʼs like that)
  • Yéi áwé (thatʼs how it is)
  • Aaá, yagyee kadáan (yes, it is a beautiful day)

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Wa.é ḵu.aa (and you?)

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Southern Dialect

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Class Recording: Guest-Lecture by Dzéiwsh

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Questions

  • How to use chʼa aan
    • chʼa aan ¹ (particle) although; even though; however; nonetheless; yet | there are two particles that create a shift in an argument: « ḵu.aa » makes more of a gradual shift in thinking, and « chʼa aan » is more of an abrubt shift in argument | (KE)
  • chʼu aan vs chʼa aan
    • when to use u/a

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Bessie and Henry Denny

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Place Name notes

Lingít

English

L’éiw ká nóow

fort on the sand

aas gutú aan

city under the big trees

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Unik river

Neix̱.ádi Héeni

a Néix̱.ádi stream

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Discussion

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Questions, comments

  • We will share out class recordings from this class by email
  • Personal projects - email me and we can set up a time to practice and share
  • Last class: Friday, May 26
    • 4 more classes
      • Southern Dialects - Dzéiwsh
      • Plants
      • Personal projects
      • Pronunciation
      • Conversation practice
      • Video transcription and translation

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Interests in Plants

  • Descriptors: the fireweed is tall, the huckleberries are red
  • Plant anatomy words: root, stem, leaf flower
  • Native plants versus imported plants
  • what you do with plants: i harvest, i make
    • verbs: preparation (1st perfective, imperative)
    • picking berries
  • Plants
    • Sʼáxtʼ
    • Xʼéig̱aa kayaaní Dísi
    • Seaweeds - water plants

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Other Questions

  • Future classes
    • we want to continue the strong foundation we are getting in this class
    • maybe a short break and then see if we can continue classes
  • Summer immersion: raspberry patch
  • Parts of putting up fish
    • domain reclamation