Cherokee Sentence Construction - Questions

Forming A Question In Cherokee

Using Question Words

do iyusdi hia? What is this?

kago iyusdi asgaya? Who is this man?

do adti "dog"? How do you say "dog"?

kagiyusdi gawoniha? Who is it speaking?

hvgaiga tsaduliha? How much do you want?

do iyusdi uduliha? Which does he want?

gatsv wigti? Where are you going?

gatsv hehi? Where do you live?

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Using Question Suffixes

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tsalagisgo hiwoniha?
Do you speak Cherokee?

osigwotsu?
How are you?

sdadulihasgo gadu?
Do you two want bread?

hiasgo gasgilo?
Is this a chair?

osisgo nitsiwi?
Did I say that right?

yunegvge?
Is it white?

golgas tsalagi?
Does he understand Cherokee?

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Vocablary asgaya - a man
hia - this
uduliha - s/he wants it
tsaduliha - you (singular) want it
gadu - bread
gasgilo - a chair
wigti - you (singular) are going (away from speaker)
hehi - you (singular) live
osi - good, right
nitsiwi - I said