Forming Nouns In Cherokee.
Active nouns express something that is like a trait and not something that can be possessed . Consider the verb "ser" in Spanish.
(see: Passive Nouns)
Root noun beginning in consonant
yvwiya - Indian
ᏥᏴᏫᎭ - tsi-yvwiya - I am an Indian.
ᎯᏴᏫᏯ - hi-yvwiya - you are an Indian.
ᎠᏴᏫᏯ - a-yvwiya - he/she is an Indian.
ᎢᏂᏴᏫᏯ - ini-yvwiya - we are Indians.
ᏍᏗᏴᏫᏯ - sdi-yvwiya - you two are Indians.
ᎣᏍᏗᏴᏫᏯ - osdi-yvwiya - we two (not you) are Indians.
ᎢᏗᏴᏫᏯ - idi-yvwiya - we (including you) are all Indians.
ᎣᏥᏴᏫᏯ - otsi-yvwiya - we (not you) are all Indians.
ᎢᏥᏴᏫᏯ - itsi-yvwiya - you are all Indians.
ᎠᏂᏴᏫᏯ - ani-yvwiya - they are Indians.
ᏥᏣᎳᎩ - tsi-tsalagi - I am Cherokee
ᎯᏣᎳᎩ - hi-tsalagi - you are Cherokee
ᎠᏣᎳᎩ - a-tsalagi - he is Cherokee
ᎢᏂᏣᎳᎩ - ini-tsalagi - we are Cherokee
ᏍᏗᏣᎳᎩ - sdi-tsalagi - you two are Cherokee
ᎣᏍᏗᏣᎳᎩ - osdi-tsalagi - we two (excluding you) are Cherokee
ᎢᏗᏣᎳᎩ - idi-tsalagi - we all are Cherokee
ᎣᏥᏣᎳᎩ - otsi-tsalagi - we (excluding you) are Cherokee
ᎢᏥᏣᎳᎩ - itsi-tsalagi - you all are Cherokee
ᎠᏂᏣᎳᎩ - ani-tsalagi - they are Cherokee
ᎦᏔ - g-ata - I am a teenage girl.
ᎭᏔ - h-ata - you are a teenage girl.
ᎠᏔ - ata - she is a teenage girl.
ᎢᎾᏔ - in-ata - we are teenage girls.
ᏍᏓᏔ - sd-ata - you two are teenage girls.
ᎣᏍᏓᏔ - osd-ata - we two (not you) are teenage girls.
ᎢᏓᏔ - id-ata - we (including you) are all teenage girls.
ᎣᏣᏔ - ots-ata - we (not you) are all teenage girls.
ᎢᏣᏔ - its-ata - you are all teenage girls.
ᎠᎾᏔ - an-ata - they are all teenage girls.