Vocabulary
ᎠᏂᏃᎭᎵᏙᎮ - they were hunting, (reportative).
ᎠᏫ - deer
ᏚᏂᏲᎮ - they were looking for them, I was told.
ᎦᎶᏇ - a gun
ᎦᏁᎮ - he had it (a long object), (reportative)
ᏐᎢᏅ (ᏐᎢᏃ) - and the other
ᎾᏅ - and that [one who]
ᎦᏁᎯ - he who had it (the long object)
ᎤᏢᏈᏌᏘ - he to brag
ᎨᏎ - was, (reportative)
ᎪᎱᏍᏗ - something
ᏳᏛᏁᎳ - when he did it
ᎠᏢᏈᏍᎨ - he bragged, (reportative)
ᎠᎾᎢᏒᏅ (ᎠᎾᎢᏒᏃ)- they were walking and
ᏭᏂᎪᎮ - they saw it [over there], (reportative)
ᏙᏧᏩᎢᏢ - [in] the bushes
ᎾᏅ - and the/that
ᎩᎳᏊ - immediately
ᎢᏴᏓ - at once, one time
ᏫᏚᏍᏓᏲᏞ - he shot it [over there], (reportative)
ᎣᏍᏓᏊ - good and
ᏄᎦᏎᏍᏔᏅᎾ - [he] without looking
ᎢᏳᏍᏗ - that which, what, like
ᏓᏍᏓᏲᎯᎲ - he was shooting it
ᎤᏙᎯᏳᏅ (ᎤᏙᎯᏳᏃ) - and surely, and truly
ᏭᏲᏞ - he shot it [over there], (reportative)
ᎤᏂᎪᎮ - they saw it, (reportative)
ᎦᏅᎬ - it fell, it was falling
ᏂᎦᏁᎲᎾ - [he] not having it
ᎡᏂᏲᎠ - we [two] shot it
ᎤᏛᏁ - he said, (reportative)
ᏥᏲᎡᎦ - "I" shot it
ᎠᏢᏈᏍᎬ - [he] bragging
ᎤᎾᏁᎷᎩᏎ - they raced, I was told
ᏗᏜ - toward
ᎾᎥᏂᎨᏅ (ᎾᎥᏂᎨᏃ)- and closer (ᎾᎥ - close)
ᏭᏂᎷᏣ - [when] they arrived [there]
ᏐᏈᎵ - a horse
ᎦᏅ - [it] lying down
ᏐᏈᎵᎴ - ᏐᏈᎵ
ᎢᎾᏓᎯᏏ - we [two] killed it
ᎤᏲᏢ - he shot it, I was told
ᎭᏓᎯᏎᎦ - you killed it
ᎠᎪᏎᎴ - he told him, I was told
ᏣᎳᎩ ᎧᏃᎮᎸ
ᎠᏂᏔᎵ ᎠᏂᏍᎦᏯ ᎠᏂᏃᎭᎵᏙᎮ, ᎠᏫ ᏚᏂᏲᎮ. ᏌᏊᏃ ᎠᏍᎦᏯ ᎦᎶᏇ ᎦᏁᎮ. ᏐᎢᏅ Ꮭ. ᎾᏅ ᎦᎶᏇ ᎦᏁᎯ ᎤᏢᏈᏌᏘ ᎨᏎ,
ᎠᎴ ᎪᎱᏍᏗ ᏳᏛᏁᎳ ᎠᏢᏈᏍᎨ. ᎠᎾᎢᏒᏅ ᎪᎱᏍᏗ ᏭᏂᎪᎮ ᏙᏧᏩᎢᏢ, ᎾᏅ ᎦᎶᏇ ᎦᏁᎯ ᎩᎳᏊ ᎢᏴᏓ ᏫᏚᏍᏓᏲᏞ ᎣᏍᏓᏊ
ᏄᎦᏎᏍᏔᏅᎾ ᎢᏳᏍᏗ ᏓᏍᏓᏲᎯᎲ. ᎤᏙᎯᏳᏅ ᏭᏲᏞ ᎠᎴ ᎤᏂᎪᎮ ᎦᏅᎬ.
ᎾᏅ ᎦᎶᏇ ᏂᎦᏁᎲᎾ "ᎠᏫ ᎡᏂᏲᎠ!" ᎤᏛᏁ.
"ᏥᏲᎡᎦ" ᎤᏛᏁ Ꮎ ᎦᎶᏇ ᎦᏁᎯ, ᎠᏢᏈᏍᎬ.
ᎤᎾᏁᎷᎩᏎ ᏙᏧᏩᎢᏢ ᏗᏜ, ᎾᎥᏂᎨᏅ ᏭᏂᎷᏣ ᎤᏂᎪᎮ ᏐᏈᎵ ᎦᏅ.
"ᏐᏈᎵᎴ ᎢᎾᏓᎯᏏ" ᎤᏛᏁ Ꮎ ᎤᏲᏢ.
"ᎭᏓᎯᏎᎦ!" ᎠᎪᏎᎴ.
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Phonetic Version
ạ²ni²³tạʔ³li ạ²ni²sgạ²ya a¹ni²no²hạ²li²³do³²he, ạ²hwi du¹ni²hyọ²he. sa¹gwu⁴hno ạ²sgạ²ya gạ²lo¹gwe³ ga²ne²he sọ³ʔị³hnv³ hla². na³hnv³ gạ²lo¹gwe³ ga²ne⁴hi u²dlv²³kwsạ²ti ge¹se³, ạ²le go²hu⁴sdi yu²³dv³²ne⁴la a¹dlv²³kwsge³. a¹na³ʔi²sv⁴hnv go²hu⁴sdi wu²³ni³go²he do²jụ²wạ³ʔị²hlv, na³hnv³ gạ²lo¹gwe³ ga²ne⁴hi kị²lạ²gwu ị²yv⁴da wị²du²³sdạ³yo²hle³ o²³sdạ²gwu nu²³ksẹ²stạ²nv⁴na ị²yu³sdi da¹sdạ²yo²hị²hv⁴. u²do²hị²yu⁴hnv³ wu²³yo³hle³ ạ²le u¹ni²go²he³ gạ²nv³gv⁴.
na³hnv³ gạ²lo¹gwe³ nị²ga²³ne³hv⁴na "ạ²hwi e¹ni²yo³ʔa!" u¹dv²hne. "ji²yo³ʔe³²ga" u¹dv²hne na³ gạ²lo¹gwe³ ga²ne⁴hi, a¹dlv²³kwsgv³.
u¹na³ne²lu²³gi³²se do²jụ²wạ³ʔị²hlv³ di³dla, nạ²ʔv²³hnị³ge⁴hnv wu²³ni³luh²ja u¹ni²go²he³ so²³gwị³li gạʔ³nv⁴.
"so²³gwị³lị³le³² i¹nạ²da²hị³si" u¹dv²hne³ na³ u²yo²hlv⁴.
"hạ²da²hị³se³²ga³" a¹go¹se²³le³.
A Cherokee Story
Two men were hunting, looking for deer. One of the men had a gun and the other one didn't.
The one with the gun was a braggart and when he did something he bragged about it. Walking along,
they saw something moving around in the bushes, and the man with the gun shot at once toward the
bushes without paying attention to what he was shooting at. And sure enough, he shot it and they saw it
fall to the ground.
The one without the gun said "we shot a deer." "I shot it" said the one with the gun, bragging.
They raced toward the bushes and when they got closer they saw a horse lying there.
"We killed someone's horse" said the one who shot it.
"You killed it" he was told.
