The "A" class verb 'decide'

Verb Root -ugodi-

Note: Like the verbs ᏓᎩᎸᏫᏍᏔᎾᎢ (I work), ᏓᎩᏯᏪᎦ (I'm tired) and several others, this verb takes the distributive prefix [de-] throughout, probably because making a decision involves two or more choices. When used with animate pronouns, this verb can also mean "to pass judgement, to judge someone".

Present Tense

ᏕᎫᎪᏗᎭ - deg-ugodi-ha - I am deciding

ᏕᎱᎪᏗᎭ - deh-ukdi-ha - You are deciding

ᏕᎫᎪᏗᎭ - deg-ukdi-ha - He/She/It is deciding

ᏕᏄᎪᏗᎭ - den-ukdi-ha - You and I are deciding

ᏙᏍᏚᎪᏗᎭ - dosd-ukd-iha - He/She and I are deciding

ᏕᏍᏚᎪᏗᎭ - desd-ukdi-ha - You two are deciding

ᏕᏚᎪᏗᎭ - ded-ukdi-ha - We (including you) are deciding

ᏙᏧᎪᏗᎭ - dots-ukdi-ha - We (not including you) are deciding

ᏕᏧᎪᏗᎭ - dets-ukdi-ha - You all are deciding

ᏓᏄᎪᏗᎭ - dan-ukdi-ha - They are deciding

Practice Sentences

1. ᏩᎦ ᎭᏫᏯ ᏏᏆ ᎭᏫᏯᎨ ᏍᏗᏩᎯᏍᏗ ᏕᏍᏚᎪᏗᎭ? - Waga hawihya sigwa hawihyake sdiwahisdi desdukdiha?
Are you two deciding to buy beef or pork?

2. ᏕᎫᎪᏗᎭ ᎢᏳᏃ ᎤᏛᏘᏗ ᎤᏚᎵ. - deguktiha iyuhno utvtdi uduli.
S/he is deciding if he/she wants to ask a question.

Vocabulary

ᏩᎦ ᎭᏫᏯ - waga hawihya - beef
ᏏᏆ ᎭᏫᏯ - sikwa hawihya - pork
ᎭᏫᏯ - hawihya - meat
ᏩᎦ - waga - cow, cattle
ᏏᏆ - sikwa - pig, hog
-Ꭸ - -ke - a syllable put on the end of the last word in a series of two or more words to mean "or".
ᎤᏛᏘᏗ - utv(ti)di - for him/her to ask a question (inf.)
ᎤᏓᏍᏓᏴᏗ - udasda(yv)hdi - for him/her to cook a meal (inf.)


Habitual Present

ᏕᎫᎪᏗᏍᎪᎢ - deg-ugodi-sgoɂi - I decide

ᏕᎱᎪᏗᏍᎪᎢ - deh-ukdi-sgoɂi - you decide

ᏕᎫᎪᏗᏍᎪᎢ - deg-ukdi-sgoɂi - he/she decides

ᏕᏄᎪᏗᏍᎪᎢ- den-ukdi-sgoɂi - You and I decide

ᏙᏍᏚᎪᏗᏍᎪᎢ - dosd-ukdi-sgoɂi - He/She and I decide

ᏕᏍᏚᎪᏗᏍᎪᎢ - desd-ukdi-sgoɂi - You two decide

ᏕᏚᎪᏗᏍᎪᎢ - ded-ukdi-sgoɂi - We (including you) decide

ᏙᏧᎪᏗᏍᎪᎢ -dots-ukdi-sgoɂi - We (not including you) decide

ᏕᏧᎪᏗᏍᎪᎢ - dets-ukdi-sgoɂi - You all decide

ᏓᏄᎪᏗᏍᎪᎢ - dan-ukdi-sgoɂi - they decide


Remote/Perfect Past

*Note: Remote Past/Past Perfect of this verb requires Set B Pronouns and the de- prepronoun prefix

ᏓᏊᎪᏔᏅᎢ - dagw-ukta-nvɂi - I decided

ᏕᏧᎪᏔᏅᎢ - dets-ukta-nvɂi - you decided

ᏚᏭᎪᏔᏅᎢ - duw-ukta-nvɂi - he/she decided

ᏕᎩᏄᎪᏔᏅᎢ - degin-ukta-nvɂi - You and I decided

ᏙᏍᏚᎪᏔᏅᎢ- dosd-ukta-nvɂi - you two decided

ᏙᏍᏚᎪᏔᏅᎢ - dosd-ukta-nvɂi - he/she and I decided

ᏕᎫᎪᏔᏅᎢ - deg-ukta-nvɂi - we (including you) decided

ᏙᏧᎪᏔᏅᎢ - dots-ukta-nvɂi - we (not including you) decided

ᏕᏧᎪᏔᏅᎢ - dets-ukta-nvɂi - you all decided

ᏚᏄᎪᏔᏅᎢ - dun-ukta-nvɂi - they decided


ᏓᎩᏯᏪᎬᎢ, ᏗᏇᏅᏒ ᏫᏓᏊᎪᏔᏅᎢ.
- Dagiyawegv, digwenvsv widagwuktanv.
- Being tired, I decided to go home.

ᏓᎦᏏᏃ ᎠᎺᏉ ᏭᎷᏤ ᎠᏂᏧᏣ ᎤᎾᎵᏔᏗᏅᏗ ᏚᏄᎪᏔᏁᎢ. (Spade/Walker "Cherokee Stories", 1966, pp. 24 - 25.)
- Daksihno amegwo wulutse, anichutsa unaltadinvdi dunuktane'i.
- When the turtle arrived at the sea, the boys decided to jump off of it.


Imperative/Immediate

Note: For Complexed verbs requiring the distributive prefix /de-/, all occurrences of /de-/ change to /di-/ in the Imperative/Immediate and the Infinitive. Additionally, in the Infinitive form of these verbs, there is a change in the 3rd person singular and plural from /d-/ to /ts-/ before the vowels /o/ and /u/.
In addition, the /de-/ distributive prefix changes to /di-/ after the /yi-/ "irrealis" (or negative) prefix. (CNT Example: ᏞᏍᏗ ᏱᏗᎩᏯᏪᎨᏍᏗ - Let's not get tired)

ᏚᎪᏓ - T-ukda! - Decide! Make up your mind!
ᏗᏍᏚᎪᏓ - Dist-ukda! - You two decide it.
ᏗᏧᎪᏓ - Dits-ukda! - Y'all decide!
ᏗᏚᎪᏓ - Did-ukda - Let's decide, make a decision.

Infinitive

*Note: The Infinitive tense of this verb requires Set B Pronouns and the di- prefix

ᏗᏊᎪᏙᏗ - digw-ukd-ohdi - for me to decide it

ᏗᏧᎪᏙᏗ - dits-ukd-ohdi - for you to decide it

ᏧᏭᎪᏙᏗ - tsuw-ukd-ohdi - for him to decide it

ᏗᎩᏄᎪᏙᏗ - digin-ukd-ohdi - for you and me (the two of us) to decide it

ᏦᎩᏄᎪᏙᏗ - tsogin-ukd-ohdi - for him/her and me to decide it

ᏗᏍᏚᎪᏙᏗ - disd-ukd-ohdi - for you two to decide it

ᏗᎫᎪᏙᏗ - dig-ukd-ohdi - for us (including you) to decide it

ᏦᎫᎪᏙᏗ - tsog-ukd-ohdi - for us (not including you) to decide it

ᏗᏧᎪᏙᏗ - dits-ukd-ohdi - for you all to decide it

ᏧᏄᎪᏙᏗ - tsun-ukd-ohdi - for them to decide it