Cherokee Infinitives

Note: The Infinitive of a Cherokee verb always takes Set B pronouns.

ᎠᎩᏬᏂᎯᏍᏗ - agi-woni-hisdi - for me to speak it.

ᏣᏬᏂᎯᏍᏗ - tsa-woni-hisdi - for you to speak it.

ᎤᏬᏂᎯᏍᏗ - u-woni-hisdi - for him/her to speak it.

ᎩᏂᏬᏂᎯᏍᏗ - gini-woni-hisdi - for the two of us (including you) to speak it.

ᏍᏗᏬᏂᎯᏍᏗ - sdi-woni-hisdi - for you two to speak it.

ᎣᎩᏂᏬᏂᎯᏍᏗ - ogini-woni-hisdi - for the two of us (not including you ) to speak it.

ᎢᎩᏬᏂᎯᏍᏗ - igi-woni-hisdi - for all of us (including you) - to speak it.

ᎣᎩᏬᏂᎯᏍᏗ - ogi-woni-hisdi - for all of us (not including you) - to speak it.

ᎢᏥᏬᏂᎯᏍᏗ - itsi-woni-hisdi - for you all to speak it.

ᎤᏂᏬᏂᎯᏍᏗ - uni-woni-hisdi - for them to speak it.

1. ᏣᎳᎩ ᎤᏬᏂᎯᏍᏗ ᎤᏚᎵ Ꮎ ᎠᏧᏣ. - Tsalagi uwonihisdi uduli na atsutsa.
--- The/that boy wants to speak Cherokee.

2. ᏣᎳᎩᏍᎪ ᏍᏗᏬᏂᎯᏍᏗ ᏍᏓᏕᎶᏆᎠ? - Tsalagisgo sdiwonihisdi sdadelogwa'a?
--- Are you two learning to speak Cherokee?

3. ᏲᏁᎬ ᎣᎩᏬᏂsᎯᏍᏗ ᎣᏣᏚᎵᎭ. - Yonegv ogiwonihisdi otsaduliha.
--- We all (not you) are wanting to speak English.

4. ᎠᏍᎫᎠᏂ - Asgwani uniwonihisdi anadelogwa'a.
--- They are learning to speak Spanish.

5. ᏣᎳᎩ ᎢᎩᏬᏂᎯᏍᏗ ᎢᎦᏚᎵ. - Tsalagi igiwonihihsdi igaduli.
--- We are all wanting to speak Cherokee.

6. ᏍᏓᏯ ᎤᏬᏂᎯᏍᏗ ᎤᏚᎵ. - Sdaya uwonihisdi uduli.
--- S/he is wanting to speak loudly.

ᎠᏧᏣ - atsutsa - a boy, the boy
ᏲᏁᎬ - yonegv - English, Englishman
ᎠᏍᏆᏂ - asgwani - Spanish, Spaniard
ᏍᏓᏯ - sdaya - hard, strong