Cherokee Simple Verbs

The "Set A" verb 'walk, go'.

Root verb -a-

Note! Linguistically this verb is a Defective Verb because it doesn't have forms for the Imperative and Infinitive tenses. In these cases, the forms for a different verb, such as ᎨᏙᎠ, would be used to fill in the gaps.

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Present Tense

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ᎦᎢ - g-a-ɂi - I am walking

ᎭᎢ - h-a-ɂi you are walking

ᎠᎢ - a-ɂi - he/she/it is walking

ᎢᎾᎢ - i:n-a-ɂi - the two of us (including you) are walking

ᏍᏓᎢ - sd-a-ɂi - you two are walking

ᎣᏍᏓᎢ - ohsd-a-ɂi - the two of us (not including you) are walking

ᎢᏓᎢ - i:d-a-ɂi - we (including you) all are walking

ᎣᏣᎢ - o:ts-a-ɂi - we (not including you) all are walking

ᎢᏣᎢ - i:ts-a-ɂi you all are walking

ᎠᎾᎢ - an-a-ɂi they are walking

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Habitual Present

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ᎦᎢᏐᎢ - g-a-ɂisoɂi - I walk

ᎭᎢᏐᎢ - h-a-ɂisoɂi - you walk

ᎠᎢᏐᎢ - a-ɂisoɂi - he/she/it walks

ᎢᎾᎢᏐᎢ - in-a-ɂisoɂi - the two of us (including you) walk

ᏍᏓᎢᏐᎢ - sd-a-ɂisoɂi - you two walk

ᎣᏍᏓᎢᏐᎢ - osd-a-ɂisoɂi - the two of us (not including you) walk

ᎢᏓᎢᏐᎢ - id-a-ɂisoɂi - we (including you) all walk

ᎣᏣᎢᏐᎢ - ots-a-ɂisoɂi - we (not including you) all walk

ᎢᏣᎢᏐᎢ - its-a-ɂisoɂi - you all walk

ᎠᎾᎢᏐᎢ - an-a-ɂisoɂi - they walk

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Remote Past

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*Note: This verb is unusual in that it uses Set A pronouns in this tense stem*

ᎦᎢᏒᎢ - g-a-ɂisvɂi - I walked

ᎭᎢᏒᎢ - h-a-ɂisvɂi- you walked

ᎠᎢᏒᎢ - a-ɂisvɂi - he/she/it walked

ᎢᎾᎢᏒᎢ - in-a-ɂisvɂi - the two of us (including you) walked

ᏍᏓᎢᏒᎢ - sd-a-ɂisvɂi - you two walked

ᎣᏍᏓᎢᏒᎢ - osd-a-ɂisvɂi - the two of us (not including you) walked

ᎢᏓᎢᏒᎢ - id-a-ɂisvɂi - we (including you) all walked

ᎣᏣᎢᏒᎢ - ots-a-ɂisvɂi - we (not including you) all walked

ᎢᏣᎢᏒᎢ - its-a-ɂisvɂi - you all walked

ᎠᎾᎢᏒᎢ - an-a-ɂisvɂi - they walked

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Imperative/Immediate

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This verb has no form for this tense

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Infinitive

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This verb has no form for this tense