The "Set A" verb 'dwell, live, reside someplace'
Root verb -eh-
Present Tense
... ᎨᎢ - g-eɂi - I live at ....
... ᎮᎯ - h-ehi - you live at ....
... ᎡᎯ - ehi - he/she/it lives at ....
... ᎢᏁᎯ - in-ehi t- he two of us (including you) live at ....
... ᏍᏕᎯ - sd-ehi - you two live at ....
... ᎣᏍᏕᎯ - osd-ehi - the two of us (not including you) live at ....
... ᎢᏕᎯ - id-ehi - we (including you) live at ....
... ᎣᏤᎯ - ots-ehi - we (not including you) live at ....
... ᎢᏤᎯ - its-ehi - you live at ....
... ᎠᏁᎯ - an-ehi - they live at ....
1. ᎦᏨ ᎮᎯ? - Gatsv hehi? -
Where do you live?
2. ᎪᎳᏅᏱ ᎨᎢ. - Kolanvyi geɂi. -
I live in Big Cove.
3. ᏙᎩᏯᏍᏗ ᎡᎯ. - Tokiyasdi ehi. -
He lives in Ashville.
ᎦᏨ - Gatsv - Where? (NC. The Oklahoma equivalent is ᎭᏢ -
Hatlv? -)
ᏙᎩᏯᏍᏗ - Tokiyasdi - Ashville ("There are races there")
ᎪᎳᏅᏱ - Kolanvyi - Big Cove ("Raven Rock")
Habitual Present
ᎨᎰᎢ - g-eh-oɂi - I live (there)
ᎮᎰᎢ- h-eh-oɂi - You live (there)
ᎡᎰᎢ - eh-oɂi - He/She/It lives (there)
ᎢᏁᎰᎢ - i:n-eh-oɂi - You and I live (there)
ᎣᏍᏕᎰᎢ - ohsd-eh-oɂi - She (or He) and I live (there)
ᏍᏕᎰᎢ - sd-eh-oɂi - You two live (there)
ᎢᏕᎰᎢ - i:d-eh-oɂi - We (including you) live (there)
ᎣᏤᎰᎢ - o:ts-eh-oɂi - We (not including you) live (there)
ᎢᏤᎰᎢ - i:ts-eh-oɂi - You all live (there)
ᎠᏁᎰᎢ - an-eh-oɂi - They live (there)
Habitual Past
Note: Since the "Remote" Past generally means that something happened at a specific point in time, there is no "Remote Past" form for this verb because "living, dwelling, or residing" someplace is considered to be an action that covers a span of time. Because of the missing stems, linguistically this is called a Defective Verb. There are a number of other Cherokee verbs like this.
The past tense of this verb is built from the Habitual tense with the past tense suffix /-vɂi/ replacing /-oɂi/.
ᎨᎲᎢ - g-eh-vɂi - I used to live (there)
ᎮᎲᎢ- h-eh-vɂi - You used to live (there)
ᎡᎲᎢ - eh-vɂi - He/She/It used to live (there)
ᎢᏁᎲᎢ - i:n-eh-vɂi - You and I used to live (there)
ᎣᏍᏕᎲᎢ - ohsd-eh-vɂi - He (or She) and I used to live (there)
ᏍᏕᎲᎢ - sd-eh-vɂi - You two used to live (there)
ᎢᏕᎲᎢ - i:d-eh-vɂi - We (including you) used to live (there)
ᎣᏤᎲᎢ - o:ts-eh-vɂi - We (not including you) used to live (there)
ᎢᏤᎲᎢ - i:ts-eh-vɂi - You all used to live (there)
ᎠᏁᎰᎲᎢ - an-eh-vɂi - They used to live (there)
Imperative/Immediate
ᎮᎮᏍᏗ! - h-eh-esdi - You! Live (there).
ᏍᏕᎮᏍᏗ - sd-eh-esdi - You two! Live (there).
ᏗᏤᎮᏍᏗ - i:ts-eh-esdi - You all, live (there).
ᎢᏕᎮᏍᏗ - i:d-eh-esdi - Let's (including you) live (there).