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Lesson 10
This lesson has an accompanying video. You can go to the video for the lesson on our You Tube channel at https://youtu.be/h21HMRElRV0. You can also watch the video here.
Lesson 10 Nv da di se s di
Presentation
This is what you will hear being said in the presentation on the video. Your teacher may want you to watch the video first, study the vocabulary (listed below) before watching the video, or practice the reading first. Follow your teacher's lead.
Si yo. Me li da gwa do a. Du ni ni di ka lv (h)a gwa de ti yi s go i sa du si ne i ga.
Su da li sgo so gwu yi gwa de ti yv da.
Ni hi na? Hv la yv i tsa de ti yi s go i? Hv la yi tsa de ti yv da?
VIDEO ACTIVITY: Based on the information in the video and the vocabulary list below, fill in the blanks. Choose a partner to complete the third sentences with. After you have filled in the blanks, go back and write these in the syllabary.
1. Me li _______________________________________ u de ti yi s go i.
_____________________ i yu de ti yv da.
2. A ya ________________ da gwa do a.
_______________________________________ a gwa de ti yi s go i.
_____________________ yi gwa de ti yv da.
3. Ni hi __________________ de tsa do a. Hv la yv i tsa de ti yi s go i?
Hv la yv i yi tsa de ti yv da? ____________________________.
ACTIVITY: Create a calendar with all the months, labeling the months and the days of the week in Tsalagi for each month, and your birthday in your birthday month. Use the vocabulary for the ordinal numbers to fill those in for each day. Remember to add i ga after the names of the ordinal numbers.
HOMEWORK: Use the calendar you made for the current month. Start with the first full week of the month and the first day of that week. Write a sentence to tell what day it is and what the date of that day is. Continue to do this until you have written a sentence for every day of the week.
You will now have a total of seven sentences, the first about Sunday and the date it falls on, the last about Saturday and the date it falls on. Now do this for every week. If you only write about the days using the first week, you will not get as much practice with the ordinal numbers.
Language Note:
Some speakers in Tutiyi (Snowbird) will add an /h/ sound to the beginning of some of the words, as indicated in the vocabulary list.
VOCABULARY LIST
(H)A gwa de ti yi s go i _________ (is) my birthday.
(H)U de ti yi s go i _________ (is) his/her birthday.
Tsa de ti yi s go i _________ (is) your birthday.
Hv la yv i When?
Yi gwa de ti yv da _________ (is) how old I am.
Yi tsa de ti yv da _________ (is) how old you are.
I yu de ti yv da _________ (is) how old he/she is.
Ka lv month
I ga day (in this context)
U no lv ta nv January
Ka ga li February
A nv (h)yi March
Ka wo (h)ni April
A na s gv ti May
De ha lu yi June
Gu ye gwo ni July
Ga lo (h)ni August
Du li s di September
Du (h)ni ni di October
Nv da de gwa November
V s gi (h)yi December
A gv yi first
Ta li ne second
Tso i ne third
Nv gi ne fourth
Hi s gi ne fifth
Su da li ne sixth
Ga la gwo gi ne seventh
Tsa ne li ne eighth
So ne li ne ninth
Sgo hi ne tenth
Sa du si ne eleventh
Ta li du si ne twelfth
Tso ga du si ne thirteenth
Nv ga du si ne fourteenth
S gi ga du si ne fifteenth
Da la du si ne sixteenth
Ga la gwa du si ne seventeenth
Ne la du si ne eigthteenth
So ne la du si ne nineteenth
Ta li s go i ne twentieth
Ta li s go so gwu i ne twenty-first
Ta li s go ta li ne twenty-second
Ta li s go tso I ne twenty-third
Ta li s go nv gi ne twenty-fourth
Ta li s go hi s gi ne twenty-fifth
Ta li s go su da li ne twenty-sixth
Ta li s go ga la gwo i ne twenty-seventh
Ta li s go tsa ne li ne twenty-eighth
Ta li s go so ne li ne twenty-ninth
Tso s go i ne thirtieth
Tso s go so gwu i ne thirty-first
Lesson 10 Nv da di se s di
Presentation
This is what you will hear being said in the presentation on the video. Your teacher may want you to watch the video first, study the vocabulary (listed below) before watching the video, or practice the reading first. Follow your teacher's lead.
Si yo. Me li da gwa do a. Du ni ni di ka lv (h)a gwa de ti yi s go i sa du si ne i ga.
Su da li sgo so gwu yi gwa de ti yv da.
Ni hi na? Hv la yv i tsa de ti yi s go i? Hv la yi tsa de ti yv da?
VIDEO ACTIVITY: Based on the information in the video and the vocabulary list below, fill in the blanks. Choose a partner to complete the third sentences with. After you have filled in the blanks, go back and write these in the syllabary.
1. Me li _______________________________________ u de ti yi s go i.
_____________________ i yu de ti yv da.
2. A ya ________________ da gwa do a.
_______________________________________ a gwa de ti yi s go i.
_____________________ yi gwa de ti yv da.
3. Ni hi __________________ de tsa do a. Hv la yv i tsa de ti yi s go i?
Hv la yv i yi tsa de ti yv da? ____________________________.
ACTIVITY: Create a calendar with all the months, labeling the months and the days of the week in Tsalagi for each month, and your birthday in your birthday month. Use the vocabulary for the ordinal numbers to fill those in for each day. Remember to add i ga after the names of the ordinal numbers.
HOMEWORK: Use the calendar you made for the current month. Start with the first full week of the month and the first day of that week. Write a sentence to tell what day it is and what the date of that day is. Continue to do this until you have written a sentence for every day of the week.
You will now have a total of seven sentences, the first about Sunday and the date it falls on, the last about Saturday and the date it falls on. Now do this for every week. If you only write about the days using the first week, you will not get as much practice with the ordinal numbers.
Language Note:
Some speakers in Tutiyi (Snowbird) will add an /h/ sound to the beginning of some of the words, as indicated in the vocabulary list.
VOCABULARY LIST
(H)A gwa de ti yi s go i _________ (is) my birthday.
(H)U de ti yi s go i _________ (is) his/her birthday.
Tsa de ti yi s go i _________ (is) your birthday.
Hv la yv i When?
Yi gwa de ti yv da _________ (is) how old I am.
Yi tsa de ti yv da _________ (is) how old you are.
I yu de ti yv da _________ (is) how old he/she is.
Ka lv month
I ga day (in this context)
U no lv ta nv January
Ka ga li February
A nv (h)yi March
Ka wo (h)ni April
A na s gv ti May
De ha lu yi June
Gu ye gwo ni July
Ga lo (h)ni August
Du li s di September
Du (h)ni ni di October
Nv da de gwa November
V s gi (h)yi December
A gv yi first
Ta li ne second
Tso i ne third
Nv gi ne fourth
Hi s gi ne fifth
Su da li ne sixth
Ga la gwo gi ne seventh
Tsa ne li ne eighth
So ne li ne ninth
Sgo hi ne tenth
Sa du si ne eleventh
Ta li du si ne twelfth
Tso ga du si ne thirteenth
Nv ga du si ne fourteenth
S gi ga du si ne fifteenth
Da la du si ne sixteenth
Ga la gwa du si ne seventeenth
Ne la du si ne eigthteenth
So ne la du si ne nineteenth
Ta li s go i ne twentieth
Ta li s go so gwu i ne twenty-first
Ta li s go ta li ne twenty-second
Ta li s go tso I ne twenty-third
Ta li s go nv gi ne twenty-fourth
Ta li s go hi s gi ne twenty-fifth
Ta li s go su da li ne twenty-sixth
Ta li s go ga la gwo i ne twenty-seventh
Ta li s go tsa ne li ne twenty-eighth
Ta li s go so ne li ne twenty-ninth
Tso s go i ne thirtieth
Tso s go so gwu i ne thirty-first