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Lesson 9
This lesson has an accompanying video. You can go to the video for the lesson on our You Tube channel at https://youtu.be/9WtoBz-yezU. You can also watch the lesson here.
Lesson 9 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. Ni hi na? Do de tsa do a? Hi a nv da di se s di. Ni. Hi a de ka lv i: U no lv ta nv, Ka ga li, A nv (h)yi, Ka wo (h)ni, A na s gv ti, De ha lu yi, Gu ye gwo ni, Ga lo (h)ni, Du li s di, Du (h)ni ni di, Nv da de gwa, V s gi (h)yi.
Ni. Hi a du do da gwi sv: U na do da gwa s gv i, U na do da gwa nv i, Ta li ne i ga, Tso i ne i ga, Nv gi ne i ga, Tsu na gi lo s di, U na do da gwi de na.
(Song for the days of the week): U na do da gwa s gv i, U na do da gwa nv i, Ta li ne i ga, Tso i ne i ga, Nv gi ne i ga, Tsu na gi lo s di, U na do da gwi de na.
Ni. Go i ga Tsu na gi lo s di. Su na le U na do da gwi de na ge se s di. Ga li e li ga!
VIDEO ACTIVITY: Based on the information in the video, fill in the blanks. You may need to watch the video several times to complete this. After you have filled in the blanks, go back and write the presentation and all of these sentences in the syllabary.
1. Go i ga Ta li ne i ga. Su na le _____________________.
2. Go i ga Tso i ne i ga. Su na le _____________________.
3. Go i ga Nv gi ne i ga. Su na le _____________________.
4. Go i ga Tsu na gi lo s di. Su na le _____________________.
5. Go i ga U na do da gwi de na. Su na le _____________________.
6. Go i ga U na do da gwa s gv i. Su na le _____________________.
7. Go i ga U na do da gwa nv i. Su na le _____________________.
HOMEWORK: Create a calendar for the current month, labeling the month and the days in Tsalagi. Later, you will fill in the ordinal numbers in Tsalagi for each day. They are provided in the vocabulary list here and in the next lesson.
Language Notes:
1. Notice the pattern of the ordinal numbers. You can see the names of the cardinal numbers within the ordinal names. What is added to make the numbers ordinal?
2. When you are using the ordinal numbers to name the dates on the calendar, add i-ga to indicate that it is a date.
VOCABULARY
Nv da di se s di calendar
Ka lv i month
De ka lv i months
Du do da gwi di sv days of the week
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
U na do da gwa s gv i Sunday
U na do da gwa nv i Monday
Ta li ne i ga Tuesday
Tso i ne i ga Wednesday
Nv gi ne i ga Thursday
Tsu na gi lo s di Friday
U na do da gwi de na Saturday
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 9 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. Ni hi na? Do de tsa do a? Hi a nv da di se s di. Ni. Hi a de ka lv i: U no lv ta nv, Ka ga li, A nv (h)yi, Ka wo (h)ni, A na s gv ti, De ha lu yi, Gu ye gwo ni, Ga lo (h)ni, Du li s di, Du (h)ni ni di, Nv da de gwa, V s gi (h)yi.
Ni. Hi a du do da gwi sv: U na do da gwa s gv i, U na do da gwa nv i, Ta li ne i ga, Tso i ne i ga, Nv gi ne i ga, Tsu na gi lo s di, U na do da gwi de na.
(Song for the days of the week): U na do da gwa s gv i, U na do da gwa nv i, Ta li ne i ga, Tso i ne i ga, Nv gi ne i ga, Tsu na gi lo s di, U na do da gwi de na.
Ni. Go i ga Tsu na gi lo s di. Su na le U na do da gwi de na ge se s di. Ga li e li ga!
VIDEO ACTIVITY: Based on the information in the video, fill in the blanks. You may need to watch the video several times to complete this. After you have filled in the blanks, go back and write the presentation and all of these sentences in the syllabary.
1. Go i ga Ta li ne i ga. Su na le _____________________.
2. Go i ga Tso i ne i ga. Su na le _____________________.
3. Go i ga Nv gi ne i ga. Su na le _____________________.
4. Go i ga Tsu na gi lo s di. Su na le _____________________.
5. Go i ga U na do da gwi de na. Su na le _____________________.
6. Go i ga U na do da gwa s gv i. Su na le _____________________.
7. Go i ga U na do da gwa nv i. Su na le _____________________.
HOMEWORK: Create a calendar for the current month, labeling the month and the days in Tsalagi. Later, you will fill in the ordinal numbers in Tsalagi for each day. They are provided in the vocabulary list here and in the next lesson.
Language Notes:
1. Notice the pattern of the ordinal numbers. You can see the names of the cardinal numbers within the ordinal names. What is added to make the numbers ordinal?
2. When you are using the ordinal numbers to name the dates on the calendar, add i-ga to indicate that it is a date.
VOCABULARY
Nv da di se s di calendar
Ka lv i month
De ka lv i months
Du do da gwi di sv days of the week
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
U na do da gwa s gv i Sunday
U na do da gwa nv i Monday
Ta li ne i ga Tuesday
Tso i ne i ga Wednesday
Nv gi ne i ga Thursday
Tsu na gi lo s di Friday
U na do da gwi de na Saturday
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