Native American Poetry Class Jan-Mar 09

Lesson 8-Quote in Cherokee and English

LESSON 8

Cherokee version (hyphens and caps to show words and syllables separately for pronunciation)

      A-s-ga-ya Ga-go Ne-li-s-gv-i A-tsv-ya-i  Ge-sv-i Ga-do-da A-wa-sa
      Da-ni-na-gv  Wi-du-yu-go-dv  A-s-ga-ya Ga-do-da  Ha-wi-(na)di-tlv U-tse-li  Di-la-su-lo

W/o hyphens and caps

      Asgaya gago nelisgvi atsvyai  gesvi gadoda awasa
      daninagv  widuyugodv  asgaya gadoda  hawi(na)ditlv utseli  dilasulo

English translated directly from Cherokee          

      Man who thinks he is standing alone lies toward man standing in his shoes. 
         
Original quote before having to change to fit the language.

      A man who thinks he is alone is lying to himself.

Brandy

Word by word translation
A man                    A s ga ya
Who                    Ga go
Thinks                    Ne li s gv i
He                    a-tsv-ya-i
is                    ge-sv-i
Standing                           ga-do-da          
Alone                    a-wa-sa  or    U wa sv
Lies                    Da ni na gv
Toward                          Wi du yu go dv

the man                          A s ga ya                    Himself          U wa sv a s ga ya (for altenrate quote ending)
Standing                          ga-do-da
In                    ha-wi-(na)di-tlv
His                    U tse li
Shoes                    Di la su lo


Info below is for my own reference later.

http://public.csusm.edu/public/raven/cherokee.dir/cherlexi.html
A resource I found that has verbs and phrases.

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