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How many times have you gone swimming?
ᎯᎳ ᎢᏳᏩᎪᏗ ᎢᏣᏓᏬᏓ ᎪᎯ ᎪᎩ?
Do you speak Cherokee?
ᏣᎳᎩᏍ ᎯᏬᏂᏍᎩ?
How many Cherokees work at the Cherokee Nation?
ᎯᎳ ᎾᏂᎠ ᎠᏂᏣᎳᎩ ᏚᏂᎸᏫᏍᏓᏁ ᏣᎳᎩ ᎠᏰᎵᎢ?
There are tall mountains in North Carolina.
ᏣᎳᎫᏪᏘ ᎢᎾ ᎢᏗᎦᏘ ᏙᏓᎳ.
When a chickadee sings near a house, Cherokees say that someone will come.
ᏥᎩᎵᎵ ᏱᏂᎦᏪ ᎠᏓᏁᎸ ᎾᎥ, ᎩᎶ ᏓᎦᎷᏥ ᎠᎾᏗᏍᎪ ᎠᏂᏣᎳᎩ.
Get one package of chewing gum, okay?
ᏌᏊ ᏂᏕᎦᎳᏗᏍᏛ ᏥᎳᎵ ᏕᎯᏴᎲᎢ, ᎰᏩᏧ?
Have you ever heard about Jesus?
ᎢᎸᎯᏳᎢᏍ ᎯᏯᏍᎩᏨ ᏥᏌ?
My brother likes to hunt rabbits.
ᏦᏍᏓᏓᏅᏟ ᎤᎸᏉᏗ ᏥᏍᏚ ᏧᏲᏍᏗᎢ.
Let's go hunt crawdads.
ᏥᏍᏛᎾ ᏗᎩᏯᎷᎦ.
A scorpion stung him on his foot.
ᏥᏍᏛᎾ ᎠᏓᏧᏯᏍᎩ ᎤᏩᏨᏴ ᎤᎳᏍᎢᏕᏂ.
Some birds migrate south in the winter.
ᎢᎦᏓ ᏥᏍᏆ ᏧᎦᏃᏮ ᏩᏂᎶᏍᎪ ᎪᎳ ᏱᏄᎵᏍᏔᎾ.
A robin has a red breast.
ᏥᏍᏉᏉ ᎩᎦᎨ ᎨᏐ ᎦᏁᏥᎢ.
He likes to eat fried chicken.
ᏥᏔᎦ ᎬᏣᏝᎾ ᎤᎸᏉᏗ ᎤᎩᏍᏗ.
A rooster is sitting on a post crowing.
ᎨᏛ ᎤᎩᎳ ᏥᏔᎦ ᎠᏨᏯ ᎠᏴᎦ.
I see an airplane.
ᏥᏳ ᎠᏝᏫᏗᏍᎩ ᏥᎪᏩᏘᎭ.
Which man is the pilot?
ᎦᏙ ᎤᏍᏗ ᎠᏍᎦᏯ ᏥᏳ ᏗᏝᏫᏘᏗᏍᎩ?
Go straight ahead.
ᏥᏳᎪᏗ ᏫᎶᎯ.
Let's go upstream.
ᏦᎩ ᏗᏜ ᎢᏁᎾ.
I'm going to Texas for three days.
ᏥᎢ ᏧᏒᎯᏓ ᏫᏓᎨᏙᎵ ᏅᏓᎩ.
Turn to the third page.
ᏦᎢᏁ ᎤᎦᏅᏓᏛ ᏫᏴᏈᏓᎩ.
He's been gone since Wednesday.
ᏦᎢᏁ ᎢᎦ ᏥᎨᏒ ᎬᏩᏂᎩᏓ.
Long ago the Cherokees raised tobacco.
ᎪᎯᎩ ᏥᎨᏒ ᏦᎳ ᎠᎾᏛᎯᏍᏗᏍᎬ ᎠᏂᏣᎳᎩ.
If the windows happen to be open, close them.
ᏗᏍᏚᎢᏓ ᎢᎨᏎᏍᏗ ᏦᎳᏂ, ᏕᎯᏍᏚᏅᎢ.
They have various things on sale.
ᏧᏓᎴᏅᏓ ᎤᏂᏍᎪᎵᏗᏓᎾ.
Who is the chairman of your group?
ᎦᎪ ᏧᏓᏘᎿᎢ ᎢᏣᏓᎷᎬᎢ?
Geese head south when winter comes.
ᏧᎦᏅᏮ ᏗᏜ ᏓᏄᎪᏗᏍᎪ ᏌᏌ ᎪᎳ ᏱᏄᎵᏍᏔᎾ.
The farmer is planting cabbage.
Ꮎ ᏗᎦᎶᎩᏍᎩ ᏧᎦᎾᏕᎾ ᎠᏫᏍᎦ.
Are you afraid of centipedes?
ᎦᎯᏍᎦᎰᏍ ᏧᏂᎦᏃᏥ?
If the price is too high, I'm not going to buy the car.
ᎦᎸᎳᏗ ᏧᎬᏩᎶᏗ ᎢᎨᏎᏍᏗ, Ꮭ ᏱᏛᎩᏩᏏ ᏓᏆᎴᎳ
Wealth does not cause happiness.
Ꮭ ᏧᎬᏩᎶᏗ ᏱᏂᎬᎯᏏᏍᎪ ᎠᎴᎮᎵᏍᏗ ᎨᏒᎢ.
In the past there weren't as many storms.
ᏧᏟᎢᎸᏍᏔᏅ Ꮭ ᎥᏍᎩ ᎢᎦ ᏱᏗᎦᏃᎸᏍᎨᎢ.
If milk is left out in the heat too long, it becomes sour.
ᎪᎯᏗ ᎤᏗᏞᎬ ᏱᎦᏁ ᎤᏅᏗ, ᏧᎿᏦᏍᏗ ᏂᎦᎵᏍᏗᏍᎪᎢ.
The boy's clothes are being washed for him.
ᏧᎿᏬ ᏓᎬᎩᎶᎡᎭ ᎠᏧᏣ.
The wind is from the north.
ᏧᏴᏢᎢ ᏗᏜ ᏧᎦᏘ ᎦᏃᎸᏍᎬᎢ.
He's putting up barbed wire fence around the pasture.
ᏧᏣᏲᏍᏗ ᎤᏯᏅ ᎠᏏᎳᏛᏍᎦ ᏠᎨᏒ.
His friend became a bullfighter.
ᏩᎦ ᏧᎧᏅᏍᏕᎾ ᏗᎵᏍᏗᏍᎩ ᏄᎵᏍᏔᏅ ᎤᎾᎵᎢ.
Is it smoky because of grass fires?
ᏕᎦᎵᎦᏍ ᏂᎦ ᏧᏒᏍᏗ ᏥᎩ?
They say he was asphyxiated by smoke.
ᏧᎦᏒᏍᏗ ᎤᎭᏴᎴ ᎠᎾᏗᎭ.
I almost stepped on a copperhead.
ᎠᎴ ᏧᎦᏔᏥᏍᏓᏟ ᏂᏥᏯᎳᏍᏛᏓ.
The sunshine is very blinding.
ᎤᏙᎯᏳ ᏧᎦᏙᏴᎢᏍᏗ ᎠᎦᎵᎭ.
This man was bitten by an alligator.
ᏧᎳᏍᎩ ᎤᏍᎦᎵᏨ ᎯᎠ ᎠᏍᎦᏯ.
My mother has an old cast iron pot.
ᎤᏪᏘ ᏧᎳᏍᎩ ᎤᎭ ᎡᏥ.
If he was brave, he wouldn't have run away.
ᏧᎵᏨᏯᏍᏗ ᏱᎨᏎ, Ꮭ ᎯᎬᏩᎵᏘᏎᎢ.
He talks to deaf people in sign language.
ᏧᏬᏰᏂ ᎬᏗ, ᏓᏟᏃᎮᏗᏍᎪ ᏧᏂᎵᎡᎾ ᏴᏫ.
He likes to fish for catfish.
ᏧᏂᎵᏍᏓᎾᎵ ᏧᏑᏗ ᎤᎸᏉᏗ.
Where did you put my striped shirt?
ᎭᏢ ᏣᏅᏁ Ꮎ ᏧᎶᎸᏗ ᎠᏆᎿᏬ?
Do you work nightly?
ᏧᎵᏏᏅᏓᏍ ᏕᏣᎸᏫᏍᏓᏁᎰᎢ?
The workers are on a noon break.
ᎢᎦ ᎤᏂᏲᎯᏍᏗ ᏧᏂᎸᏫᏍᏓᏁᎯ.
They are going to build a new jail.
ᎢᏤ ᏧᎾᏓᏍᏚᏗ ᏛᎾᏁᏍᎨᎯ.
Which school did you attend?
ᎦᏙ ᎤᏍᏗ ᏧᎾᏕᏠᏆᏍᏗ ᏕᏣᏕᏠᏆᎡᎢ?
My friend is employed at a restaurant.
ᏧᎾᎵᏍᏓᏴᏗ ᎠᏥᎾᏝᎠ ᎣᎩᎾᎵᎢ.
She does her laundry on Fridays.
ᏧᏅᎩᎶᏍᏗ ᎢᎦ ᏕᎬᎩᎶᏍᎪᎢ.
How long were you in the hospital?
ᎯᎳ ᎢᎪᎯᏓ ᏫᏅᎨᎢ ᏧᏂᏢᎩᎢ?
In the year 1974, the Cherokees built a new motel near Tahlequah.
ᏐᏁᎳᏚ ᎢᏍᎪᎯᏥᏆ ᎦᎵᏆᏍᎪ ᏅᎩ ᎤᏕᏘᏴᏌᏗᏒ ᎢᏤ ᏧᏂᏒᏍᏗ ᎤᎾᏁᏍᎨᎲ ᎠᏂᏣᎳᎩ ᏓliᏆ ᏅᎥᎢ.
He went on a vacation for ten days.
ᏍᎪᎯ ᏧᏒᎯᏓ Ꮩ ᎤᏪᏙᎸ ᏚᎸᏫᏍᏓᏁᎲᎢ.
I am going to my friend's house.
ᎣᎩᎾᎵᎢ ᏧᏪᏅᏒ ᏫᏓᎨᏙᎵ.
Is Satan from hell?
ᏨᏍᎩᏃᎢᏍ ᎡᎯ ᏎᏓᏂ?
Groundhog day is in the month of February.
ᎧᎦᎵ ᎧᎸ ᎤᏅᎪᎢᏍᏗ ᎨᏐᎢ.
I like strong coffee.
ᎤᏴᏍᏗ ᎧᏫ ᎠᎩᎸᏉᏗ.
The bucket is full of water.
ᎠᎹ ᎧᎵ ᎠᏟᏍᏗ ᏒᏙᏂ.
Locusts make good posts.
ᎧᎶᏇᎩᏗ ᏦᏍᏓ ᏗᎨᏛᏍᏗ ᏓᏙᏢᏍᎪᎢ.
I grew up close to Locust Grove.
ᎧᎶᏇᎩᏗ ᎾᎥ ᎠᏆᏛᏒᎢ.
She bought sugar to make candy.
ᎧᏎᏥ ᎤᏩᎯ ᎧᏎᏥ ᏧᏬᏢᏙᏗ.
What month is your birthday?
ᎦᏙ ᎤᏍᏗ ᎧᎸ ᏣᏕᏘᏱᏍᎩ?
There's a butterfly on your shirt.
ᎧᎹᎹ ᎤᎩᎳ ᏣᏄᏮᎢ.
They're hunting wild elephants.
ᎧᎹᎹ ᎠᏁᏯᏔᎯ ᏚᏂᏲᎭ.
There are wasps flying around outside.
ᎧᎾᏥᏍᏕᏥ ᎠᏂᏃᎯᎵᏙᎭ ᏙᏱ.
He barely ascended the mountain.
ᎤᏎᎦᏨ ᎤᎿᎷᏒᎢ ᎣᏓᎸᎢ.
His car stalled going uphill.
ᎧᎾᎷᏍᎬ ᎤᎴᏫᏍᏓᏁᎸ ᏓᏆᎴᎳ.
Put anger aside.
Ᏼ ᏂᏨᎦ ᎧᎾᎸᎢᏍᏗ.
He angered the wasps by hitting them with rocks.
ᏅᏯ ᎬᏗ ᏕᎬᎯᎲ ᏚᎿᎸᏍᏔᏅ ᎧᎾᏥᏍᏕᏥ.
A spider is making a web.
ᎧᎾᏁᏍᎩ ᎧᏂᎳᏕᏫᏍᎦ.
He cut his little toe with an axe.
ᎤᏍᏗ ᎧᎾᏌᏛ ᎤᏓᏴᏝᎸ ᎦᎷᏯᏍᏗ ᎬᏗ.
He's rooting out bushes.
ᏕᎧᎾᏍᏕᏟᎭ ᏚᏩᎢᏢᎢ.
Bring a pick when you come.
ᎧᎾᏍᏕᏢᏗ ᎯᏃᏢ ᎯᎷᏨᎢ.
I get cold when it's cold outside.
ᏥᎾᏬᎪ ᏳᏴᏜ ᏙᎯ.
Did he answer when you were speaking to him, or not?
ᎧᏁᎩᏍ ᏥᏯᎵᏃᎮᏗᏍᎬ, ᏝᎨ?
He pried the stump with a crowbar.
ᎨᏘᎶᏍᏗ ᎬᏗ, ᎤᏁᏆᏛᎲ ᎤᏂᎷᎬᎢ.
He increased his work load when he finished school.
ᎤᏁᏉᎥ ᏧᎸᏫᏍᏓᏁᏗ ᎤᏍᏆᏓ ᏓᏕᏠᏆᏍᎬᎢ.
The patient's fever is increasing.
ᎤᏢᎩ ᎤᏗᏞᎲᏍᎬ ᎧᏁᏉᎦ.
I thought I mentioned it.
ᏣᎩᎢᏁᎢᏍᏔᏅ ᎨᎵᏍᎬ.
I guess it's heating up because there's foreign matter in the water line.
ᎠᎹᏛ ᎠᏎ ᎧᎾᏌᏝ ᏣᏖᏴᏍᎦ.
Who put foreign matter in the well?
ᎦᎪ ᎤᏁᏌᏝᏁ ᎠᎹᏢᏗᎢ?
These boxes are empty.
ᎯᎠ ᏗᎧᏁᏌᎢ ᏧᏏᏩ.
A young bird fell out of a nest.
ᎧᏁᏍᏓᏝᎲ ᏓᎦᎶᎯ ᏥᏍᏆ ᎠᏓ.
In the summertime, the boys haul hay.
ᎪᎩ ᏱᏄᎵᏍᏔᎾ, ᎧᏁᏍᎦ ᎠᏂᎾᏌᏁᏍᎪ ᎠᏂᏧᏣ.
She had surgery on her knee last May.
ᎠᏂᏍᎬᏘ ᏥᎧᎸ ᎠᏥᏰᏝᎸ ᎧᏂᎨᏂ.
I'm going to collect from him what he owes me when I see him.
ᏥᏚᎬ ᎢᎦ ᏓᏥᏂᏝᏂ ᏥᎪᎥᎢ.
What do you use to kill rats?
ᎦᏙ ᎤᏍᏗ ᏕᎯᎯᏍᏗᏍᎪᎢ ᎧᏂᏈᏌ?
He's eating a chicken wing.
ᏥᏔᎦ ᎧᏃᎨ ᎠᏍᏗᎩᎠ.
He broke his arm when he fell.
ᎧᏃᎨᏂ ᎤᎵᏍᏆᎵᏎᎸ ᎤᏅᏣ.
The newscaster is telling the news. A preacher preached the gospel to the people.
ᎧᏃᎮᏓ ᎧᏃᎮᏍᎩ ᎧᏃᎮᏓ ᎧᏃᎮᎭ. ᎠᎵᏣᏙᎲᏍᎩ ᎧᏃᎮᏓ ᏚᎵᏣᏙᏁᎸ ᏴᏫ.
Don't tell what happened.
ᏞᏍᏗ ᏥᎯᏃᎮᏟ ᏄᎵᏍᏔᏂᏙᎸᎢ.
Did you omit him on purpose?
ᎠᏎᎢᏍ ᎯᏃᎯᏰᎢ?
Cherokee Baptists eat Passover Supper every three months.
ᏦᎢ ᎢᏯᏅᏓ ᎢᏳᏓᎵ ᎧᏃᎯᏰᎩ ᎠᎾᎵᏍᏓᏴᎲᏍᎪ ᎠᏂᏣᎳᎩ ᏗᎾᏓᏬᏍᎩ.
The mother is fanning her baby.
ᎤᏍᏗ ᎤᏤᎵ ᎧᏃᏰᎭ ᎤᏓᏥᎢ.
Do you like to drink sassafrass tea?
ᏣᎸᏉᏗᏍ ᎧᎾᏍᏓᏥ ᎠᎦᏅ ᏣᏗᏔᏍᏗ?
I want to pick blackberries.
ᎧᏄᎦᏟ ᎠᏆᏕᏍᏗ ᎠᏆᏚᎵᎭ.
He's shooting bullfrogs with arrows.
ᎦᏟᏓ ᎬᏗ ᏓᏲᎯᎭ ᎧᏄᎾ.
It was misting when I came in.
ᎧᏄᏲᎳᏗᏍᎬᏛ ᏥᏓᏥᏴᎠ.