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Do you know how to make gravy?
ᎯᎦᏔᎭᏍ ᎠᏑᏍᏗ ᏦᏢᏗ?
Choose the one that you want.
ᎭᏑᏯᎩ ᎢᏳᏍᏗ ᏣᏚᎵᏍᎬᎢ.
Stir the soup.
ᎭᏑᏴᎳ Ꮎ ᎤᎦᎹ.
When Cherokees cook wild onions, they mix them with eggs.
ᏒᎩ ᎢᎾᎨ ᎡᎯ ᏳᏅᏂᏍᏔᎾ ᎠᏂᏣᎳᎩ, ᏧᏪᏥ ᏓᎾᏑᏴᏍᎪᎢ.
Something smells bad.
ᎪᏍᏗ ᎤᏲ ᎠᏒᎦ.
Do you know anyone who works in a sawmill?
ᎯᏲᎵᎩᏍ ᎩᎶ ᎠᏒᏆᎶᏍᎩ ᏧᎸᏫᏍᏓᏁᎯ?
When it flooded, the water destroyed some of the bridges.
ᎤᏃᎱᎦᎾ ᎢᎦᏓ ᏓᏒᏢ ᏚᏲᏍᏔᏅ ᎠᎹ.
He burned his hand when he touched a hot stove.
ᎤᏬᏰᏂ ᎤᎴᏴᏒ ᎤᏗᏞᎩ ᎣᏏ ᎤᏒᏂᎳ.
It used up one gallon of oil. He drank up a glass full of milk.
ᏑᏟᎶᏓ ᎪᎢ ᎤᏒᏅᎢ. ᎤᎸᏌᏗ ᎧᎵ ᎤᏅᏗ ᎤᏒᏅᎢ.
My grandmother was a Nighthawk.
ᎡᎵᏏ ᎠᏒᏃᏱ ᎨᏒᎢ.
This boy likes to talk to young women.
ᎯᎠ ᎠᏧᏣ ᎠᎾᏔ ᏧᏟᏃᎮᏙᏗ ᎤᎸᏉᏗ.
Do you know what rage is?
ᏣᏅᏔᏍ ᎢᏳᏍᏗ ᎨᏒ ᎠᏔᏝᏬᎯᏍᏗ?
He held his breath for two minutes.
ᏔᎵ ᎢᏯᏔᏬᏍᏔᏅ ᎢᎪᎯᏓ ᎤᏔᏬᏍᏔᏅᎢ.
Moor the boat when you're through fishing.
ᎯᏔᎳᏛ Ꮎ ᏥᏳ ᎭᏑᏃᏅᎢ.
He drilled a hole in the board with a drill.
ᏗᏔᎴᏍᏗ ᎬᏗ ᎤᏔᎴᏒ ᏯᏖᎾ.
Fill the holes in the road with gravel.
ᏅᏯ ᏧᎾᏍᏗ ᎬᏗ ᏘᎧᎵᏣ ᏓᏔᎴᏒ ᏅᏃᎯ.
When you heat water to its boiling point, it steams.
ᏫᎬᎵᏗᏍᎩ ᏯᏙᏔᎾ ᎠᎹ ᎠᏔᏃᎴᎪᎢ.
How old is your teenage daughter?
ᎯᎳ ᎢᏳᏕᏘᏴᏓ ᏤᏥ ᎠᏔᏄᏣ?
When he threw the gunpowder into the fire, it exploded.
ᎪᏛ ᏭᏗᎾ ᎠᏓᏪᎳᎩᏍᎩ ᎤᏔᏍᎩᏒᎢ.
On July fourth people fire firecrackers.
ᎧᏰᏉᎾ ᏅᎩᏁ ᏗᏔᏍᎩᏍᎩ ᏓᏂᏔᏍᎩᏗᏍᎪ ᏴᏫ.
It's dangerous to smoke near a place where explosives are stored.
ᎦᎾᏰᎪ ᎪᎦᏍᏗ ᏗᏔᏍᎩᏍᎩ ᏓᏍᏆᏂᎪᏛ ᎾᎥᎢ.
She kissed her daughter on the forehead.
ᎤᏪᏥ ᎠᎨᏳᏣ ᎠᎬᏓᎨᏂ ᎤᏔᏪᏙᏅᎢ.
She's combing her son's hair.
ᎤᏪᏥ ᎠᏧᏣ ᎠᏔᏬᎠ.
Don't be afraid to ask for it.
ᏞᏍᏗ ᏱᏍᎦᎮᏍᏗ ᏣᏔᏲᏍᏗᎢ.
He wants to join the military service.
ᎠᏂᏲᏍᎩ ᎤᏖᎳᏗᏍᏗ ᎤᏚᎵᎭ.
She is washing dishes.
ᏗᏖᎵᏙ ᏕᎬᏗᏰᎠ.
Don't shake the ladder.
ᏞᏍᏗ ᏥᎯᏖᎸᏂ ᎠᏴᏠ.
She made a shirt for her husband to wear.
ᎠᏘᏟᏗ ᎤᏬᏢᏅ ᎠᏂᏁᎵ ᎤᎿᏬᏍᏗ.
He's leading a blind man.
ᏗᎨᏫ ᎠᏍᎦᏯ ᎠᏘᏂ.
Why do you like to argue?
ᎦᏙ ᏥᏣᎸᏉᏗ ᏣᏘᏲᏍᏗ?
He's always looking for an argument.
ᏂᎪᎯᎸ ᎠᏘᏲᏍᏗ ᎤᏲᎰᎢ.
Someone is running in this direction.
ᎩᎶ ᏛᏟ.
Who would win if you two raced?
ᎦᎪ ᏱᏓᏓᎩᏯ ᏱᏍᏓᏙᎩᏯ?
The man making he speech is a candidate for president of the United States.
Ꮎ ᎠᏍᎦᏯ ᏥᎦᏬᏂ ᎠᎹᏰᏟ ᎤᎬᏫᏳᎯ ᏱᎦᎵᏍᏗᏍᎩ ᎠᏙᎩᏯᏍᎩ.
Is this camera borrowed?
ᎠᏙᎵᏓᏍ ᎯᎠ ᏗᏓᏟᎶᏍᏗᏍᎩ?
Who loaned him the car?
ᎦᎪ ᎤᏙᎵᏍᏔᏁᎢ Ꮎ ᏓᏆᎴᎳ?
How long does he want to borrow it?
ᎯᎳ ᎢᎪᎯᏓ ᎤᏙᏟᏍᏗ ᎤᏚᎵ?
I see something flashing.
ᎪᎱᏍᏗ ᎠᏙᏯᏩᏍᎬ ᏥᎪᏩᏘᎭ.
He took a bite of cornbread.
ᏎᎷ ᎦᏚ ᎤᏥᏍᏕᎥᎢi.
Are you lying to me?
ᏍᏆᏥᎪᏁᎭᏍ?
He doesn't like to take a drink.
Ꮭ ᏳᎸᏉᏗ ᎤᏚᎩᏍᏗ.
He gave him a drink.
ᎠᏚᎩᏍᏗ ᎤᏁᏁᎸᎢ.
He promised to come over next month.
ᏐᎢ ᎧᎴᏍᏗ ᎤᏪᏓᏍᏗ ᎤᏚᎢᏍᏔᏅᎢ.
I listened to him speak for ten minutes.
ᏍᎪᎯ ᎢᏯᏔᏬᏍᏔᏅ ᎢᎪᎯᏓ ᏥᏯᏛᏓᏍᏔᏅ ᎦᏬᏂᏍᎬᎢ.
Ask him what he's going to do.
ᎯᏯᏛᏛᎲᎦ ᏂᏗᏛᏁᎵᏒᎢ.
He hears only when you speak loud.
ᏍᏓᏯ ᏱᎦᏬᏂᏌ ᎩᎳ ᎠᏛᎩᏍᎪᎢ.
She grows beautiful flowers.
ᏧᏃᏚᎯ ᎠᏂᏥᎸᏍᎩ ᏓᏛᎯᏍᏗᏍᎪᎢ.
He is really growing.
ᎤᏙᎯᏳ ᎠᏛᏍᎦ.
Do you recognize that young man?
ᎯᏲᎵᎦᏍ Ꮎ ᎠᏫᎾ?
I didn't know you had two teenage boys.
Ꮭ ᏯᏆᏅᏖ ᎠᏂᏔᎵ ᎠᏂᏫᏄᏣ ᏕᏣᎧᎲᎢ.
Eagles build their nests on mountain tops.
ᎣᏓᎸ ᎦᎸᎳᏗ ᏓᎾᏁᏍᏓᏝᎲᏍᎪ ᎠᏬᎭᎵ.
Which room is he in?
ᎦᏙ ᎤᏍᏗ ᎧᏅᏑᎸ ᎠᏯᎠ?
He was walking fast.
ᎠᏯᏄᎵ ᎠᎢᏒᎢ.
He distributed food among a lot of people.
ᏥᏈᏍᏗ ᏄᎾᏛᏅ ᏴᏫ ᎤᏯᏙᏢ ᎠᎵᏍᏓᏴᏗ.
He became a deacon on August 25, 1973.
ᎦᎶᏂ ᏔᎵᏍᎪ ᎯᏍᎩᏁ, ᏐᏁᎳᏚ ᎢᏍᎪᎯᏥᏆ ᎦᎵᏆᏍᎪ ᏦᎢ ᎠᏯᏙᎯᎯ ᏄᎵᏍᏔᏅᎢ.
Which chapter are you reading?
ᎯᎳ ᎠᏯᏙᏢ ᎯᎪᎵᏰᎠ?
When he was told to wake up, he woke up.
ᎯᏰᎩ ᎠᎪᏎᎳ, ᎤᏰᏨᎢ.
Sit here in the middle.
ᎠᎭᏂ ᎠᏰᏟ ᏦᏞᏍᏗ.
Don't wake the baby.
ᏞᏍᏗ ᏥᎯᏰᎢᏍᏔᏂ ᎤᏍᏗᎢ.
He burned half of his body.
ᎠᏰᏟ ᎢᏴ ᎠᏰᎸ ᏚᎴᏴᏒᎢ.
He put the horse inside the barn.
ᏐᏈᎵ ᎤᏂᏴᏍᏗ ᎤᏴᏔᏅ ᏐᏈᎵ.
Have you heard a hen crowing?
ᏣᏛᎦᏅᎢᏍ ᏥᏔᎦ ᎠᎩᏏ ᎠᏴᎬᎢ?
He got five new pencils from the store. She picked up a pencil from the ground.
ᎯᏍᎩ ᏗᏤ ᏗᎪᏪᎶᏗ ᏚᏴᎲ ᏗᏓᎾᏅᎢ. ᎡᎳᏗ ᏩᏯ ᏗᎪᏪᎶᏗ.
She accidently spilled water on the floor.
ᎠᎹ ᎤᏤᏩᏍᏙᏔᏅ ᎠᏲᏓᏝᎲᎢ.
The bottle broke when it dropped.
ᎫᎫ ᎤᏲᏨ ᎤᏬᎰᏌ.
The hunter shot a deer with an arrow.
ᎦᏃᎭᎵᏙ ᎦᏟᏓ ᎬᏗ ᎤᏲᏢ ᎠᏫ.
What time do you take a break from your work.
ᎯᎳ ᎠᏟᎢᎵᏒ ᎯᏲᎯᏍᏗᏍᎪ ᏕᏣᎸᏫᏍᏓᏁᎲ?
The children are playing ball. He picked up some small rocks.
ᏗᏂᏲᏟ ᏍᏆᎴᏍᏗ ᏓᎾᏁᎶᎲᏍᎦ. ᏗᏲᏟ ᏅᏯ ᏚᏭᏖᏒᎢ.
Several men are hewing railroad ties.
ᎢᎸᏍᎩ ᎢᏯᏂᎢ ᎠᏂᏍᎦᏯ ᏗᏗᏍᏗ ᏓᏂᏲᏢᏍᎦ.
No one hides from death.
Ꮭ ᎩᎶ ᏴᎬᏗᏍᎦᎳᏍ ᎠᏲᎱᎯᏍᏗ.
When did he die?
ᎯᎳ ᎢᏴ ᏥᎨᏒ ᎤᏲᎱᏎᎢ?
He broke up a fight between the little boys.
ᏧᎾᏍᏗ ᎠᏂᏧᏣ ᎠᎾᏟᎲ ᎤᏲᎢᏍᏔᏅᎢ.
Every time he sees me, he greets me.
ᏂᎪᎯᎸ ᏯᎩᎪᎭ ᎠᎩᏲᎵᎰᎢ.
He accidently broke a water glass.
ᎠᎹ ᎠᏟᏍᏙᏗ ᎤᎸᏌᏗ ᎤᏲᏍᏙᏔᏅᎢ.
I was a soldier for three years.
ᏦᎢ ᏧᏖᏗᏴᏓ ᏥᏲᏍᎩ ᎨᏒᎢ.
The strong wind destroyed the small building.
ᎤᏟᏂᎩᏓ ᎦᏃᎸᏍᎬ ᎤᏲᏍᏔᏃᏅ ᎤᏍᏗ ᎠᏓᏁᎸᎢ.
a crippled man asked for a walking cane.
ᎠᏲᎤᏟ ᎠᏍᎦᏯ ᎠᏙᎳᏅᏍᏗ ᎤᏔᏲᎸᎢ.
Do you want me to go?
ᎠᏯᏍ ᎠᏇᏅᏍᏗ ᏣᏚᎵ?
I entered the house when the rain came.
ᎦᎵᏦᏕ ᎠᎩᏴᏢ ᎤᎦᎿᏂᏝ.
The boy found a new bat.
Ꮎ ᎠᏧᏣ ᎢᏤ ᎪᏍᏛᏂᏍᏗ ᎤᏴᏩᏛᎲᎢ.
Where are you taking the wood?
ᎭᏢ ᏕᎯᏴᏫᏗ ᎠᏓ?
There is a gate at the entrance to the pasture.
ᏍᏚᏗ ᎬᏙᎠ ᎠᏴᏍᏙᏗ ᏠᎨᏏ.
What are the people doing?
ᎦᏙ ᎠᎾᏛᏁ ᎠᏂᏴᏫ?
This boy is a full-blooded Indian.
ᎯᎠ ᎠᏧᏣ ᎠᎧᎵ ᎠᏴᏫᏯᎢ.
Have you heard a white person speak Cherokee?
ᏣᏛᎦᏅᎢᏍ ᎠᏲᏁᎦ ᏣᎳᎩ ᎦᏬᏂᏍᎬ?
Give him eight dollars.
ᏣᏁᎳ ᎠᏕᎸ ᏘᎥᏏ.
He burns coal in his heating stove.
ᏥᏃᏍᎦ ᎠᎪᎲᏍᏗᏍᎪ ᎣᏏ ᎤᎦᎾᏬᎯᏍᏗᎢ.
Do you have some flea killer?
ᏧᎦᏍ ᏗᎯᏍᏙᏗ ᏣᏁᎭ?
He made an X on the signature line because he didn't know how to write his name in English.
ᏚᏙᎥ ᎤᏬᏪᎶᏗ ᎠᏍᏓᏅᏅ ᏚᏓᎿᏫᏍᏔᏅᎢ ᎾᎦᏔᎲᎾ ᎨᏒ ᎢᏳᏍᏗ ᎩᎵᏏ ᎤᏬᏪᎶᏗᎢ.
They met at a crossroads.
ᏓᏓᎿᏫᏍᏛ ᏅᏃᎯ ᏚᎾᏠᏒᎢ.
He looked for his conjuring material when he was asked to conjure.
ᏓᏓᏁᏎᏍᎬ ᎤᏮᏔᏂᏓᏍᏗ ᎤᏯᎸ ᏧᏓᏁᏎᏍᏗ ᎠᏥᏔᏲᏎᎳ.
Do you think he is going to accept?
ᏚᏛᏓᏂᎸᏥᏍ ᎮᎵ?
Why didn't you dodge?
ᎦᏙᎲ Ꮭ ᏱᏙᏣᏓᏅᏗᏍᏔᏁ?
The preacher performed baptism on a cold day.
ᎤᏴᏟ ᎢᎦ ᏚᏓᏬᎥ ᎠᎵᏣᏙᎲᏍᎩ.
He lasted a long time, then he gave up.
ᎪᎯᏓ ᏚᏪᏘᏅ ᎩᎳ ᏚᏓᏲᏒᎢ.
She teaches summer school.
ᎪᎩ ᏓᎾᏕᏠᏆᏍᎬ ᏓᏕᏲᎲᏍᎪᎢ.
The shortest verse in the bible says, "Jesus wept."
ᏩᏍᏆᎳᎯᏴ ᎤᏓᏡᎬ ᎦᎸᏉᏗ ᎪᏪᎵ, "ᏥᏌ ᏚᏠᎯᎸᎢ," ᎠᏗᎭ.
They were married in a chapel last month.
ᏧᏂᎳᏫᏍᏗ ᏕᎨᎦᏨᏍᏔᏅ ᏐᎢ ᏥᎧᎸᎢ.
They make necklaces out of pearls.
ᏗᏯᎵᏗ ᏓᏃᏢᏅᏗᏍᎪᎢ ᏓᎬᎾ.
Whatever price you set, I'll pay you.
ᏂᎦᎵᏍᏔᏅᏊ ᎢᎦ ᏕᎯᎬᏩᎶᏔᏅ ᎬᏯᏈᏴᎡᎸᎢ.