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They're coming back shortly, I think.
ᎩᎳᏊ ᏛᎠᏂᎷᏥ ᎨᎵᎠ.
That's enough!
ᎡᎵᏊ!
Can you take me to town?
ᎡᎵᏊᏍ ᏗᎦᏚᎲ ᏳᏫᏍᎩᎧᎲᎦ?
It seems like he would say where he is going.
ᎡᎵᏍᏗ ᏱᎧᏃᎲᎳ ᎤᎿ ᎡᎬᎢ.
If there was a straight road, it would have been all right.
ᎦᏥᏃᏍᏓ ᏳᏪᎦᏅᏁ ᎣᏏ ᏱᎨᏎ.
The water pipe bent, but he straightened it out.
ᎠᎹ ᎤᎶᎯᏍᏗ ᎤᏒᏙᏂ ᎤᏥᏈᏛᏁᎸ ᎠᏎᏅ ᎤᏩᏥᏃᏌᏅᎢ.
We live in a dirty world; no matter where we go we see dirt.
ᎦᏓᎭ ᎡᎶᎯ ᎢᏕᎭ; ᎭᏢᏊ ᏳᏫᎩᎷᏣ ᎦᏓ ᎢᏗᎪᏩᏘᏍᎪi.
What's that hanging on the post?
ᎦᏙ ᎤᏍᏗ Ꮎ ᏥᎦᏓᎠ ᎨᏛᎢ?
How old is that flag?
ᎯᎳ ᏄᏪᏘᏯ Ꮎ ᎦᏓᏗ?
Did you make this crock?
ᏂᎯᏍ ᏦᏢᏁ ᎯᎠ ᎦᏓᎫᎫ?
He has a pipe made of clay.
ᎦᏓᏆᎳ ᎪᏢᏔᎾ ᎦᏅᏃᏩ ᎤᏩᏯ.
He didn't want to drive a dirty car, so he washed it.
Ꮭ ᏳᏚᎸᎮ ᎦᏓᎭ ᏓᏆᎴᎳ ᎤᎯᎸᏍᏗ, ᎥᏍᎩᏅ ᎢᏳᏍᏗ ᎤᏅᎦᎸᎲᎢ.
Long ago the farmers used horses for plowing the fields.
ᎪᎯᎩᏴ ᏥᎨᏎ ᏗᏂᎶᎩᏍᎩ ᏐᏈᎵ ᏓᏅᏗᏍᎨ ᏓᏂᏓᎷᎩᏍᎬ ᏠᎨᏏ.
Have you used a horse-drawn plow?
ᏨᏔᏅᎢᏍ ᏐᏈᎵ ᎤᏂᎾᏌᏁᏍᏗ ᎦᏓᎷᎪᏗ?
He picked a ripe apple to eat. Take the shirt down from the line.
ᏒᎦᏔ ᎤᏩᏂᏒ ᎤᎩᏍᏗ ᎤᏕᏒᎢ. ᎭᏓᎩ ᎠᎿᏬ ᎠᏏᎳᏛ ᏥᎦᏓᎠ.
Turn it to the left.
ᎠᎦᏍᎦᏂ ᏗᏜ ᎯᏕᏯᏍᏓ.
A broken glass cut his heel when he stepped on it while wading in water.
ᎦᏗᎨᏂ ᎤᏰᏝᎸ ᎫᎫ ᎤᏲᏨ ᎤᎳᏍᏛᏔᎾ ᎠᎹᏱ ᎠᏚᎯᏂᏙᎲᎢ.
Can you spin the wheel?
ᎡᎵᏊᏍ ᏱᏗᏆᎸᏕᏯᏍᏓ ᎦᏆᏛᎢ?
He strapped the box with some leather.
ᎦᏃᏥ ᎬᏗ ᎤᏩᏠᏢ ᎧᏁᏌᎢ.
What are you doing? Nothing much. I'm just reading a book. What's wrong with you? I'm sleepy.
ᎦᏙ ᎭᏛᏁᎭ? Ꮭ ᎤᏟ ᎢᎦ ᎪᎱᏍᏗ. ᏗᎪᏪᎵᏊ ᏕᏥᎪᎵᏰᎠ. ᎦᏙ ᏣᎵᏍᏓᏁᎭ? ᏥᎸᏍᎦ.
The policemen were standing outside when I got there.
ᏙᏱ ᏗᏜ ᏓᏂᏙᎬ ᏗᎾᏓᏂᏱᏍᎩ ᏩᎩᎷᏣ.
Children like to play on the ground.
ᏗᏂᏲᏟ ᎤᏂᎸᏉᏗ ᎦᏙᎯ ᏧᎾᏁᎶᏗᎢ.
Why didn't you come when I was calling you?
ᎦᏙᎲ ᏂᏗᏤᏅᏓ ᏧᏫᎬᏯᏂᏍᎬ?
I just feel sorry for him.
ᏥᏯᏙᎵᎦᏊ.
When he got tired of holding the coat, he dropped it.
ᏚᏯᏪᏣ ᎦᏌᎴᏂ ᎦᏁᎲ, ᎤᏙᏅᏔᏅᎢ.
The shirt fell from the line.
ᎠᏏᎳᏛ ᎦᏛ ᎠᎿᏩ ᎤᏙᏒᎢ.
Which color are you going to paint it?
ᎦᏙ ᎤᏍᏗ ᎤᎵᏑᏫᏓ ᏘᏑᏫᏍ?
What do you see? A green pencil. What do you want? I want you to help me.
ᎦᏙ ᎤᏍᏗ ᎯᎪᏩᏘᎭ? ᎢᏤ ᎢᏳᏍᏗ ᏗᎪᏪᎶᏗ. ᎦᏙ ᎤᏍᏗ ᏣᏚᎵᎭ? ᏍᎩᏍᏕᎸᏗ ᎠᏆᏚᎵ.
I have bread in the oven.
ᏗᎦᏘᏗ ᏩᎩᏝ ᎦᏚ.
The mirror is on top of the dresser.
ᏗᏎᎯᏍᏗ ᎦᏚ ᎠᏝᎭ ᎠᏓᎨᏗ.
Long ago, Cherokees helped each other through cooperative labor.
ᎪᎯᎩ ᏥᎨᏒ, ᎦᏚᎩ ᏓᎾᎵᏍᏕᎵᏍᎬ ᎠᏂᏣᎳᎩ.
What's the population of the town of Tahlequah?
ᎯᎳ ᎾᏂᎠ ᏴᏫ ᎠᏁᎭ ᏓᎵᏆ ᎦᏚᎲᎢ?
She's getting ready to bake a cake.
ᎦᏚ ᎤᎦᎾᏍᏓ ᎤᏩᏘᏗ ᎠᏛᏅᎢᏍᏗᎭ.
When the photos got wet, they were ruined.
ᏗᎦᏚᎵᏓ ᏂᏚᎵᏍᏔᎾ ᏗᏓᏟᎶᏍᏔᏅ, ᏚᏲᏨᎢ.
Forest rangers build lookout towers on hills.
ᏌᎷᏱ ᎤᎾᎦᏎᏍᏗ ᎦᏚᏏ ᏓᏁᏛᏍᎪ ᏧᎾᎦᏙᏗᎢ.
She baked a cake for her son's birthday.
ᎦᏚ ᎤᎦᎾᏍᏓ ᎤᏩᏚᏅ ᎤᏪᏥ ᎠᏧᏣ ᏚᏕᏘᏱᏍᎬᎢ.
l am hanging my shirt on the line.
ᎠᏏᎳᏛ ᎦᏛᎥᏍᎦ ᎠᏆᎿᏬ.
This boy ate five of the cucumbers.
ᎯᎠ ᎠᏧᏣ ᎯᏍᎩᎭ ᎦᎦᎹ ᏚᏍᏗᎬᎢ.
He borrowed my paddle yesterday.
ᎦᎦᏪᏍᏗ ᎠᏆᏙᎸᎡᎸ ᏒᎯ ᏥᎨᏒᎢ.
Three of them are taking turns rowing the boat.
ᏦᎢᎭ ᎢᏯᏂᎢ ᏓᎾᏓᏁᏟᏴ ᏓᏂᎦᏪᏍᎬᎢ ᏥᏳ.
The reason he is so strong is because he is always lifting heavy objects.
ᏂᎪᎯᎸ ᎦᎨᏓ ᎠᏌᎳᏓᏅᎲᏍᎬ ᏂᏗᎦᎵᏍᏙᏗ ᏥᏄᏟᏂᎬᎦ.
Who is going to drive the car?
ᎦᎩ ᏛᎯᎴᏏ ᏓᏆᎴᎳ?
Who is the man wearing the blue cap?
ᎦᎪ Ꮎ ᏌᎪᏂᎨ ᎤᎵᏍᏚᎵ ᏥᎩ ᎠᏍᎦᏯ?
The wheel went into the water when it came off.
ᎠᎹᏱ ᏭᏕᎵᏨ ᎦᏆᏘᏗ ᎤᏓᏆᏕᏍᏔᎾ.
A woodpecker is pecking on a pole.
ᎨᏛ ᎦᏆᏲᎯᎭ ᏓᎳᎳ.
He used wedges in splitting posts.
ᏗᎦᎭᏘᏗ ᏚᏭᏔᏅ ᎨᏛᏍᏗ ᏓᏍᏡᏍᎬᎢ.
What is the man putting in the can?
ᎦᏙ ᎤᏍᏗ ᎦᎵᏗ ᏔᎷᎩᏍᎩ Ꮎ ᎠᏍᎦᏯ?
Hand me the sugar bowl.
ᎧᎵᏎᏥ ᎦᎵᏙᏗ ᎡᏍᎬᏏ.
Seven days make one week.
ᎦᎵᏉᎩ ᏧᏒᎯᏓ ᏒᎾᏙᏓᏆᏍᏗ ᏂᎦᎵᏍᏗᏍᎪᎢ.
You will be the seventh.
ᏂᎯ ᎦᎵᏉᎩᏁ ᎨᏎᏍᏗ.
When he broke an arrow, he went and got another one.
ᎦᏟᏓ ᎤᏲᏍᏔᎾ, ᏄᏓᎴ ᏭᏴᎲᎢ.
Early at night he's already asleep.
ᎩᎳ ᎤᏒ ᎦᏳᎳ ᎦᏟᎰᎢ.
She's gathering hickory nuts to make kanuchi.
ᏐᎯ ᏕᎦᏟᏏᎭ ᎦᏅᏥ ᎤᏬᏢᏙᏗ.
What kind of wood do you use when you make a bow?
ᎦᏙ ᎤᏍᏗ ᎠᏓ ᎲᏗᏍᎪ ᎦᎵᏣᏗ ᏱᏦᏢᎿ?
I am going to build a house.
ᎦᎵᏦᏕ ᏓᎦᏁᏍᎨᎯ.
He's buying some metal roofing.
ᏔᎷᎩᏍᎩ ᎦᎵᏦᏛᏙᏗ ᏚᏩᏍᎦ.
When he goes fishing, he lives in a tent.
ᎠᎹᏱ ᏳᏑᏁᎾ ᎦᎵᏦᏛ ᏩᏯᎣᎢ.
He piled the gravel on the road.
ᏅᏯ ᏧᎾᏍᏗ ᎤᏩᏡᏅ ᏅᏃᎯ.
I tied up the prisoner up with a rope.
ᏍᏕᏱᏓ ᎬᏗ ᏥᏯᎸᎸ ᎠᏴᎩ.
The workers are putting some rocks in a hole in the ground.
ᏧᏂᎸᏫᏍᏓᏁᎯ ᏅᏯ ᏓᏂᏢᏍᎦ ᎦᏙᎯ ᎠᏔᎴᏒᎢ.
The children were getting sleepy; that's why we came back.
ᏗᏂᏲᏟᏛ ᏓᏂᏢᏍᎬ ᎥᏍᎩᏅ ᎢᏳᏍᏗ ᏛᎣᎦᏂᎩᏒᎢ.
Take a coat, because it's cold.
ᎦᏌᎴᏂ ᎯᏄᎦ, ᎤᏴᏜᎮᏃ.
I am holding a new shirt.
ᎢᏤ ᎠᎿᏬ ᏥᏁᎭ.
He's handling a dead snake.
ᎢᎾᏓ ᎤᎵᏬᏨ ᎦᏂᏙᎭ.
The collar on the shirt just came off.
ᎠᎿᏬ ᎦᏯᏢ ᎾᏛᎾᏕᏍᏓ
He made an extremely beautiful saddle.
ᎤᏬᏚᏨ ᎦᏯᎱᎶ ᎤᏬᏢᏅᎢ.
What is the rabbit eating?
ᎦᏙ ᎤᏍᏗ ᎦᏰᎠ ᏥᏍᏚ?
Green beans are good to eat.
ᎠᏂᏤ ᏚᏯ ᎠᏃᏍᏓ ᏗᎦᏰᏍᏗ.
He ripped an old cloth to wash the car.
ᎤᏪᏘ ᎠᎿᏬ ᎤᏩᏣᎦᎸᎲ ᏓᏆᎴᎳ ᎤᏅᎦᎸᏙᏗ.
When the cat wants to go inside the house, he scratches on the door.
ᎦᎵᏦᏕ ᎤᏴᏍᏗ ᏳᏚᎵ ᏪᏌ, ᎦᎶᎯᏍᏗ ᏕᎦᏣᎵᎪᏍᎪᎢ.
He has a fast car.
ᎦᏣᏄᎵ ᏓᏆᎴᎳ ᎤᎭ.
When I had a cold, a doctor gave me an injection.
ᎤᏴᏜ ᏣᎩᏂᏱᏍᎬ ᎠᎦᎾᎦᏘ ᎠᎩᏣᏲᏢᎢ.
I guess she's just about finished washing because she is wringing the clothes.
ᏚᎩᎶᎣᏂᏗ ᎠᏎ, ᏕᎦᏨᏩᏍᏗᎭᎮᏃ ᏗᎿᏬ.
What is the wasp stinging?
ᎦᏙ ᎤᏍᏗ ᎦᏨᏯᏍᎦ Ꮎ ᎧᎾᏥᏍᏕᏥ?
I almost brought my dog, but l left it behind.
ᎠᎴ ᎩᏟ ᏂᏓᏥᏯᏘᏄᎦ ᎠᏎᏅ ᏓᏥᏯᎧᎯᏯ.
I am giving him one cat.
ᏌᏊ ᏪᏌ ᏥᏯᎧᏁᎭ.
He bought ten bundles of young onion plants.
ᏍᎪᎯ ᏂᏕᎦᏛᎥ ᏒᎩ ᏗᎦᎪᏗ ᏚᏩᏒᎢ.
l am wrapping a Christmas gift.
ᏓᏂᏍᏓᏲᎯᎲ ᎠᏓᏁᏗ ᏥᏇᏅᏍᎦ.
He put the knife in his pocket.
ᎤᏜᏩᏛ ᎤᎳᏛ ᎭᏰᎵᏍᏗ.
He bought a new tool box.
ᎢᏤ ᎬᏔᏅᏙᏗ ᏗᎦᎳᏗᏍᏙᏗ ᎤᏩᏒᎢ.
Which street do you live on?
ᎦᏙ ᎤᏍᏗ ᎦᎳᏅᏗ ᎯᏁᎳ?
He took a half dollar out of his pocket. She took some clothes out of a basket
ᎠᏰᏟ ᎤᎴᏒ ᎤᏜᏩᏛᎢ. ᏗᎿᏬ ᏚᎴᏒ ᏔᎷᏦᎯ.
When the dog chased the cat, the cat climbed a tree.
ᏪᏌ ᎤᎨᎮᎾ ᎩᏟ, ᏪᏌ ᏡᎬᎢ ᎤᎸᏒᎢ.
A blacksnake likes to eat eggs.
ᏧᏪᏥ ᏧᎩᏍᏗ ᎤᎸᏉᏗ ᎦᎴᎩ.
They pierced their ears to wear earrings.
ᏗᏂᎴᏂ ᏚᏂᏔᎴᏒᎢ ᏧᎾᏟᎠᏛᏗᎢ.
When he placed his hand on the stove, he was burned.
ᎣᏏ ᏭᏏᏔᏓ, ᎤᎴᏴᏒᎢ.
When the wind blew hard, the tree fell.
ᏍᏓᏱ ᎤᏃᎸᎾ, ᏡᎬ ᎤᎴᏴᏒᎢ.
The children are climbing around on an oak tree.
ᏧᏍᎦ ᏡᎬ ᎠᏂᎵᏙ ᏗᏂᏲᏟ.
The forest burned for three days.
ᏦᎢ ᏧᏒᎯᏓ ᎤᎵᏨ ᎢᎾᎨᎢ.
He's in the garden picking corn.
ᏠᎨᏏ ᏪᏙᎭ ᏎᎷ ᏫᏗᎦᎵᎭ.
When a dog was run over by a car, it died.
ᏓᏆᎴᎳ ᎤᏗᏅᏔᎾ ᎩᏟ, ᎤᎵᏬᏨᎢ.
The fat man is trying to lose weight.
Ꮎ ᎦᎵᏦᎯᏓ ᎠᏍᎦᏯ ᎠᏁᎵᏗ ᎤᏓᎨᏒ ᎤᏲᎱᏎᏗᎢ.
He spanked his son.
ᎤᏪᏥ ᎠᏧᏣ ᎤᎵᎥᏂᎸᎢ.
He hoes his garden every day.
ᏧᏙᏓᏋᏓ ᎦᎶᎩᏍᎪ ᎤᏫᏒᏅᎢ.
Where did you put the hoe?
ᎭᏢ ᏣᏕ ᎦᎶᎪᏗ?
He is cleaning a gun.
ᎦᎶᏇ ᎦᏅᎦᎵᎭ.
My neighbor stopped by on his way to the store
ᎾᎥ ᎢᏦᎩᎾᏓᎵ ᎤᎶᎯᏍᏔᏅ ᏗᏓᎾᏅ ᏩᎦᏘ.
He went through the doorway.
ᎦᎶᎯᏍᏗ ᏭᎦᏛᎴᏒ.
He tried to overtake me, but I was walking to fast.
ᎠᎩᎶᎯᏎᏗ ᎤᏁᎵᏔᏅ ᎠᏎᏅ ᎦᏣᏄᎵ ᎦᎢᏒᎢ.
His birthday is in August.
ᎦᎶᏂ ᎧᎸ ᎤᏕᏘᏱᏍᎩ.