Cherokee Language Lesson: Really? Oh Yes!

free eastern dialect lesson links listed at http://tsasuyed.blogspot.com this vid shows conversational use of Really and Oh yeah! or "it sure is" eastern dialect as spoken in Big Cove on the Qualla in NC try using it in conversation- next time some one tells you something outlandish, say "tsisgigi?" remember, cherokee is tonal, so such words were necessary instead of inflection or emotion to convey earnestness
NOTE: there is a difference in the way it is written and the way it is spoken or pronounced. This is why all dialects can use the same syllabary fairly well/successfully. The written has more "sounds" but when people speak, they don't put all those sounds in there. I've got a bit of both on here so you may see it and here it but that is why it sounds different. The correct way to say it is what some folks call "conversational" and the "formal" isn't really more formal... its just how to distinguish that it is written differently than it sounds. It is impolite to speak using the "written" and for giduwa, it would be incorrect to say it as it is written. So drop the sounds as I illustrate here and you will be saying it correctly.

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