Cherokee/Lesson 3

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Word Order[edit | edit source]

Word order is quite flexible in Cherokee.

Place the most salient (important/new) information at the beginning of the sentence.

Negation[edit | edit source]

Use irrealis yi- prefix along with hla (not)

"When"[edit | edit source]

Use irrealis yi- prefix by itself.

Conjunctions[edit | edit source]

And[edit | edit source]

(1) ale, OR

(2) -hno suffix after second element

But[edit | edit source]