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A collection of useful phrases in Cherokee. You can see them in many other languages by clicking on the English versions.
Key to abbreviations: >1p = said to one person, >pl = said to a group of people, inf = informal, frm = formal
| English | ᏣᎳᎩ / Tsalagi (Cherokee) |
|---|---|
| Welcome | ᎤᎵᎮᎵᏍᏗ (Ulihelisdi) |
| Hello | ᎣᏏᏲ (Osiyo) 'ᏏᏲ (Siyo) - inf |
| How are you? Fine thanks, and you? |
ᏙᎯᏧ? (Dohitsu?) |
| ᎣᏍᏓ, ᏩᏙ. ᎠᎴ ᏂᎯ? (Osda, wado. Ale nihi) >1p | |
| Long time no see | |
| What's your name? My name is ... |
ᎦᏙ ᏕᏣᏙᎠ? (Gado, detsadoa) |
| ... ᏓᏆᏙ (dagwado) | |
| Where are you from? I'm from ... |
ᎭᏢᏖᎬᎢ? (Hatlvtegvi) |
| ... ᏗᎨᎬ. (Digegv) | |
| Pleased to meet you | ᎦᎵᎡᎵ ᏥᏕᎾᎸ (Galiheli tsidenalv) |
| Good morning | ᎣᏍᏓᏑᎾᎴᎢ (Osdasunalei) |
| Good afternoon | |
| Good evening | ᎣᏍᏓᏑᎮᏰᎡ (Osdasuheyee) |
| Good night | ᎣᏍᏓᏑᏃᎡ (Osdasunoe) |
| Goodbye | ᏙᎾᏓᎬᎰᎢ (Donadagvhoi) >1p ᏙᏓᏓᎪᎲᎢ (Dodadagohvi) >pl |
| Good luck | |
| Cheers/Good health! | |
| Have a nice day | |
| Bon appetit | |
| Bon voyage | |
| I understand | ᎪᎵᎦ (goliga) |
| I don't understand | ᏝᎢᎪᎵᎦ (Tlaigoliga) |
| I don't know | ᎨᏍᏗᎦᏔ (gesdigata) inf ᎨᏍᏗᏱᏥᎦᏔ (gesdiyitsigata) frm |
| Please speak more slowly | |
| Please say that again | |
| Please write it down | |
| Do you speak English? | |
| Do you speak Cherokee? Yes, a little |
ᏣᎳᎩᏍ ᎯᏬᏂᏍᎩ? (Tsalagis hiwonisgi) >1p |
| ᎥᎥ, ᎢᎦᏛ. (v'v, igadv) | |
| How do you say ... in Cherokee? | |
| Excuse me | |
| How much is this? | |
| Sorry | |
| Please | ᎰᏩᏧ (howatsu) |
| Thank you Response |
ᏩᏙ (Wado) |
| ᎬᎵᎡᎵᎦ (gvlieliga) | |
| Where's the toilet? | |
| This gentleman/lady will pay for everything |
|
| Would you like to dance with me? |
|
| I miss you | |
| I love you | ᎬᎨᏳᎢ (Gvgeyu'i) |
| Get well soon | |
| Go away! | |
| Leave me alone! | ᏪᎾ (we na) |
| Help! Fire! Stop! |
|
| Call the police! | |
| Merry Christmas and Happy New Year |
ᏓᏂᏍᏔᏲᎯᎲ ᎠᎴ ᎠᎵᎮᎵᏍᏗ ᎢᏤ ᎤᏕᏘᏴᎠᏌᏗᏒ (Danistayohihv ale alihelisdi itse udetiyv'asadisv0 |
| Happy Easter | |
| Happy Birthday | ᎤᎵᎮᎵᏍᏗ ᏂᏣᏕᏘᏯ (ulihelisdi nitsadetiya) |
| One language is never enough |
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| My hovercraft is full of eels |
Some Cherokee phrases provided by Eric "ᏗᎦᏘᏍᏗ" Englert and Mary M. Revis (ᏎᎷ)
If you would like to make any corrections or additions to this page, please contact me.
Information about Cherokee | Cherokee phrases | Cherokee learning materials
Other collections of Cherokee phrases
http://public.csusm.edu/public/raven/cherokee.dir/cherlexi.html
http://mypeoplepc.com/members/cherlyn/onefeather/id7.html
http://www.ctc.volant.org/cherokee/Mirror/cherokeewords.html
http://www.manataka.org/page122.html