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Today we are going to start at the beginning. Consider it a review as most people know much of the material already. In every sentence we need a subject. The best beginning subject is the pronoun for I. It is the word "ni." This sounds like the English word "knee." Next we need...

We are going to start over our language forum. There is one of several phrases that every Klamath  and Modoc member should know and be able to say proudly! ni ewksikni maqlaqs gi! I am a Klamath Indian! The Modoc variation of that sentence is virtually the same with the...

There are some basic skills one must develop when learning Klamath. One such skill is the building of a vocabulary. This is done with lots of practice. You need to be able to identify a noun and a verb. This just takes practice. It is one of the first skills that develop....

We have been talking about making sounds. I started to think about the degree of making a sound-quietly or loudly. "hema" means to make a sound. gaw posis hema.  My cat meowed. gaw posis gillank hema. My cat meowed loudly. gaw posis gemgem hema. My cat meowed...

Today we are going to identify some animals by the sound they make and place them into the sentence pattern we have been discussing the last few days. "hema" is to make a sound. It is unique to each animal that makes the sound. An owl hoots. mokas hema. A raven caws. ka-ak...

We are going to stay with "hema" for another day. This verb offers many possibilities. We are going to use the structure of: ni _____ _______ domna. I hear ____ ____. This is another example of a verb being made into a noun by using the suffix -is. ni posisam hemis domna. I...