Today I will give you a translation for the two sentences of yesterday’s “What does it mean?” 1. nanok waytas ni shetalwasdat gaw shetalwis sle-a. Every day I see my reflection in the mirror. 2. loldamatga hot mo dic hoslta dada loloks kcalgis kcalga. During winter it feels really good […]
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Today I am going to give you a few words that probably aren’t new but interesting. kcalga=radiating or emitting light, heat, warmth kcalgis=the light, heat, warmth shetalwa=reflect light on a smooth surface like water, glass, metal, mirror shetelwis=the reflection shetalwas=mirror What does it mean? 1. nanok waytas ni shetalwasdat gaw […]
So, once you have determined what your sentence will be, present it to the group you are working with. You may have to say it several times-That is OK. Even if they have to write it down, that is OK too. Let’s say that the group gets the sentence. Now, […]
We need to make a sentence for you to begin your drill. I recommend your demonstration sentence. It doesn’t matter what sentence you start with. It should be short so that it is easy to manipulate. Once you select the sentence to begin with, you can begin this drill.
We are going to be changing gears-somewhat. We have amassed enough information so that we can begin to use that in speaking. We will enter an atmosphere of speaking Klamath. You can do this now. I will give you an English sentence and you can put it into Klamath and […]
We will be moving on to a new topic. That topic will be noun suffixes. Today’s 5 suffixes are the most used and seen suffixes. Word order is also very important as the subject and object nouns can look very similar. S + O + V. The standard word order […]
Yesterday I mentioned that I would discuss another meaning for the -is suffix. If I move on without doing that, it will be a long time before I can come back to it. So I will do it now. The -is suffix (1st noun) can mean a concrete meaning for […]
I can not emphasize enough the importance of being able to make and recognize the 1st noun (the suffix -is) when it is used. Of course the word will end in -is. Today we will look at 5 verbs and make this noun from this verb and use it in a […]
Today we will have a few new words and sentences with them in them. kcalga=to radiate light, give off heat warmth cause a sunburn. The 1st noun of this verb is: kcalgis. It can mean: ray of light, heat, warmth or a sunburn. A good sentence here that comes to […]
The single most important suffix used in the Klamath language is the -is suffix added to verbs to make what are called-agent nouns. This means the person who does the action of the verb. In English there are agent nouns. These are things like teacher, librarian and speaker. There is […]