Word of the Day!
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We are going to focus on how we can use what we have learned. We are going to assume that you are in a group of family members who know you. You and they are meeting to work on your Klamath. We are going to be practicing some suffixes we […]
It is now time to practice what we have learned. It is possible to write down in English a conversation and put it into Klamath. Here is a possible conversation. We have started with gejigis and hoslta. There are many possible places to start. You might choose to use another […]
I have a new suffix I would like to share with you. It will have limited use but it is interesting. The suffix is -an. It is translated as: by + verb + ing. genan=by going. ni honks sle-a yulalona genan. I saw him by going to Klamath Falls.
I am sorry that yesterday’s Word of the Day was not as clear as I had planned it to be. I want to express that Klamath is a very learnable language. No language is easy. Any person who wants to learn another language must try hard. Being able to make […]
By making questions, applying verbal suffixes and changing out the nouns in the sentence for other nouns, any person can make a vast number of sentences. I will give you one example of a sentence with MANY possible sentences. That sentence is: ni yayna sle-a-my 3 word demonstration sentence. How many different […]
We are going to continue with sentences structures that will provide many sentences. It may seem obvious but the next sentence structure is: ni ____ sle-a. I see _____. In the blank we can put any noun that can be seen. Even pronouns so long as we use the object […]
We are going to focus on structures that will maximize the number of sentences we can make. we are going to start with dwa i sanauli-what do you want? dwa i sanauli is a question but by adding one word-a verb we drastically change the question. As an example. we […]
Today we will continue with and complete the verbal suffixes. In today’s suffixes is one of only a few specifically Modoc suffixes. Like yesterday our beginning sentence will be: ni lilhanks domna. I hear the deer. 1. The suffixes are : -yega and -tampka. Their meaning is to begin the […]
Today we will continue with the verbal suffixes we began the other day. The starting sentence is: ni lilhanks domna. I hear a deer. By adding suffixes to verbs we will examine the changes that take place in the sentence we are using. 1. The suffix is -ok. This suffix […]