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Cherokee/Lesson 3

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Word Order

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Word order is quite flexible in Cherokee.

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

Negation

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Use irrealis yi- prefix along with hla (not)

"When"

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Use irrealis yi- prefix by itself.

Conjunctions

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And

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(1) ale, OR

(2) -hno suffix after second element

But

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