SELECT SENTENCES, 417 5LJ He is taller than me 60 He is the strongest man in the village 61 My tcife is handsomer than thine 62 Thy wife is younger than Cherokee. 63 My brother is with his wife 64 My hatchet is in my house 65 Where is he? 66 / am here 67 / am a man 68 I am a good man 69 Thou art a woman 70 There is a God 71 / am that I am, (Ex. iii. 14) 72 He sings well 73 He sings ill 74 He sings slow 75 He sings quick 76 He sings his death song 77 / see him 78 / see a man 79 / see a stone 80 I see near me 81 I see far off 82 He came on foot 83 He came on horseback 84 He came by land 85 He came by toater 86 He came in a canoe 87 He came before me 88 He came after me 89 He came with me 90 He came without me 91 He came from afar 92 He came from the village 93 He came across the river 94 He came yesterday 95 We came both together 96 / struck him 97 I struck him with my foot 98 / struck him with my hand 99 / struck him zoith a stone 100 I struck him loith a hatchet 101 I gave it to him 102 J did not give it to thee VOL. II. utli nikatung eska ayung, {mure he is tall less I) utli ulinigitiyu eska nanii unituhi, {more he is strong less every one of the villagers) aquatali-i utli uwawtu eska nihi tsatali-i, (my wife more handsome less thou thy wife) tsatali-i utli awinung eska ayung aquatali-i, (thy wife more young less 1 my wife) unginili utali-i wanetawha, (my brother and his wife are together) aquatseli kaluyasti tsinelung aha, (my axe in my house lies) hatlung (where) wetawha ? ahni getawha, (/ am, I stand) tsiskaya aquatanungtiyu (/ am a good) tsiskaya higeyung eha unelanunghi, (exists a God) naquastung (quo) naquasti, (ichat I am that I am) awsi teganawgiha, (he sings) uyavv teganawgiha, (he sings) uskanawli teganawgiha, (he sings) usinuli teganawgiha, (he sings) tsigawwatiha awinung tsigawwatiha, (I see) nungya tsigawwatiha, (I sec) tsigawwati (I see) naungi witsigawwatiha, (/ see) elati ulutsunggi, (loio he came) ugilungti ulutsunggi, (mounted he came) tawyi ulutsunggi, (he came) amayi ulutsunggi, (he came) tsiyuhi ulutsunggi, (he came) ikungyi ulutsung aw'ni ayung, (before he came, I after) aw'ni ulutsung ikungyi ayung, (after he came, before I) awstehung ulutsungyi, (he and I going together he came) nawstehungna ulutsunggi, (he and I not going together he came) inunghi tayulawsunggi, (he came from) tigatuhung tayulawsunggi, (he came from) equoni skawna tayulawsunggi, (the river across he came from) usunghi ulutsunggi, (he came) itsulaha awginilutsunggi, (we came) tsiyungnilunggi tsiyaungtesunggi, (/ kicked hint) aquoyeni tsiyungnistanunggi, (/ struck him with) nungya tsiyungnistanunggi, (/ struck him with) kaluyasti tsiyungnistanunggi, (I struck him with) tsinelunggi, (a solid object) tla yigungnelei 53
