Evening Practice (2 of 2)

These additional exercises cover the final new letter “Ᏼ (yv)” and reviews the letters “Ꮗ (gwe)”, “Ꮚ (gwu)”, “Ꮿ (ya)”, “Ꭶ (ga)”, “Ꮥ (de)”, and “Ꮪ (du)”.

Refer to the following figure as needed.

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Recognition Practice.

Estimated time: 10 minutes.

Handwrite the English pronunciation for each of the following Cherokee letters:

ᏴᏇᏴᏇᏊᏯᏴᏇᏊᏯᎦᏕᏊᏯ
ᏴᏇᎦᏕᏚᏭᏊᏯᎦᏕᏚᏭᏮᏯ
ᏚᏭᏴᏇᎦᏕᏮᏯᏊᏯᏚᏭᏮᏯ
ᏰᏱᏰᏱᏲᏳᎦᏕᏮᏯᏰᏱᏚᏭ
ᏲᏳᏰᏱᏴᏇᏲᏳᏮᏯᏊᏯᏲᏳ
ᏰᏱᎦᏕᏚᏭᏲᏳᏮᏯᏰᏱᏲᏳ
ᏴᏇᏴᏇᏴᏊᏇᏊᏯᏴᏊᏯᏇᎦ

Writing Practice.

Estimated time: 10 minutes.

Handwrite the Cherokee letter for each of the following English pronunciations.

yagadegwudegadeduyaduyvdedugwe
gawuduwuwvgwudewuwvyaduwuwvya
yegawvyayewuyedeyayiwvyeduyv
yiyogweyayiyeyowugwuyiyoyuwvya
yoyuyiyugayayeyoyudeduyuyiyo
wuwvyuyayeyvyigweyogwuyayugade
duwuwvyayeyiyoyuyvgwegwuyagaya

Video: Dictation Practice

Audio Dictation Practice

Estimated time: 20 minutes.

Have a partner call out each of the following letters. As the letters are called out, write each one down. At the end of each line, your partner should say “next line”. The purpose of this exercise is to learn the letters based strictly on sound.

Estimated time: 20 minutes.

Switch places with your partner and repeat the exercise.

ᏴᏇᏴᏇᏊᏯᏴᏇᏊᏯᎦᏕᏊᏯ
ᏴᏇᎦᏕᏚᏭᏊᏯᎦᏕᏚᏭᏮᏯ
ᏚᏭᏴᏇᎦᏕᏮᏯᏊᏯᏚᏭᏮᏯ
ᏰᏱᏰᏱᏲᏳᎦᏕᏮᏯᏰᏱᏚᏭ
ᏲᏳᏰᏱᏴᏇᏲᏳᏮᏯᏊᏯᏲᏳ
ᏰᏱᎦᏕᏚᏭᏲᏳᏮᏯᏰᏱᏲᏳ
ᏴᏇᏴᏇᏴᏊᏇᏊᏯᏴᏊᏯᏇᎦ

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