tsi niwenhniserò:ten's
Its a nice day
wenhniserí:io
blue
oròn:ia
head
onón:tsi
I watched
wa'katerò:roke'
Kanien'kéha words and phrases are made up these, the smallest possible units of information in a language
phonemes
its cold
iowísto
white
karà:ken
arm
onéntsha
you cooked
wahsekhón:ni'
there are this many recognized verb stems for Kanien'kéha words
5 (C, A, I, E/En, O/On)
its cloudy
ioronhió:ron
yellow
otsì:nekwar
chest
otskwè:na
he drew
wahá:rahste'
these words, often only 1 or 2 syllables, cannot be broken down or incorporated, mastering them is key to becoming a fluent speaker.
particles
its windy
iaó:te'
green
óhonte
leg
ohsí:na
she wrote
wa'ehiá:ton'
Daily Double
its snowing
io'kerèn'en
Daily Double
Red
skin
óhna
I stayed home
these types of pronouns, which we began learning when asking what each others names are, transfer the action from one living being to another
Transitive Pronouns