Greetings: Seasonal & Holidays
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Note: There are several other ways to say these, but these forms are used most in the Eastern (Gi-du-wa) dialect.
Ground Hog Day,
Valentine's Day,
Easter,
Thanksgiving,
Christmas,
New Year's Greetings
Ground Hog's Day: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmqYpUJqxHk
Valentine's Day Greetings: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTDSe_q5MI4
EASTER GREETINGS
There are several other ways to say Easter but this form is used most in the
(Gi-du-wa) dialect.
Written Version: Tsu-we-tsi Da-ni-su-wi-s-gv-i
Spoken Version: Tsu-we-ts Da-ni-su-wi-s-gv
Things to remember:
(Tsu-we-tsi) is the plural form for eggs
and
(da-ni-su-wi-s-gv-i) means, "They paint them"
or
when you put these together to express "The time they paint eggs".
The LORD is Risen
ᎤᎬᏫᏳᎯ ᏚᎴᏅ
u-gv-wi-yu-hi du-le-nv
The LORD is Risen Indeed!
ᎤᎬᏫᏳᎯ ᏚᎴᏅ ᎤᏙᎯᏳᎯ
u-gv-wi-yu-hi du-le-nv u-do-hi-yu-hi
(from Luga 24:34)
THANKSGIVING TERMS (Coming soon)
CHRISTMAS GREETINGS
'U-li-he-li-s-di 'U-na-de-ti-yi-s-gv-i http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwLh__ptm_o
This is how you say "Merry Christmas!" in the Giduwa dialect.
Literally, it means Happy Their Birthday Celebration- an elder told me it refers to the trinity- and the birth of Jesus.
From what I'm told,
this is how you say "Merry Christmas!" in the Western Dialect
ᏓᏂᏍᏔᏲᎯᎲ
Danistayohihv
Literally, it means when they shoot firecrackers and refers to winter celebrations.
I was told by one person that you could see one ['U-li-he-li-s-di 'U-na-de-ti-yi-s-gv-i] as "Merry Christmas!"
and the other [Danistayohihv] as "Happy Yuletime!"
However you say it,
remember this season and consider donating to the MP3 project.
This project allows a fluent speaker the time to review a verse to make sure that what is typed online is correct- that it matches what is in the printed Bible-
and also to record it so it can be heard.
What a wonderful gift you could give your friends and family!
To have a verse recorded in their honor would have
Much more eternal value than any other gift you might give!
To donate a verse for someone for Christmas-- contact us for details!
Here is a small gift to you-- "SILENT NIGHT" sung in Cherokee--
its recorded slowly to facilitate learning it too!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_pVK0qj3Vk
Happy New Year!
ᎠᎵᎮᎵᏍᏗ ᎢᏤ ᎤᏕᏘᏴᎠᏌᏗᏒ
Aliheli'sdi Itse Udetiyvasadisv
NEW YEAR'S GREETINGS http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwLh__ptm_o
NOTES: ulihelisdi (h)unadetiyisgvi is Merry Christmas (literally- the 3 of them having a happy birthday)
dohi is peace
gesesdi and haisesdi are possessives of peace in different tenses
elohi is earth /world
atse is new
nole is and &
hadetiyihv is basically the months of the year or a calendar year