Mvskoke Vmvhayepvs: Teach me Muscogee

Asking about who someone might know. Recording by Carolyn Mcnac and Paskova Deere. Conversation written by Jack Martin and Margaret Mauldin in Conversational Creek. Read the notes here.

A: Mary kērreccv? Do you know Mary?

B: Kerrvkot os. No, I don’t.

A: O. Uewohkv likēt ont, Oh. She lives in Wewoka 

mvhayvt owēs. and is a teacher.

A: Dan Harjo cennak’t oha? Is Dan Harjo your kin?

B: ’Stvn likēt? Where does he live?

A: Uetumhkv. Wetumka.

B: Cvpvwvt owēs. He would be my uncle.

Words to learn

Uewohkv Wewoka

vnnake my kin

'stvn where

Uetumhkv Wetumka

cvpvwv my uncle (mother's brother)

Greetings and questions from George Bunny, recorded by Ted Isham.

A phone conversation from the book "Conversational Creek" by Jack Martin and Margaret Mauldin. Recorded by Carolyn McNac and Paskova Deere.

A: Carolyn okis. Cepan taklikv? This is Carolyn. Is Cepan there?

B: Monks. No.

A: Estvmin ahya? Where did he go?

B: Tvlofvn ahyes. He went to town.

A: ’Stofvn rvlvkvrētē? When’s he coming back?

B: Yomockat tawv. Probably after dark.

A: Mon owat, yomockof iem vhuehkarēs. Well then, I’ll call him when it gets dark.

B: Enka. Okay.

A: Mowano, hvtvm cem ponayarēs. Okay then, talk to you later.

Vocabulary

oketv to speak, mean

Cepan (boy's name)

liketv to sit, live (of one)

takliketv to be in an enclosed space

rvlvketv to come back (of one)

mon owat well then

iem vhuehketv to call (someone)

A reading of Mvskoke Language Patterns by Jack Martin, the chapter called "Useful Phrases": https://viva.pressbooks.pub/mvskokelanguagepatterns/front-matter/useful-phrases/

Reading done by Tad Hosford

Learn about words for giving and taking. From the books by Ahse Deere and Aimee Harjoe. Read more of their books on the Bloom Library:

https://bloomlibrary.org/language:mus/book/kHxfEyONbG?lang=mus

A variety of commands, featuring recordings by Ahse Deere.

This comes from a series of books that have been created at the College of the Muscogee Nation. They are compiled and edited by Aimee Harjoe and narrated by Ahse Deere. Read them at bloomlibrary.org.

Words and phrases for talking to a baby. Audio by the Language Program at the Mvskoke (Creek) Nation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OM6YdRiTZPU

Action sentences with a bear and a deer, with audio by Rosemary Maxey.

Practice "to see" (hecetv) and "to hear" (pohetv) with George Bunny. Discussion on short sentences and -t and -n modifiers.

George Bunny practice sentences with "kerretv."