Choctaw 1: Chapter Six: Lesson 3

Overview

Introduction to Model 2 sentences and past tense marker ‘tuk.’ To show past tense the word ‘tuk’ is added to the end of a sentence.

LESSON FILES

Overview

Worksheet

Answer Sheet

Vocabulary Words

  • Nouns
  • issi nipi
    deer meat; meat; venison
  • pʋlʋska
    bread
  • hushi
    bird
  • nipi
    flesh; meat
  • Verbs
  • hoponi
    cooked
  • Special Markers
  • li
    I
  • tuk
    a marker appearing after a verb and indicating a recent past tense
  • ish
    you
  • Models
  • Issi nipi hoponi li tuk.
    I cooked venison.
  • Issi nipi ish hoponi tuk.
    You cooked venison.
  • Issi nipi hoponi tuk.
    He/She/It cooked venison