Choctaw 2: Chapter Fifteen: Lesson 5

Overview

Read a Choctaw short story for comprehension and fluency and answer questions about the story.

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Vocabulary Words

  • PostPositions
  • nutaka
    below; beneath
  • tikba
    front
  • apata
    beside; next to; sit
  • ta̱kla
  • paknaka
    above; over
  • a̱shaka
    back; behind
  • kucha
    outside
  • misha i̱ tʋnnʋp
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  • akkishtʋla
    base; bottom
  • Nouns
  • chukka achʋffa
    family; household
  • chukka
    building; home; house
  • okla
    group; nation; people
  • aboha anusi
    bedroom; room
  • abohushic
    bathroom; closet; outhouse; restroom; room
  • ahoponi
    kitchen; stove
  • ishki
    mother
  • i̱ki
    father
  • abinili
    chair
  • katos
    cat
  • ofi
    dog
  • iti
    tree
  • anusi
    bed; den; hotel; motel; roost; sleep
  • hina
    road; row; street; way
  • hushi
    bird
  • pakna
    top
  • nittak
    day
  • ʋlla
    child; young
  • Verbs
  • asha
    dwell; live
  • aiasha
    dwell; live
  • hinli
    stand
  • hiohma̱ya
    stand
  • binohma̱ya
    seated; sit
  • hochefo
    call; name
  • achukma
    excellent; good; nice; pleasant
  • washoha
    play
  • ittonla
    lie
  • hiki̱a
    stand; stopped
  • Special Markers
  • im
    her; his; their
  • ma̱
    when
  • ibac
    with
  • Adjectives
  • chito
    big; great; large
  • tohbi
    white
  • holisso
    written
  • lusa
    black
  • na yukpa
    happy
  • Numbers
  • ushta
    four
  • tuchina
    three
  • Conjunctions
  • micha
    and
  • Adverbs
  • la̱wa hosh
    abundantly; numerously; plentifully
  • Interrogative
  • katohmi
    how many
  • katimma
    where
  • katiohmi
    do; what