Notes:
- Questions in Tsalagi are formed with question words (who, what when, where etc) just like they are in english.
- Tsalagi also uses question suffixes. These suffixes are always added to the end of the first word in the sentence.
Question Words Question Suffixes
What -- gado; gado yusdi; do usdi
What / Which -- gado iyusdi; do iysdi Where -- gatsv; hadlv Who -- kago iyusdi When -- hvgaiyv Why -- gadohv; dohno How Much -- hvgaiga |
Question suffixes are added to the first word in a sentence.
-sgo -s -tsu -ge |
Examples
kagiyusdi gawohina? <who is it speaking?>
gatsv hwigti? <where are you going?>
tsalagisgo hiwoniha? <do you speak cherokee?>
osigwotsu? <how are you?>
gilsgo hia? <is this a dog?>
gatsv hwigti? <where are you going?>
tsalagisgo hiwoniha? <do you speak cherokee?>
osigwotsu? <how are you?>
gilsgo hia? <is this a dog?>