This page is designed to help students and followers of Intermediate Tlingit at the University of Alaska Southeast. Classes can be viewed here on YouTube and the handouts for the class are listed below the date.
The main texts we use are the Beginning Tlingit Workbook, Haa Wsineix̱ Haa Yoo X̱ ʼatángi: Our Language Saved Us. Other important texts for this class are: Verbal Structure Handbook & Tlingitology Seminar by Dzéiwsh James Crippen, and the 575 Tlingit Verbs dissertation & 575 Tlingit Verbs: the Paradigms by Keri Eggleston.
Students should look at other Tlingit language resources, which can be found on the Resources tab of this website.
Gunalchéesh!
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Intermediate Tlingit I – Fall Semester – 2018
We will be meeting using Zoom meeting software. You can access our class by clicking here.
December 11, 2018 (watch class)
Final presentations
December 06, 2018 (watch class)
grammar discussions, the perfective, finals presentations, kinship
Handouts: Eggleston_Verbs, Jeff Leer Verbs (typed), Tlingit Verb Conjugation, conjugation party blanks, tlingit_bases_suffixes, conjugation-party
December 04, 2018 (watch class)
pronouns, Yéil ḵa X̱ʼaan, suffixes, kinship, verbs
Handouts: notes-14, yeil_kha_xh’aan_translate, tlingit-studycard-1-new
November 29. 2018 (watch class)
Common phrases, negative verbs, antonym verbs, nouns & compound nouns, kinship
Handout: useful-phrases, negation, adjectives & adverbs
November 27, 2018 (watch class)
Reflections, verbal structure, Peanuts, wanting, verbs.
Handouts: notes-13
November 08, 2018 (watch class)
Language Summit planning, learner created dialogues, Q&A, Yéil ḵa Anóoshan Aaní
November 01, 2018 (watch class)
Tlingit Alphabet cards & making sentences, feelings, learning tips, learner-selected vocabulary
October 30, 2018 (watch class)
Language summit, intro to adverbs & adjectives, learner created dialogues, body parts, feelings
Handout: notes-11
October 25, 2018 (watch class)
Learner created dialogues, Q&A, weather, verb modes, feelings, body parts
Handouts: notes-10
October 23, 2018 (watch class)
Learner created dialogues, time.
Handout: tlingit-time
October 16, 2018 (watch class)
Location & direction, verbal structure, weather
Handout: 
October 11, 2018 (watch class)
History of Tlingit documentation, weather.
Handout: migrations
October 9, 2018 (watch class)
Q&A, who we are, direction & location.
Handouts: Tlingit_Through_Placenames, notes-07
October 4, 2018 (watch class)
Weather, changing verbs, pronouns.
Handout: notes-06
October 2, 2018 (watch class)
Q&A, talking about self, clan, and family, checking in on the learning process
Handout: notes-05
September 27, 2018 (watch class)
át kawdliyeeji át, cooking verbs, introductions, common phrases
Handouts: useful-phrases, notes-04
September 25, 2018 (watch class)
Q&A, class assignments, pronouns, verbs
Handout: Weekly_Goal_Sheet, pronouns, negation
September 20, 2018 (watch class)
Possessive pronouns & suffixes, tech day, having.
Handout: 
September 18, 2018 (watch class)
Q&A, noun suffixes, possessive pronouns, possessing nouns
Handout: placenames
September 13, 2018 (watch class)
Q&A, opposites, question particles, Beginning Tlingit nouns, pronouns, introduction to noun suffixes
Handout: opposites, Tlingit_Suffix_Introduction
September 11, 2018 (watch class)
Sʼigeidí ḵa X̱alakʼáchʼ shkalneek, Q&A, sound practice, space, forming questions.
September 06, 2018 (watch class)
Learning methods, studying methods, sound practice, greetings & departures.
September 04, 2018 (watch class)
Introductions, making & recalling lists, elder visit (yay!), basic verbal structure, the classifier, sound practice
August 30, 2018 (watch class)
Introductions, Learning Tlingit, Intro to the Tlingit Language
handout: Beginning Tlingit Slideshow, Alaska Native Language Map (from ANLC)
August 28, 2018 (watch class)
Introductions, learning Tlingit, wisdom from the elders
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Intermediate Tlingit II – Spring Semester – 2018
Final Translation Project (Due May 4 by 11:59 pm)
07-katherine-mills-translate
May 1, 2018 (watch class)
Final projects. Final translations. Hóochʼ
April 26, 2018 (watch class)
Translation exercises.
April 24, 2018 (watch class)
Translation exercises
April 17, 2018 (watch class)
Prospective Aspect in Tlingit by Éedaa, translation.
April 12, 2018 (watch class)
Immersion (family & loved ones), story translation (handout on April 5 class)
April 10, 2018 (watch class)
Particles, Q&A, story translation, perfective mode (with thematic prefix)
April 5, 2018 (watch class)
Immersion: summer plans, Yéil ḵa Du Káak Shkalneek, xʼúxʼ wutuwatóow
Handout: summer_plans, A1_WomanMarriedFrog_Tlingit_book
April 3, 2018 (watch class)
Eating, verb modes, perfective verbs
Handout: perfective-1
March 27, 2018 (watch class)
Q&A, using resources, translation techniques, perfective verbs, classifiers, modes.
Handouts: 03-The-Perfective-(handout), Perfective,
March 20, 2018 (watch class)
Immersion.
March 20, 2018 (watch class)
Hiccough, Verbal Structure, Reading Themes, Perfective Mode
Handout: verb-sluething-1
March 8, 2018 (watch class)
Little Readings, Conjugations, Language for the Home
Handout: Little_readings, Object_Subject_2
March 6, 2018 (watch class)
Little Readings, Time & Verb Themes
Handout: tlingit-time
March 1, 2018 (watch class)
Verb Conjugations, Little Readings, Immersion (moving & migrating).
Handout: migrations
February 27, 2018 (watch class)
Little Readings in Tlingit, Verbal Structure, Object-Subject Combinations.
Handouts: Litte Readings (partial), Verb Work
February 22, 2018 (watch class)
Reflecting on learning, verb monsters, object-subject combinations
Handout: Object_Subject
February 20, 2018 (watch class)
Learning Tlingit, languages & families, snow, placenames, verb monsters.
Handouts: dleit, Verb_Monsters
February 15, 2018 (watch class)
Immersion, introductions, talking about self & family, describing things. Class visits by Shaag̱aa.éesh & Kingeistí.
Handout: immersion phrases
February 13, 2018 (watch class)
Opposites, Translation Exercises, Verbal Structure.
Handouts: Opposites, Kahoot Game
February 8, 2018 (watch class)
Immersion. Describing things, naming things.
Handout: Tlingit Descriptions
February 6, 2018 (watch class)
Translation exercises, time.
Handout: sentence_excercises-03
February 1, 2018 (watch class)
Tlingit immersion
Handout: immersion-1
January 30, 2018 (watch class)
Translation Exercises, Adverbs, Verb Drills
Handouts: sentence_excercises-02, adjectives & adverbs, pronouns-grammar
January 25, 2018 (watch class)
Translation exercises
Handouts: sentence_excercises-01, Haa Hítxʼi Yís
January 23, 2018 (watch class)
Particles, immersion phrases, translation, Táaxʼaa translation
Handout: YTT Mentor-Apprentice Immersion Phrases
January 18, 2018 (watch class)
Immersion techniques, conversational phrases, noun review, Táaxʼaa translation
taaxʼaa_grammar_02
January 16, 2018 (watch class)
conversation, immersion strategies, nouns, Táaxʼaa shkalneek
taaxʼaa_grammar_01
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Intermediate Tlingit I – Fall Semester – 2017
Starting September 28, 2017, we will be using different web meeting software.
Things Iʼd Like to Say (Google Spreadsheet)
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December 7, 2017 (watch class)
Action verbs, objects & subjects, semester wrap-up
December 5, 2017 (watch class)
Placenames, direction & location, motion verbs, action verbs
Handout: class-notes-11
November 30, 2017 (watch class)
Kinship terms, motion verbs, object & subject pronouns.
Handout: class-notes-10
November 28, 2017 (watch class)
listening & translation exercise, direction & location
Handout: Learning Tlingit Through Placenames (slideshow), Raven Loses His Nose by Austin Hammond
04-03-AH-Raven_Nose
November 21, 2017 (watch class)
Base & suffix combinations
Handout: tlingit_bases_suffixes, class-notes-09, Daanaawaaḵ – Raven Loses Nose
Noveber 16, 2017 (watch class)
Sample sentences, Q&A, reading & translation practice
Handout: Saagóot ḵa Shaadá Shkalneegí: Tléixʼ (corrected version)
November 14, 2017 (watch class)
Directions & Locations, Possessing Nouns, Sample Sentences
Handout: Tlingit Through Placenames (slideshow)
October 26, 2017 (watch class)
Reading & Translation Exercises, Noun Suffixes, Adjectives
Handouts: Tlingit Possessives Worksheet, intermediate-tlingit-possession, pronouns-grammar
October 24, 2017 (watch class)
Reading & Translation Exercises, Noun Suffixes, Adjectives
Handout: Noun-Suffixes
October 19, 2017 (watch class)
Reading & Translation Exercise, Feelings
October 17, 2017 (watch class)
Sharing language, reading & translation exercise, feelings & verbs
Handout: class-notes-07
October 12, 2017 (watch class)
Readings & translation practice, looking up verbs, feelings & body parts
October 10, 2017 (watch class)
Readings & translation practice, Weather, verb modes.
Handout: weather&verbs, Weather (slides)
October 5, 2017 (watch class)
Name game: plants, noun & spelling practice, Beginning Tlingit review (weather), verb modes
Handouts:
October 3, 2017 (watch class)
Verb Modes, Noun Review & Spelling Practice, Beginning Tlingit Review
Handout: Tlingit Verb Modes (slides)
September 28, 2017 (watch class)
Beginning Tlingit Review, Opposites, Areal & Other Prefixes
Handout: Opposites (slideshow)
September 26, 2017 (watch class)
Tribute to Ḵeixwnéi, Beginning Tlingit Review
Handouts: Ḵeixwnéi Haa Tóot Aawatee Latseen (video)
September 21, 2017 (watch class)
Listening Exercise, Beginning Tlingit Review, Pronouns, Verb Conjugation
Handouts: class-notes-06, TlingitVerbConjugation
September 19, 2017 (watch class)
Beginning Tlingit Review, Verb Conjugation
handout: class-notes-05
September 14, 2017 (watch class)
Tlingit time, Learning to Use Verbs
handout: tlingit-time, class-notes-04
September 12, 2017 (watch class)
Beginning Tlingit Review, Pronouns, Grammar
Handout: pronouns-grammar, class-notes-03, Beginning Tlingit Benchmarks
September 7, 2017 (watch class)
Tlingit Questions & Phrases, Beginning Tlingit Review
Handout: Tlingit_Questions_Phrases
September 5, 2017 (watch class)
Beginning Tlingit Review
August 29, 2017 (watch class)
Class introductions. Overview. Review!
Handout: Beginning Tlingit Slideshow
August 31, 2017 (watch class)
Sharing Tlingit language, Shaadaaxʼ X̱ʼéidáx̱ Shkalneek, Learning philosophies
Handouts: 04 robert zuboff,
04_RZ_Raven_SalmonBox
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Intermediate Tlingit II – Spring Semester — 201604 robert zuboff
March 31, 2016 (watch class)
Content: Learning the Perfective Mode, Subjects, Objects
Handouts: Tlingit Verb Conjugation: an interactive look at verb components
February 9, 2016 (watch class)
Content: Listening to Tlingit, Sentence Structure, Place names, Noun Review, Spelling
Handouts:
12-03 KM R Brown Bears
12-03 KM Raven & Brown Bear – final
alphabet poster
TlingitVerbConjugation
Intermediate Tlingit I – Fall Semester — 2015
November 19, 2015 (watch class)
Content: Verb conjugation, review, directions, locations, motion …
Handout: Beginning Tlingit Nouns & Verb Overview Slideshow
November 17, 2015 (watch class)
Content: Direction & Location, Motion Verbs, Shkalneek
November 12, 2015 (watch class)
Content: Presentations, Verb Work, Chʼa daa sá
Handout: verbal-structure-handbook (Crippen)
November 10, 2015 (watch class)
Content: Presentations
November 5, 2015 (watch class)
Content: Verb Conjugations, Interjections & Phrases, Raven Story, and more!
Handout:
The fire control panel
November 3, 2015 (watch video)
Content: Conjugating Verbs, Pronouns, Preparing for Presentations, Direction & Location, Noun Suffixes
Handout: 
October 27, 2015 (watch video)
Content: Directional & Location Terms, Placenames, Basic Verbal Structure, Review
Handout: 
October 22, 2015 (watch class)
Content: Directional & Location Terms, Placenames …
Handout: Tlingit Through Placenames (slideshow)
October 15, 2015 (watch class)
Content: Tricky Nouns, Modifying Nouns, Directional & Relational Terms
October 13, 2015 (watch class)
Content: suffix rules, modifying nouns, beginning Tlingit review, Raven & Killer Whales story
Handout: 06-08 SJ Raven & Killerwhales – final
October 8, 2015 (watch class)
Content: Interjections, Common Phrases, Modifying Nouns …
October 6, 2015 (watch class)
Content: body parts, kinship, pronouns, modifying nouns, Beginning Tlingit review
Handouts: body-parts-broken-apart, adjectives & adverbs
October 1, 2015 (watch class)
Content: Beginning Tlingit Review, Nouns, Modifying Nouns, Verbs
September 29, 2015 (watch class)
Content: Beginning Tlingit Review, Nouns, Modifiers
September 24, 2015 (watch class)
Content: Fire Alarms and Shenanigans, Beginning Tlingit Review VI, Parts of Speech, Nouns, Shkalneek.
Handout: Tlingit Parts of Speech 1
September 22, 2015 (watch class)
Content: Hintak.ádi Quiz, Beginning Tlingit Review V, Nouns, Shkalneek
September 17, 2015 (watch class)
Content: Beginning Tlingit Review IV, Shkalneek
September 15, 2015 (watch class)
Handout: Listen: The Education of Nora Dauenhauer
Content: Beginning Tlingit Review III, Shkalneek
September 10, 2015 (watch class)
Handout: shkalneek
Content: Beginning Tlingit Review II, Shkalneek
September 8, 2015 (watch class)
Content: Beginning Tlingit Review I, learning philosophies & teaching methodologies
September 3, 2015 (watch class)
Content: syllabus, introductions, learning philosophies
September 1, 2015 (watch class)
Handout: AKL205 Syllabus, AKL 205 Pretest
Content: syllabus, introductions, learning philosophies