This page is designed to help students and followers of the class, Advanced Lingít at the University of Alaska Southeast. Classes can be viewed here on YouTube and the handouts for the class are listed below the date.
For beginning resources, please purchase and/or download the following items:
Beginning Tlingit Workbook (2nd edition) by X̱ʼunei
Tlingit Dictionary (current draft) by X̱ʼunei
Tlingit Verb Dictionary (yellow dictionary) by Gillian L. Story and Constance M. Naish
Lingít X̱ʼéináx̱ Sá (a Lingít phrasebook) by Nora Marks Dauenhauer and Richard Dauenhauer
Also, please bookmark or download the Tlingit Verb Database updated webpage by Keri Eggleston • Project webpage
For intermediate resources, please purchase and/or download the following items:
Haa Wsineix̱ Haa Yoo X̱ʼatángi (a grammar of Lingít for intermediate learners) by X̱ʼunei
Tlingit Reference Guide (a handbook for using verbs) by X̱ʼunei
Haa Shuka (Lingít Oral Literature) by Nora Marks Dauenhauer and Richard Dauenhauer
Haa Tuwunáagu Yís (Lingít Ḵu.éexʼ Speeches) by Nora Marks Dauenhauer and Richard Dauenhauer
For advanced resources, please purchase and/or download the following items:
Tlingit Stem List (a list of Lingít verb stems) by Jeff Leer
Tlingit Verbs Notes (handwritten notes on Lingít verbs) by Jeff Leer
Verbal Structure Handbook (a collection of tables to interpret and assemble verbs) by James Crippen
Tlingit Verb Notes (by Jeff Leer, typed by Yéil Tʼoochʼ Tláa) (pages, word, pdf)
Students should look at other Lingít language resources, which can be found on the Resources tab of this website.
Gunalchéesh!
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Advanced Lingít I – Fall Semester – 2023
Shaa Xeiyí Dísi 28, 2023
Aadé g̱unéi wooch een yéi jigax̱toonéi yé, g̱unéi yakg̱waxéex wé shgóon yéi jineiyí.
Handouts: syllabus (pdf), ḵux̱ wutudi.át haa yoo x̱ʼatángi x̱oox̱ (slideshow pt 1), chat (txt)
Advanced Lingít II – Spring Semester – 2023
We will be meeting using Zoom meeting software. You can access our class by clicking here.
Lingít Woosh Ée Yoo X̱ʼadudli.átk ḵa Sh Tóo Dultóow Gaawú (Lingít Conversation & Study Time). Access by clicking here.
Xʼéig̱aa Kayaaní Dísi 24, 2023
Sándi X̱ʼáak Yoo X̱ʼatánk: ḵaa ée dultóow át, Yan shuwatán haa yéi jineiyí
Handouts: chat (txt), notes (pdf)
Xʼéig̱aa Kayaaní Dísi 17, 2023
Sándi X̱ʼáak Yoo X̱ʼatánk: ḵaa ée dultóow át áyá
Handouts: chat (txt), notes (pdf), Sándi X̱ʼáak Yoo X̱ʼatánk (draft slideshow)
Xʼéig̱aa Kayaaní Dísi 12, 2023
Sándi X̱ʼáak Yoo X̱ʼatánk: ḵaa ée dultóow át áyá
Handouts: chat (txt), Sándi X̱ʼáak Yoo X̱ʼatánk (draft slideshow)
Xʼéig̱aa Kayaaní Dísi 10, 2023
Kaatsʼ
Handouts: chat (txt), notes (pdf), Kaatsʼ (pdf)
Xʼéig̱aa Kayaaní Dísi 05, 2023
Naatsilanéi, aadé sh kadulneek yé, Kaatsʼ, Conjugation Party
Handouts: chat (txt), notes (pdf), Conjugation Party (partial slideshow), Káatsʼ (pdf)
Kaatsʼ (Tseexwáa x̱’éidáx̱)
Xʼéig̱aa Kayaaní Dísi 03, 2023
Wooch een kanax̱toolneek: Tlʼanaxéedáxḵʼw, Conjugation Party
Handouts: chat (txt), Tlʼanaxéedáxḵʼw (pdf), Conjugation Party (part, slideshow) Naatsilanéi (for Wednesday, pdf)
Héen Taanáx̱ Kayaaní Dísi 29, 2023
Woosh yéi wtudasáakw, Haa Naakahítxʼi, Ḵaa yáx̱ ayawdudlix̱ʼéyxʼ yoo x̱ʼatánk, Yéil ḵa Át Kudatáan Hídi
Handouts: chat (txt), Ḵaa yáx̱ ayawdudlix̱ʼéyxʼ yoo x̱ʼatánk pt 2 (pdf)
Héen Taanáx̱ Kayaaní Dísi 27, 2023
Ḵaa yáx̱ ayawdudlix̱ʼéyxʼ yoo x̱ʼatánk, Yéil ḵa Át Kudatáan Hídi
Handouts: chat (txt), notes (pdf), Ḵaa yáx̱ ayawdudlix̱ʼéyxʼ yoo x̱ʼatánk pt 1 (pdf)
Héen Taanáx̱ Kayaaní Dísi 22, 2023
Sheetkʼá, Yaaw Ḵu.éexʼ, Kiks.ádi sh kalneekxʼí
Handouts: chat (txt), notes (pdf)
Héen Taanáx̱ Kayaaní Dísi 20, 2023
Goox̱daakashú, Yan Wáatxʼ, haa saaxʼú, q&a
Handouts: chat (txt), notes (pdf)
Héen Taanáx̱ Kayaaní Dísi 08, 2023
Wooch een yoo x̱ʼatudli.átk: wáa sá yatee Shukát Ḵu.oo yoo x̱ʼatánki Anaskí káa, kayeix̱tág̱u adawóodli, ḵaa saaxʼú, Yéil ḵa Át Kudatáan Hídi x̱ʼakaduneek.
Handout: chat (txt)
Héen Taanáx̱ Kayaaní Dísi 06, 2023
Wooch een yoo x̱ʼatudli.átk: Wáa sá iyatee? Wáa sá yaa at nanéin i een? Q&A, Verb Conjugations
Handouts: chat (txt), notes (pdf), Conjugation Party (slideshow to date)
Sʼeek Dísi 22, 2023
Yax̱ Ḵuhá, Sh kalneek daat yéi jiné, O-S-s-√x̱án ˟ (ga state verb – transitive)
Handouts: chat (txt), notes (pdf), sh kalneek (draft, pdf)
Sʼeek Dísi 20, 2023
Kootéeyaa kei has akaawatán daat yoo x̱ʼatángi, ḵaankageetxʼ yoo x̱ʼatángi, conjugation party
Handouts: chat (txt), notes (pdf), Conjugation Party excerpt (slideshow)
Sʼeek Dísi 15, 2023
ḵaankageetxʼ yoo x̱ʼatánk, Haa Tuwunáagu Yís
Handouts: chat (txt), notes (pdf), yakʼéiyi xʼúxʼ
Sʼeek Dísi 13, 2023
g̱aadlaan yoo x̱ʼatánk (wooch ée yoo x̱ʼadul.átgi), ḵut wooxeexi keitl, repetitive imperfective
Handouts: chat (txt), Haa Wsineix̱ Haa Yoo X̱ʼatángi (a grammar of Lingít for intermediate learners)
Sʼeek Dísi 08, 2022
X̱ʼagáaxʼ, Ḵut Wooxeexi Keitl, Reference Guide Verbs, Relational/Subordinate Verbs
Handouts: chat (txt), notes (pdf), stuffs with verbs (pdf), prayer (pdf)
Sʼeek Dísi 01, 2023
Woosh ée yoo x̱ʼadudli.átk, ∅-√tee yoo x̱ʼatánk, dax̱ / dag̱a-, x̱ʼakaduneek
Handouts: chat (txt), dax̱ / dag̱a- (pdf), adjectives & adverbs (pdf)
Tʼaawáḵ Dísi 30, 2023
aadé sh kadulneek yé, sʼigéidi ḵa x̱alakʼáchʼ, wooch ee yoo x̱ʼadudli.átk, ḵutuliwóotlʼi yoo x̱ʼatánk, wooch kei dulshát gaawú, wooch een yéi jitooné
Handouts: chat (txt), notes (pdf)
Tʼaawáḵ Dísi 25, 2023
Lingitʼaaní yaa ḵunatʼéin, hintaak xóodzi, Iñupiaq, Q&A, perfective (–), conjugation party!
Assignment: write four sentences using this verb: O-∅-√tee ʰ ¹, read Duktʼootlʼ carefully and find a classifier that drops the +i.
Handouts: chat (txt), notes (pdf), conjugation (part of a) party (slideshow)
Tʼaawáḵ Dísi 23, 2023
yanwáat yoo x̱ʼatángi daat wooch een yoo x̱ʼatudli.átk, ḵaa toowú latʼáayi yoo x̱ʼatánk daat yéi jitooné
Handouts: chat (txt), notes (pdf), encouragement 1 (slideshow)
Tʼaawáḵ Dísi 18, 2023
Wáa sá yaa at nanéin haa een, wooch een yoo x̱ʼadudli.átgi, Q&A, tsóokʼ!
Handouts: notes (pdf), chat (txt)
Advanced Lingít I – Fall Semester – 2022
Shaanáx̱ Dís 14, 2022
Aadé shukg̱watáan yé, Kuhaantí
Handouts: Kuhaantí (pdf), notes (pdf), chat (txt)
Shaanáx̱ Dís 07, 2022
Lingít yoo x̱ʼatángi at kaaníkk xʼúxʼ káa, verb prefixes and subjects in perfective and future, the perfective mode
Handouts: Verb Prefix Basics (slideshow), The Perfective Handout (pdf), Sitka Immersion Notes 2019 (pdf), Kuháankʼi translation (pdf)), notes (pdf), chat (txt)
Ḵukaháa Dís 28, 2022
Aadé átx̱ dulyéx̱ yé wé át kawdliyeeji át, verb prefix contractions
Handouts: Verb Prefix Basics (slideshow), chat (txt)
Ḵukaháa Dís 21, 2022
Sh tóog̱aa ḵudatí, shkalneek x̱ʼakaduneek
Handouts: Kuhaankée (pt 1, pdf), notes (pdf), chat (txt)
Ḵukaháa Dís 16, 2022
íxde kawdliyeejí át, ∅-√tee, verb prefix contractions, Battle of Sitka
Handouts: Verb Prefix Basics (slideshow), Battle of Sitka (pdf), notes (pdf), chat (txt)
Ḵukaháa Dís 14, 2022
a daat yoo x̱ʼatudli.átk: jánwu, tsálk, tʼaaw, forget/remember, cause to forget, cause to remember
Handouts: notes (pdf), chat (txt)
Ḵukahaa Dís 07, 2022
Ḵu,éexʼ, voting verbs, prefix contraction basics
Handouts: Prefix Conjugation Basic (pt 2, slideshow), notes (pdf), chat (txt)
Ḵukahaa Dís 02, 2022
Q& A, Prefix Conjugation Basics
Handouts: Prefix Conjugation Basics (pt 1, slideshow), notes (pdf), chat (txt)
Dís Tlein 31, 2022
Nakwsʼaatí Yagee Yoo X̱ʼatánk, Subject verb conjugations
Handouts: Beginning Lingít Verbs Expanded (pt 5, slideshow), Halloween Phrases (pdf), notes (pdf), chat (txt)
Dís Tlein 26, 2022
Q&A, Laughing & Smiling verbs in the imperfective, perfective, and future
Handouts: at shooḵ daat yoo x̱ʼatánk (slideshow), Du G̱oojí Yinaadé (pdf), notes (pdf), chat (txt)
Dís Tlein 24, 2022
Wooch ée yoo x̱ʼatutli.átk, Ḵeixwnéi Yoo X̱ʼatángi, √geet & √xeex, ash / a ~ ∅
Handouts: √geet & √xeex (pdf), notes (pdf), chat (txt)
Dis Tlein 19, 2022
Subject pronouns and verb mastery
Handouts: Beginning Lingít Verbs Expanded (slideshow), notes (pdf), chat (txt)
Dís Tlein 17, 2022
Haa x̱ooní Sol Neely, Ḵaalḵáawu x̱ʼéidáx̱: Táaxʼaa ḵa Haa Wulgáasʼi
Handouts: notes (pdf), chat (txt)
Dís Tlein 12, 2022
State verbs to nouns, rules of contraction, q&a, object pronoun practice, classifier vowel cancellation, subject pronouns,
Handouts: Beginning Lingít Verbs Expanded (slideshow), notes (pdf), chat (txt)
Assignment: Listen to Ḵaalḵáawu X̱ʼéidáx̱ Sh kalneek — Tléixʼ — Táaxʼaa ḵa Deisheetaan Has Wuligásʼ (link below) and be prepared to talk about it on Dís Tlein 17, 2022
Lingít Super Smash Class – Dís Tlein 10, 2022
Shukát Ḵu.oo Yagyeeyí! For Indigenous Peoples’ Day, Yadultín Marilyn Jensen joins students of Lingít for an abbreviated workshop on Lateral Kindness!
Handouts: chat (txt)
Dís Tlein 05, 2022
yaa tushigéiyi át, looking up verbs, -chʼán/-tsʼán/-chán/-shán adjectives, -déin adverbs, verbs & object pronouns
Handouts: Beginning Lingít Verbs Expanded (slideshow), notes (pdf), chat (txt)
Assignment: Listen to Ḵaalḵáawu X̱ʼéidáx̱ Sh kalneek — Tléixʼ — Táaxʼaa ḵa Deisheetaan Has Wuligásʼ (link below) and be prepared to talk about it on Dís Tlein 12, 2022
Dís Tlein 03, 2022
Woosh duwag̱ígin yoo x̱ʼatánk gaawú.
Handouts: chat (txt)
Dís Yádi 28, 2022
Wooch ée yóo x̱ʼatudli.ák: kootéeyaa, Haa Ḵusteeyí, future & perfective, gisʼooḵ, Keewáa (Keewáa Ḵáawu, Keewáa Sháaxʼ), adawóotl, object pronouns
Handouts: notes (pdf), chat (txt)
Dís Yádi 26, 2022
ḵaa atx̱áayí a daa yoo akoo.atgi nuch yé, yoo tutánk → ax̱ yoo tutángi, yoo x̱ʼatánk → has du yoo x̱ʼatángi, sʼikshaldéen áa du.ínx̱ yé, sʼig̱eeḵáawu awsiteeni yadákʼw, grammar táade, Áakʼwtaatseen Ḵaalḵáawu x̱ʼéidáx̱.
Handouts: notes (pdf), chat (txt)
Dís Yádi 21, 2022
Pronoun review & Object pronoun changes.
Handouts: Aakʼwtaatseen (pdf), chat (txt)
Dís Yádi 19, 2022
Wooch ée yoo x̱ʼadudli.átk, yánde yaa ntusanéin ách áwé táakwde yaa ḵunahéin, at shí daat yéi jituné, looking up verbs and determining the conjugation type, pronoun review, object pronouns and verb smashing
Handouts: Beginning Lingít Verbs Expanded Pt 1 (handout), chat (txt)
Dís Yádi 14, 2022
Wooch ée yoo x̱ʼadudli.átk, verb prefixes, pronoun review, aadé sh tóo tultóow yé haa yoo x̱ʼatángi.
Handout: notes (pdf), chat (txt)
Dís Yádi 12, 2022
a yanáatx̱ gataan
a yanáax̱ g̱ataan
Pronoun practice.
Dís Yádi 07, 2022
Wooch een yoo x̱ʼadudli.átk, Q&A, háatlʼ, Ḵaakligéi yoo x̱ʼatángi, verb exercises
Handouts: notes (pdf), chat (txt)
Shaa Xeiyí Dísi 31, 2022
Sh wutudasáakw, Jig̱eit Tláa, aadé yéi jigax̱toonéi yé.
Handouts: Lingít Verb Component Handbook
Advanced Lingít II – Spring Semester – 2022
Handouts for Sʼeek Dísi 11, 2022
Clarence Jackson Story [currently editing audio for noise reduction, check back for cleaner version] (mp4, wav, eaf)
Xʼéig̱aa Kayaaní Dís 13, 2022
Néekw tlein x̱oox̱ ḵusteeyí, x̱aay, x̱aawaag̱í, kootéeyaa, x̱áay, laax̱, keet yaawagoo, yaakw yaawagoo, át wududziḵoox̱u át yaawagoo, naaxein, kasné, at kachʼáakw, woosh kaanáx̱ gax̱tuda.áat, Haa Yoo X̱ʼatángi Kúdi yoo x̱ʼatánk, aawawóo / awsiwóo, Lingít Verb Components
Handouts: √woo (slideshow), Lingít Verb Components Handbook (DRAFT pdf), chat (txt)
Xʼéig̱aa Kayaaní Dís 11, 2022
Taakw.eetí, Ḵutí, Náakw, Áa Tlein, Remember/Forget, a-S-∅-√woo & a-S-s-√woo
Handouts: √woo (slideshow), chat (txt)
Xʼéig̱aa Kayaaní Dís 06, 2022
Daa sá kawtushixít, habituals
Handouts: Habituals (slideshow), Before examples (pdf), chat (txt)
Xʼéig̱aa Kayaaní Dís 04, 2022
X̱ʼakananeek!, lying down, lie down, lying about lying, habituals, salmon parts, Haa Yoo X̱ʼatángi Kúdi yeexʼ yoo x̱ʼatánk
Handouts: x̱ʼakananeek! (slideshow), nest phrases, chat (txt)
Héen Táanáx̱ Kayaaní Dísi 30, 2022
Adeilí yáx̱ yatee áa wooch ée tultóow yé, Táaxʼaa, xʼáan tin yéi daadunéi, ? haadé yaa nagút dlinkwát sh eeltín yax̱ igux̱sax̱áa haadé yaa nagút ḵusax̱aḵwáan ?
Handouts: Táaxʼaa (déix̱, pdf), chat (txt)
Héen Táanáx̱ Kayaaní Dísi 28, 2022
Kayaaní ḵa náakw, woosh daséixʼán, La.óos Tláa, Keihéenákʼw ḵa Kingeestí, at shooḵ, aadé yaa nduskwéin yé haa yoo x̱ʼatángi, x̱ʼakananeek!
Handouts: x̱ʼakananeek! (slideshow), chat (txt)
Héen Táanáx̱ Kayaaní Dísi 23, 2022
Yax̱ ḵuhá ḵa ḵutí, at kaduchʼáakʼ, wooch daséixʼán, shukát ḵu.oo atx̱aayí, yanwáatxʼ aadé s ḵuwanóogu yé, tula.aan tín ḵudusteeyí, sáḵs, Deikeenaa, Táaxʼaa shkalneek.
Handouts: Táaxʼaa (déix̱, pdf), chat (txt)
Héen Táanáx̱ Kayaaní Dísi 21, 2022
Xʼóolʼ yáx̱ yateeyi ḵustí, Naats Tláa Gillian Story & Shaachookwá Constance Naish, chʼáakw át ḵuwulgáasʼin, Táaxʼaa (déix̱), ḵáasʼ ḵáa
Handouts: Táaxʼaa (déix̱, pdf), chat (txt)
Héen Táanáx̱ Kayaaní Dísi 14, 2022
Shkalneek tin ḵaa ée dultóow, Ḵustín Kutsʼeen, Táaxʼaa, G̱astín x̱ʼéidáx̱ shkalneek
Handouts: Táaxʼaa (déix̱, pdf), chat (txt)
Héen Táanáx̱ Kayaaní Dísi 03, 2022
Wooch een yoo x̱ʼadudli.átk, sharing support and strategies, mouse story, q&a, potentials and prefixes
Handouts: deLaguna folder, Dauenhauer Finding Guide (pdf, Word, Pages), Verbal Structure Handbook (pdf), Mouse Story (pdf), chat (pdf)
Sʼeek Dísi 28, 2022
Ḵulagaaw Tlein, tula.aan tín yoo x̱ʼadudli.átk, káa dulséix̱ át, segmenting & glossing, hortative, conjugation prefixes, modes, verb research, –x̱ʼanaa, language puzzles, potential, conjugation party.
Handouts: class notes (pdf,) conjugation party slides (slideshow) √g̱éech ² verbs (pdf), chat (txt)
Sʼeek Dísi 23, 2022
Shkalneek tlein: daaxʼooníxáx̱ ḵáaxʼw tléixʼ si.áatʼi ḵóok hít yee s aawatán, Yéil Shkalneekxʼi, width, deep, far, shallow, short, using the Verb Dictionary, aan ká saaxʼú, G̱astín x̱ʼéidáx̱ shkalneek.
Sʼeek Dísi 21, 2022
Haa Ḵoo At Latóowu Daasdiyaa. Yee gu.aa yáx̱ xʼwán.
Sʼeek Dísi 14. 2022
Valentines, Q&A, Conjugation Party
Handouts: conjugation party (slideshow handout), chat (txt)
Sʼeek Dísi 09, 2022
Tlʼanaxeedáḵw, x̱ʼaduwóosʼi, woosh ée yoo x̱ʼatudli.átk, kʼe, aadé kadujixít yé haa sh kalneegí, Lingít yanwáatxʼ aadé átkʼ has ayaheeni yé
Handouts: Tlʼanaxeedáḵw, Tlingit Elders Beliefs (eaf, wav, mov), chat (txt)
Sʼeek Dísi 07, 2022
Wooch een yoo x̱ʼadudli.átk, xaatsʼtuhéeni (forgot to resume the recording after dialogue exercise)
Handouts: dialogue exercise (Google doc), chat (txt)
Sʼeek Dísi 02, 2022
SUPERCLASS! Q&A, Words of Encouragement, Speeches from Kichnáalx̱ George Davis
Handouts: Kichnáalx̱ Speeches (pdf), chat (txt)
Lingít Verb Components (Board Game)
Tʼaawáḵ Dísi 31, 2022
Words of Support and Love for Carcross.
Handouts: chat (txt)
Tʼaawáḵ Dísi 26, 2022
Chʼáakw áwé haa yanwáatxʼ has du yoo x̱ʼatángi daat yéi jitooné.
Handouts: Tlingit Elders Beliefs (eaf, wav, mov), chat (txt)
Tʼaawáḵ Dísi 24, 2022
Chʼáagu ḵáaxʼu yoo x̱ʼatángi, Yéil ḵa Héen, verb auxilliaries (–7), √ḵaa ¹ / √neek / √taan ⁵ / √aat ⁵, decessive
Handouts: chat (txt), Tlingit Verbal Structure Handbook (pdf)
Tlingit Elders Beliefs (mov, Cy Peck, Kaagwaantaan • A.P. Johnson, Kiks.ádi • Forrest DeWitt, Yax̱tetaan • Dlaasx̲ei Harry K Bremner, Kʼinéix̱ Ḵwáan • Kichnáalx̱ George Davis, Deisheetaan)
Tʼaawáḵ Dísi 19, 2022
woosh yoo x̱ʼadudli.átk, Lingít yoo x̱ʼatángi káx̱ adulḵáayi tʼáa
Handouts: Tlingit Elders Beliefs (movie, watch before Monday), chat (txt)
Tʼaawáḵ Dísi 13, 2022
Yéil Ḵutlaakw Ḵuchein x̱ʼéidáx̱, shkalneek daat.
Handouts: Yéil Ḵutlaak Ḵuchein x̱ʼéidáx̱, chat (txt)
Advanced Lingít I – Fall Semester – 2021
Shaanáx̱ Dís 01, 2021
Superclass that combines Beginning, Intermediate, and Advanced sections. Public speaking, cultural protocols in ceremony, addressing clans, acknowledging Aan Yátxʼi Sáani, Q&A, Táaxʼaa grammatical analysis.
Resources: Lingít X̱ʼéináx̱ Sá (pdf), Frank & Emma Williams, Taantʼá Lingít (pages, word), Táaxʼaa Grammar (slideshow)
Ḵukaháa Dís 29, 2021
Translation techniques, Rock Your Mocs, Kaxwaan Éesh sh kalneek, dialects, working with stories.
Resources: Lingít Short Stories (pdf), Táaxʼaa Grammar (slideshow), chat (txt)
Ḵukaháa Dís 22, 2021
yées sh kalneek wutuliyéx̱, storytelling devices, conjugation party, creating more lessons for verbs
Resources: Yées Sh kalneek (doc), chat (txt)
Ḵukaháa Dís 17, 2021
kóoshdaa duwatéen, alʼoon ḵa tlʼátk káa woogoodí, Kooshdaaḵáa Sheeyí, conjugation party
Resources: chat (txt)
Ḵukaháa Dís 15, 2021
Aadé shóox̱ adu.aak yé, conjugation party, Kaxwaan Éesh Sh kalneek
Resources: George Davis Words & Stories 03 class (eaf), Conjugation Party intro (pdf), chat (txt)
Ḵukaháa Dís 10, 2021
Neek xʼúxʼ, jánwu, conjugation party, x̱at wulichʼéx̱ʼw
Resources: Conjugation Party intro (pdf), chat (txt)
Ḵukaháa Dís 08, 2021
neek xʼúxʼu, conjugation party
Resources: Conjugation Party intro (pdf), chat (txt)
Ḵukaháa Dís 03, 2021
Super class!! Wooch een yoo x̱ʼadudli.átk, introductions & what known & want to know, lishoog̱u sh kalneek, wine & moonshine, inspiration
Resources: chat (txt)
Dís Tlein 27, 2021
Woosh een yoo x̱ʼadudli.átk, neek xʼúxʼu, Q&A, conjugation party
Resources: Conjugation Party intro (pdf), chat (txt)
Dís Tlein 25, 2021
Woosh géit yoo x̱ʼadudli.átk, Kaxwaan Éesh sh kalneegí, Conjugation Party
Resources: George Davis Words & Stories 03 class (eaf), Conjugation Party intro (pdf), chat (txt)
Dís Tlein 20, 2021
Aadé yoo x̱ʼadudli.átgi yé, dutóow, command forms/classifiers/peg vowels, x̱ʼeeya.áx̱ch, x̱ʼaduwóosʼ
Resources: The Way People Talk (pdf), Verb Prefixes & Stem Variation (pdf), chat (txt)
Dís Tlein 18, 2021
Haa atx̱aayí, moss/lichen/kelp, suffixes on bases, task-based conversation
Resources: Lingít Bases & Suffixes (pdf), Task-Based Conversation (pdf), chat (txt)
Dís Tlein 13, 2021
Kaxwaan Éesh x̱ʼéidáx̱ sh kalneek, bases & suffixes, Lingít Glossika, Lingít kadudáalʼi
Resources: Lingít Bases & Suffixes (pdf), chat (txt)
Dis Tlein 11, 2021
Shukát Ḵu.oo Yagyeeyí, at.óow latíni, √teen, Location & Direction, Kaxwaan Éesh Sh kalneegí.
Resources: Tlingit Direction & Location, George Davis Words & Stories 03 (mov), George Davis Words & Stories 03 (eaf) – keep the .mov file and the .eaf file in the same folder on your computer!, chat (txt)
Dis Tlein 06, 2021
SuperSmash Class! Sharing sentences, 50 (of 100) Phrases of Encouragement, Q&A, Xíxch’ Yées Sháatk’ Aawasháa
Resources: 100 Lingít Phrases of Encouragement (pdf, Pages, Word), Woman Who Married a Frog (pdf), chat (txt)
Dis Tlein 04, 2021
Trigger warning: this class addresses the genocidal effects of U.S. and Canadian Boarding/Residential Schools. L ushikʼéiyi sgóon, g̱asaneix̱, toowú latseen, verb conjugations
Resources: Verb Monsters (slideshow), chat (txt)
September 30, 2021
September 29, 2021
At yahaayí katushxeedi sh kalneek, áa shukát ḵu.oo ḵusteeyí shuwlixeexí yé, Kaxwaan Éesh sh kalneek, Sebastian, x̱ʼaduwóosʼ
Handouts: George Davis Words & Stories 03 (mov), George Davis Words & Stories 03 (eaf) – keep the .mov file and the .eaf file in the same folder on your computer! chat (txt)
September 27, 2021
Investigating verbs, at yahaayí katushxeedi sh kalneek, verb cuddly tickle snugglies!
Handouts: Ḵudziteeyi Át Ḵulagaawú, Seidayaa x̱ʼéidáx̱ (pdf), Conjugation Party Blank (pdf) based on chapter “16: Object & Subject Combinations in Perfective, Imperfective, & Future” in Haa Wsineix̱ Haa Yoo X̱ʼatángi, chat (txt).
September 22, 2021
At yahaayí katushxeedi sh kalneek, Verb Monsters
Handouts: Verb Monsters (slideshow)
September 20, 2021
Aadé át ḵuwdligáasʼi yé, motion verbs (singular & plural, types of motion), x̱ʼaduwóosʼ, yéi at wunei (time & sequence), subordinate phrases, sample sentences
Handouts: Time & Sequence (slideshow), Eggleston Verb Database Sentences, Glossika Sentences
September 15, 2021
Looking up verbs, aadé át ḵuwuligáasʼi yé, object pronouns
Handouts: chat (txt), Verb Monsters (slideshow)
September 13, 2021
Beginning Lingít ḵa Advanced Lingít wooch eenx̱ has sitee, language learning tips, introductions, Ḵákʼw, looking up verbs.
Handouts: chat (txt)
September 08, 2021
Tléixʼ aa haa daat át, Ḵákʼw, Shaadaaxʼ x̱ʼéidáx̱, aadé kawdujixít yé wé sh kalneek, habitual modes, contingent mode, tying verbs.
Handouts: Ḵákʼw (pages, word), chat (txt)
September 01, 2021
Át kawdliyeeji át, x̱ʼaduwóosʼi, yéi daadunéiyi át ḵaa éex̱ dasheeyí, Ḵákʼw
Handouts: Verb Monsters (slideshow), Haa Wsineix̱ Haa Yoo X̱ʼatángi, Ḵákʼw (pdf), chat (txt)
Ḵákʼw Shaadaaxʼ X̱ʼéidáx̱ (Basket Bay, told by Robert Zuboff • mp3)
August 30, 2021
Át kawdliyeeji át, aadé wooshdé yóo kaduwajélgi yé.
Handouts: Verb Monsters (slideshow), chat (txt)
August 25, 2021
Haa Atx̱aayí Daa Yéi Jiné, The Tlingit Verb (Monster), Verbal Structure Handbook
Handouts: Haa Atx̱aayí Daa Yéi Jiné (slideshow, original pdf), The Tlingit Verb (Monster) (slideshow), Verbal Structure Handbook (pdf), sentence examples (pdf), chat (txt)
Advanced Tlingit II – Spring Semester – 2021
Final Project
Our final project will be a transcription & translation of Duktʼootlʼ as told by Ḵeixwnéi Nora Marks Dauenhauer. Download the audio file (wav), and ELAN file (working in another program is fine), and sign up on this sheet to select which minute you will work on.
April 19, 2021
Haa yoo x̱ʼatángi daat woosh kaanáx̱ wuduwa.át 2015, Lʼax̱keit aadé kaduchʼáakʼw yé, stem variation, x̱ʼakaduneek yéi jiné, Perfective & Future Translation Exercises (slideshow)
Handouts: chat (txt), Visualizing Verbal Structure (slideshow), Perfective & Future Translation Exercises (slideshow)
April 14, 2021
Dax̱daséigu át wududziteen shkalneek, x̱ʼakaduneek yéi jiné
Handouts: chat (txt), Perfective & Future Translation Exercises (slideshow)
April 05, 2021
Dax̱daséigu át wududziteen shkalneek, x̱ʼakaduneek yéi jiné
Handout: chat (txt), Perfective & Future Translation Exercises (slideshow)
March 31, 2021
Asg̱eiwú, yéi gug̱wanéiyi át
Handout: chat (txt), Perfective & Future Modes (slideshow)
March 29, 2021
Át ḵuwligasʼi yé, wooch een yoo x̱ʼawtudli.át
Handout: chat (txt)
Homework for March 24, 2021: Camping Trip (pdf)
March 24, 2021
Haa een aaxʼw, aadé yoo x̱ʼadudli.átgi yé, ḵaa toowú awlitʼáayi yoo x̱ʼatánk
Handout: chat (txt)
Homework for March 24, 2021: Talking about family (doc)
March 22, 2021
Daat een sá ḵoon tultóow Lingít, yéi gug̱wanéiyi át
March 17, 2021
Wooch een yoo x̱ʼawtuli.át, yéi gug̱wanéiyi át
Handouts: chat (txt), Perfective & Future Modes (slideshow), Verb Monsters (slideshow), breathing (jpg)
March 15, 2021
Keishísh aan dulyeix̱í át, yéi gug̱wanéiyi át
Handouts: chat (txt)
Spring Break Translation Exercise: Yéil Ḵa Du Káak (Pages, Word, pdf)
March 03, 2021
yéi gax̱dusnéiyi át; yéi gug̱wanéiyi át
handouts: chat (txt), Tlingit Verb Conjugation (handout, pdf)
Mar 01, 2021
Aadé g̱unéi sh tóo dultoow yé, Shanyaakʼutlaax̱
Handouts: chat (txt), yoo ḵushunal.ádi xʼúxʼ (Google sheet)
Feb 24, 2021
Shanyaakʼutlaax̱ Shkalneek, Chʼáagu ḵáaxʼu daat yoo x̱ʼawtuli.át, aadé yoo x̱ʼadul.átgi yé
Handouts: chat (txt), photos for conversation (slideshow)
Feb 22, 2021
Chʼáagu ḵáaxʼu daat yoo x̱ʼawtuli.át, yéi at gug̱wanéiyi át
Handouts: chat (txt), photos for conversation (slideshow), Perfective & Future Modes (slideshow)
Feb 17, 2021
Chʼáagu ḵáaxʼu daat yoo x̱ʼawtuli.át, aag̱áa wáa sá wooch eedé gax̱tudashée.
Handouts: chat (txt), photos for conversation (slideshow), seasonal rounds posters (folder)
February 15, 2021
La.óos Tláa, X̱ʼaduwóosʼ, Chʼáagu Ḵáawu
chat (txt)
February 10, 2021
Wooch een yoo x̱ʼawtudli.át, wooch shkawtudlineek, yéi at gug̱wanéi daat
Handoouts: chat (txt), Perfective & Future Modes (slideshow)
February 08, 2021
Art Johns áwé kindé tulashát, shkalneek tulayéx̱, kashóokʼ tíxʼi gug̱wakʼóots.
Handouts: chat (txt), Hawaiʻi (slideshow)
February 03, 2021
Lishoog̱ú át, naadaayi héen, x̱áat ḵusteeyí, Xóotsx̱ X̱ʼayaaḵuwdlig̱adi Shaawát, Saháan shkalneegí.
Handouts: chat (txt), Xóots X̱ʼayaaḵuwdlig̱adi Shaawát (wav), Xóotsx̱ X̱ʼayaaḵuwdlig̱adi Shaawát (pdf)
February 01, 2021
Daa sá haa tuwáa sigóo tusa.éeyi, ḵa daa sá tlél haa tuwáa ushgú, Saháan shkalneegí.
Handouts: chat (txt)
January 27, 2021
Wooch een yoo x̱ʼatutdli.átk, reflections, Haa Léelkʼu Hás Yoo X̱ʼatángi
Handouts: chat (txt), Visualizing Tlingit Structure (slideshow)
January 25, 2021
Wooch een yoo x̱ʼatudli.átk, Saháan shkalneegí
Handout: chat (txt)
January 20, 2021 (watch class)
Ḵaa káx̱ ḵulagaawú, Saháan shkalneegí
Handouts: chat (txt), Lingít Shkalneegí Haa Yátx’i Kagéiyi Yís (pdf)
January 13, 2021 (watch class)
Wooch een x̱ʼawtuli.át, Kuhaantí
Handout: chat (txt), Yakutat Mentor-Apprentice Phrases (pdf)
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Advanced Tlingit I – Fall Semester – 2020
We will be meeting using Zoom meeting software. You can access our class by clicking here.
December 02, 2020 (watch class)
Wooch een x̱ʼawtuli.át, Kuhaantí
Handout: chat (txt), Lingít Shkalneegí Haa Yátx’i Kagéiyi Yís (pdf)
November 30, 2020 (watch class)
Yéil ḵa Tʼá, alʼoon, gáasʼ, Yéil ḵutlaakw, shkalneek, saaxʼu, Kuhaantí
Handout: chat (txt)
November 23, 2020 (watch class)
xʼúxʼ x̱ʼag̱wéinaa káa kadushxeedí át, x̱ʼaduwóosʼi, Kuhaantí shkalneek
Handout: chat (txt), direction & location (slideshow)
November 18, 2020 (watch class)
Kuhaantí, Woosh een yoo x̱ʼadudli.átk
Handout: chat (txt)
November 16, 2020 (watch class)
Násʼk xʼéig̱aa át ḵa tléixʼ sh ḵʼadulyeili át, Yéil ḵa Yáay shkalneek (daaxʼoondahéen)
Handouts: chat (txt), Yéil ḵa Yáay (pdf)
48 Katherine Mills: Raven & Whale (mp3)
48 KM Raven & Whale
41 Willie Marks: Raven & Whale (mp3)
41-R-&-Whale
Susie James: Raven & Whale (mp3)
06-09 SJ Raven & Whale
Frank Italio: Raven & Whale (video)
November 11, 2020 (watch class)
at shí, ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi, yéi daadunéiyi át, Kuhaantí
Handouts: chat (txt)
November 09. 2020 (watch class)
Gantutlʼúkʼx̱, daa sá haa tuwáa sigóo wutusakóowu
Handouts: chat (txt)
November 04, 2020 (watch class)
Intro to Verbs, Pronouns & Empty Base
Handouts: chat (txt), Tlingit Bases & Suffixes (slideshow)
November 02, 2020 (watch class)
Gantutlʼúkʼx̱, wooch een yoo x̱ʼatudli.átk, Jimmy ḵa Suzie
Handout: chat (txt)
October 28, 2020 (watch class)
Aadé wududzi.éeyi yé, wooch.een yoo x̱ʼadudli.átk, Suzie ḵa Jimmy.
Handouts: chat (txt)
October 26, 2020 (watch class)
daa sá daat yéi jitooné, Has du ee latéew xá̱ at aadé kei dustʼeix̱ji i yé
Handouts: chat (txt), Has du ee latéew xá̱ at aadé kei dustʼeix̱ji i yé (pdf – draft)
October 19, 2020 (watch class)
tliyaa
tliyáanax̱.á
héináx̱.á
diyáanáx̱.á
yáanáx̱.á
nÿaa / niyaa / yinaa
niyaadé
a keeká
chʼa g̱óot
woosh tʼikaadé
wooch een
woochdáx̱
wooch
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wooch een x̱ʼadudli.átk
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x̱ʼakaduneek
October 21, 2020 (watch class)
Tléiḵw, Yeis, At wududi.éeyi, yéi at gug̱wanéiyi
Handout: chat (txt), The Future (draft chapter)
October 14, 2020 (watch class)
Wooch een yoo x̱ʼawtudli.át
Handout: English to Tlingit Translation (doc), English to Tlingit Translation (pages)
October 12. 2020 (watch class)
Ḵutí ḵa yax̱ ḵuhá, shkalneek ḵa at shí, wáa sá at gug̱wanéiyi
Handouts: chat (txt), Dauenhauer Collection Finding Guide (pdf), Dauenhauer Collection Finding Guide (doc), deLaguna Collection (folder), The Future (draft chapter)
October 07, 2020 (watch class)
Woosh yoo x̱ʼatudli.át, Kaséix̱ yoo x̱ʼatángi
Handouts: chat (txt)
October 05, 2020 (watch class)
Jinkaat aa yoo x̱ʼatánk, yéi at wooneiyi, Yéil ḵa X̱ʼaan
Handout: chat (txt), Perfective chapter (pdf with answers), Perfective (slideshow with answers)
September 30, 2020 (watch class)
Ḵunaax̱ Daak Kaduneek Aadé Yéi Daaduneiyí Yé, Yéi At Wooneiyí
Handouts: chat (txt), yéi at wuneiyí (sideshow), perfective (chapter), Tlingit Verb Conjugation (draft text)
September 28, 2020 (watch class)
Q&A, Aadé Yéi Daaduneiyí, Yéil ḵa X̱ʼaan
Handouts: chat (txt), Yéil ḵa X̱ʼaan (slideshow)
September 23, 2020 (watch class)
Dictionaries, grammar, Yéi at wuneiyí, jinkaat aa yoo x̱ʼatánk.
Handout: chat (txt)
September 21, 2020 (watch class)
Wooch een yoo x̱ʼadudlit.átk, Yéi at wooneiyí.
Handout: chat (txt), Aadé X̱áat Duxáashi Yé (pdf, iBooks), vibrant languages poster
September 16 2020 (watch class)
Tleiḵáa x̱ʼaduwóosʼi, Haa Yoo X̱ʼatángi X̱ʼatuwa.áx̱ch (√aax̱ ¹,√ḵaa ¹, √neek), Yéi At Wooneiyí
Handouts: chat (txt), Hearing, Listening, Understanding, Speaking (pdf, keynote, powerpoint)
September 14, 2020 (watch class)
Wáa sá haa yatee, shkalneek, Haa Yoo X̱ʼatángi X̱ʼatuwa.áx̱ch (√aax̱ ¹,√ḵaa ¹, √neek)
Handouts: Dauenhauer Collection Finding Guide (pdf), Dauenhauer Collection Finding Guide (doc), Hearing, Listening, Understanding, Telling, Speaking (slideshow), chat (txt)
September 9, 2020 (watch class)
Tleiḵáa X̱ʼaduwóosʼi, Yéi At Wooneiyí
Handout: at daat áwé yoo x̱ʼadudli.átk (slideshow), yéi at wuneiyí (sideshow), perfective (chapter), Tlingit Verb Conjugation (draft text)
September 2, 2020 (watch class)
Check in, aan g̱alaḵú, kulix̱éitlʼsháni shkalneek, speaking/hearing/understanding
Handout: Hearing, Listening, Understanding, Telling, Speaking (slideshow)
Monday August 31, 2020 (watch class)
Daa sá daa yoo x̱ʼax̱aatánk (hintak.ádi), yéi daaduneiyi át (perfective)
Handout: (coming soon)
Wednesday August 26, 2020 (watch class)
Description Game (Daa sá daat yoo x̱ʼax̲aatánk?), Words of the Masters
Handout: Words of the Masters (slideshow)
Monday August 24, 2020 (watch class)
Introductions, Because We Cherish You
Handout: Kichnaalx̱ Speeches
Kichnáalx̱ audio:
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Advanced Tlingit I – Fall Semester – 2018
- Editing & Translation Projects
• Girl Who Married a Bear
• Woman Who Married a Frog
• How Raven Made the Tides
• How the Salmon Started Up the Rivers
December 10, 2018 (watch class)
Hóochʼi yéi jineiyí
Handouts: tipitap, COLORS 1A nouns +, Going to the library draft 2, Lingít_Final_Dec-2018, Máa sá at wuskóowux’…., Tlingit Domain and Register Rohrbacher, Tlingit Final Assignment Booklet, Tlingit Gaal’
December 05, 2018 (watch class)
carrying verbs, motion verbs, grammar stuff, reflections.
Handout: carrying-verbs-sheet
December 03, 2018 (watch class)
x̱ʼaduwóosʼ, √taan/√aat/√ḵaa/√neek, Yéil ḵa X̱ʼaan, √cheesh
Handouts: hearing_listening_understanding_speaking, notes-05, yeil_kha_xh’aan_translate
November 28, 2018 (watch class)
Shkalneek wutuliyéx̱, yéi daadunéiyi át, yéi wdudzineiyi át, tlél yéi wdusnéiyi át.
Handout: Tlingit Verb Conjugation
November 26, 2018 (watch class)
Reflections on Language Summit, language learning, happenings, Yéil ḵa X̱ʼaan
November 12, 2018 (watch class)
Wooch een x̱ʼawtuldi.át
November 07, 2018 (watch class)
yá aan daat, haa yoo x̱ʼatángi daat woosh kaanáx̱ gax̱tuda.áat, Yéil ḵa X̱ʼaan shkalneek
November 05, 2018 (watch class)
alḵáa xʼúxʼu daat x̱ʼawtuli.át, haa yoo x̱ʼatángi daat woosh kaanáx̱ gax̱tuda.áat, Yéil ḵa X̱ʼaan shkalneek, ḵaa saaxʼú wuduwag̱éexʼi
October 31, 2018 (watch class)
Wooch een sh katulneek, Yéil ḵa X̱ʼaan
October 29, 2018 (watch class)
Class conversations, Yéil ḵa X̱ʼaan, Xóots Aawasháayi Yées Sháatkʼ
Handout: Dauenhauer Collection Finding Guide
October 24, 2018 (watch class)
Haa shkalneekxʼí, domains & registers, verbal structure
Handout: Verb_Monsters
October 22, 2018 (watch class)
wooch.een sh kawtudlineek, Yéil ḵa X̱ʼaan daat yéi jiwtuwanei
Handout: yeil_kha_xh’aan_translate
October 15, 2018 (watch class)
Time, story translation
Handout: Time&Sequence
October 10, 2018 (watch class)
Motion & migrations, story translations
Handout: migrations
October 8, 2018 (watch class)
Ḵutí, Q&A, imperfective / perfective / future, Xóots Aawasháayi Yées Sháatkʼ
Handouts: eating, 
October 1, 2018 (watch class)
Song translation, seasons and months, time & sequence with Seidayaa (Elizabeth Nyman), stem variation and the perfective.
Handouts: Ḵudziteeyi_Át_Ḵulagaawú, Sitʼkunaa_G̱eeyi_Daat_Shkalneek, Tlʼanaxéedáḵw, Tʼaaḵú_Yanyeidí_daat_shkalneek
September 26, 2018 (watch class)
Talking about daily routines, Q&A, transcribing & translating conversations, verbal structure & stem variation.
Handout: conjugation-party
September 24, 2018 (watch class)
Q&A, translation exercises, food verbs & conjugation
Handout:
September 17, 2018 (watch class)
át ḵuduteení, semester projects, motion verbs & conjugation classes
Handout: motion_verbs
September 12, 2018 (watch class)
atx̱á daat yoo x̱ʼawtuli.átk, q&a, verbs and verbal structure.
Handout: Verb_Monsters
September 10,2018 (watch class)
Talking about food, using time, Tlingit verb conjugation.
September 05, 2018 (watch class)
Ideas for Tlingit conversations, time & sequencing, creating short stories, creating and publishing projects, working together, Raven & His Uncle.
August 27, 2018 (watch class)
Introductions, course overview, learning philosophies, sʼigeidí ḵa x̱alakʼáchʼ shkalneek
handout: beaver-porcupine
August 29, 2018 (watch class)
Names & self-assessment, overview of resources, Kaasgéiy Susie James Sh kawdlineek.
Handout: tlingit-studycards, Kaasgéiy Susie James: Yéil ḵa Du Káak
06-01 SJ Raven & Uncle_01_01