Community learning opportunities on Friday mornings from 9:30–10:30, brought to you by Haa Tóoch Lichéesh and KTOO.
A káa ḵududziteeyí yoo x̱ʼatánk
The words by which people live
Tlingit Verb Notes (by Jeff Leer, typed by Yéil Tʼoochʼ Tláa) (pages, word, pdf), Intro to Verbs (slideshow), chat (txt)
Fall 2024
Dís Tlein 09, 2024
Native Language Summit, Elders & Youth Conference, Dialogue Review, Vocab Review, Translation Review (Yéil ḵa Kudatankahídi)
Resources: slides (Google Slides), chat (txt)
Dís Yádi 25, 2024
Dialogue Review, Yéil ḵa Kudatankahídi, Language Goals
Resources: class slides (Google Slides), chat (txt)
Dís Yádi 18, 2024
Yéil ḵa Kudatankahídi Workbook (pdf)
Lingít G̲unéi Sh Tóo Dultóow Xʼúxʼ: Workbook for Beginning to Study Lingít (pdf version)
Chat (txt)
Winter 2024
Handout: chat (txt)
HTL– March 27, 2024
Video Study, continued: What is it?
Handout: chat (txt)
HTL – March 20, 2024
Dialogue Practice: Are you hungry?
Video Study: What is it?
Handout: chat (txt)
HTL – March 13, 2024
dialogue practice
homonyms: ax̱ tlʼeiḵ. tléiḵw, tléikʼ
Asking questions: What is it?
Handouts: chat (txt)
HTL – February 28 – New vocabulary: body parts, Page 128
Ax̱ shá
Ax̱ gúk
Ax̱ waaḵ
Ax̱ x̱ʼé
Handouts: chat (txt)
HTL – February 21 – Wáa sá iyatee
Review
Handouts: chat (txt)
HTL – February 14 – Elizabeth Peratrovich Day, Valentineʼs Day
History lesson
Words about love
Handouts: chat (txt)
HTL – February 7 – Wáa sá iyatee?
Review
New material – Asking Questions
Beginning Tlingit Workbook, Page 38-39
Wáa sá iyatee?
Handouts: chat (txt)
HTL – January 31 – Welcome
Pronunciation: vowels
Dialogue
Wáa sá iduwasáakw
{Name} yóo x̱at duwasáakw
Video: “Whatʼs Your Name?”
Transcription practice
Handouts: chat (txt)
Winter 2023
Ḵukahaa Dís 14, 2023: Yá táakw ḵúnáx̱ ḵuwsi.áatʼ
video: Kuhaantí, uvular sounds: ḵ, x̱, glottal stop
Handout: chat (txt)
Ḵukahaa Dís 07, 2023: ____ naax̱ x̱at sitee
uvular sounds: ḵ, x̱, pinched uvular: x̱ʼ, rounded sound: kw, discussion: introductions and identity, introducing others, clan names
Handout: chat (txt)
Dís Tlein 31, 2023: ____ yóo x̱at duwasáakw
rounded sound: kw, uvular sounds: x̱, pinched uvular: x̱ʼ, review: vowels cultural note: Lingít names, adding on: Lingít x̱ʼéináx̱ _______ yóo duwasáakw / Dleit ḵáa x̱ʼéináx̱ ______ yóo x̱at duwasáakw, discussion: drills and being in a multi-level class
Handout: chat (txt)
Dís Tlein 24, 2023: Gunalchéesh haat yeey.aadí
vowel sounds, unvoiced L, alternative phrases: Yakʼéi haat yigoodí / Gunalchéesh haat yigoodí, resource: Lingít X̱ʼéináx̱ Áx̱!, Disc One – Track 27 discussion: conversation context, open exploration – Lingít X̱ʼéináx̱ Áx̱!
Handouts: Lingít X̱ʼéináx̱ Áx̱ (folder), chat (txt)
Dís Tlein 17, 2023: Yakʼéi haat yeey.aadí
vowel sounds, pinched sound: kʼ, glottal stop
Handout: chat (txt)
At Gatax̱it Yinaa Dísi 19, 2023
Summary: Weather, reading exercise “At gutu ádi” by Esther Shea and Vesta Dominicks
Links: Chat
At Gatax̱it Yinaa Dísi 12, 2023
Summary: Conversation practice, how to build a short dialogue
Links: Chat
At Gatax̱it Yinaa Dísi 05, 2023
Summary: Month name “at gadax̱it yinaa dísi”, conversation practice, introduction to domain reclamation, words and phrases for picking berries
Links: Chat
Xʼéig̱aa Kayaaní Dísi 28, 2023
Summary: Conversation practice, materials on Southern dialects as presented by Dzéiwsh James Crippen
- Slides:
- Links:
Xʼéig̱aa Kayaaní Dísi 21, 2023
Summary: Conversation practice, materials on Southern dialects as presented by Jeff Leer and James Crippen
- Slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1ygXYOMhM6qKT0tGJFLHD_CSn4R34i6W8YNKL07rk8MY/edit?usp=sharing
- Links:
- Chat
- [see links to materials in “Slides”]
Xʼéig̱aa Kayaaní Dísi 14, 2023
Summary: Check-in discussion on language goals and interests, revisiting independent pronouns, activity: identify the pronouns in the dialogue of Beginning Lingít Workbook (Page 45)
- Links
- Chat
- Beginning Lingít Workbook, Page 45: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kgHy3W4a1LZEd7wRPRP1KwXakVt7L_z1/view
- Dictionary: https://tlingitlanguage.com/dictionary/Tlingit.html
- Verb Database: https://secureservercdn.net/198.71.233.31/szq.364.myftpupload.com/dictionary/TlingitVerbsRoots.xml
Xʼéig̱aa Kayaaní Dísi 7, 2023
Summary: Review corrections in photo journal example, responses to conversational phrases, Yaaw (Herring)
- Links:
- Chat
- Tlingit Language Curriculum, SHI: https://www.sealaskaheritage.org/institute/education/resources/tlingitlanguage
- Dictionary: https://tlingitlanguage.com/dictionary/Tlingit.html
- Phrase Book: https://tlingitlanguage.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Lingit-xh_einaxh-Sa.pdf
- Verb Database: https://secureservercdn.net/198.71.233.31/szq.364.myftpupload.com/dictionary/TlingitVerbsRoots.xml
Héen Taanáx̱ Kayaaní Dísi 31, 2023
Summary: Culture Sharing – Ggaał Doh Heeyo (Kaltag Stickdance). Captioning photos in Lingít.
Links:
Chat
Dictionary
Phrase Book
Verb Database
Héen Taanáx̱ Kayaaní Dísi 17, 2023
Summary: Vocabulary review, question and answer drills «daa sá i jeewú» (what do you have?), using «ḵa» (and), independent pronouns continued
- Links:
- Chat
- Beginning Lingít Workbook, Page 43: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kgHy3W4a1LZEd7wRPRP1KwXakVt7L_z1/view
- Haa wsinéix̱ Haa Yoo X̱ʼatángi, Page 47: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_dONRvvGz4gQTFyWFVaQ3ltUmM/view?resourcekey=0-EYvFecDgbBxe9NdgsWfbvg
- Slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1qRtSnE5O4fcWXiq8KBxVAbzLzw8O0fYMcMdfr_oNI5c/edit?usp=sharing
Héen Taanáx̱ Kayaaní Dísi 10, 2023
Summary: Pronunciation of basic greetings, new vocabulary, dialogue practice
Links:
- Lingít X̱ʼéináx̱ Áx̱, Tracks 24 – 26:
- Beginning Lingít Workbook, Page 43: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kgHy3W4a1LZEd7wRPRP1KwXakVt7L_z1/view
- Haa wsinéix̱ Haa Yoo X̱ʼatángi, Page 47: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_dONRvvGz4gQTFyWFVaQ3ltUmM/view?resourcekey=0-EYvFecDgbBxe9NdgsWfbvg
- Slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1BHgpHj5BFhQ355f3EAuj3uyAqU39gK8mrSdg99Xsebw/edit?usp=sharing
Héen Taanáx̱ Kayaaní Dísi 03, 2023
Summary: Beginning Lingít Workbook Chapter 2A: Daa sáwé iyatéen? Vocabulary, identifying verb roots, introduction to independent pronouns, introduction to Lingít classifiers
Links:
- Chat
- Beginning Lingít Workbook, Page 43: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kgHy3W4a1LZEd7wRPRP1KwXakVt7L_z1/view
- Tlingit Reference Guide, Page 84: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vkO-S5gqQ74i9EGzj09sVL0RnSf7PBgt/view
- Haa wsinéix̱ Haa Yoo X̱ʼatángi, Page 47: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_dONRvvGz4gQTFyWFVaQ3ltUmM/view?resourcekey=0-EYvFecDgbBxe9NdgsWfbvg
- Slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1j3u2qTYETEh1FcDkWw0UsMIw6MyB28zLLm1Gja46RZw/edit?usp=sharing
Sʼeek Dísi 24, 2023
Summary: Beginning Lingít Workbook Chapter 2A – Daa sáwé iyatéen, Dialogue practice, Identifying verb roots, introduction to classifiers February 24, 2023
Links:
Chat
Beginning Lingít Workbook Page 43
Tlingit Reference Guide Page 84
Sʼeek Dísi 17, 2023
Summary: Basic Conversation Phrases review, Lingít Prayers, Translation Activity – Beginning Lingít Workbook Page 42
Links:
Chat
Beginning Lingít Workbook
Sʼeek Dísi 10, 2023
Summary: Basic conversational phrases, making a short dialogue, introduction to prayer Links: Beginning Lingít Workbook:
Links:
Chat
Beginning Lingít Workbook
Advanced Lingít class collaboration on prayer:
Draft Prayer for Legislature by Kus.een
Sʼeek Dísi 03, 2023
Class Summary: Details and guidance about starting the personal project for studying Lingít. Conversational Phrases on Beginning Lingít Workbook Page 40.
Links:
Chat
Tʼaawáḵ Dísi 27, 2023
Class Summary: Continuation of video study, respectful engagement with recorded audio and video, clan property, introduction to transcription and translation
Class Links:
Chat
Class Recording for transcription project
X̱ʼunei YouTube channel
Dictionary
Online Verb Database
Tʼaawáḵ Dísi 13, 2023
Welcome to class, class expectations, introduction to online language resources, intention-setting, introducing the personal project
Links:
Chat
- Tlingit Dictionary
- Beginning Tlingit Workbook
- Tlingit Verb Database updated webpage
- Lingít X̱ʼéináx̱ Sá!
- An Introduction to Tlingit Sounds with Words
Ḵukaháa Dís 23, 2022
Introduction to “glossing” and note-taking tips, introduction to translation (Lingít to English), using the online dictionary, Lingít G̱unei Sh Tóo Dultóow Xʼúxʼ Ch. 1A (pp 18-19, 28-30)
Class Links:
- Beginning Lingít Workbook: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kgHy3W4a1LZEd7wRPRP1KwXakVt7L_z1/view
- Online dictionary: https://tlingitlanguage.com/dictionary/Tlingit.html
- Chat (txt)
Ḵukaháa Dís 18, 2022
Dís Tlein 28, 2022
Xʼéig̱aa Kayaaní Dís 01, 2022
G̱áaxʼw, tsaa eix̱í, saak eix̱í, aan ká saaxʼú
Handouts: Tlingit Location & Direction (pdf)
Héen Táanáx̱ Kayaaní Dísi 25, 2022
Yax̱ ḵuhá, taakw.eetí, haa atx̱aayí, át ḵuwuligáasʼ, Lingít Aaní ka saaxʼú, time
Handouts: Time & Sequence (pdf)
Héen Táanáx̱ Kayaaní Dísi 18, 2022
ḵaankageetxʼ yoo x̱ʼatángi, Haa Tuwunáagu Yís, Keet Yaanaayí x̱ʼéidáx̱ yoo x̱ʼatángi, medicines & metaphors, náakw/náaḵw/naaḵw, body parts, introduction, healing
Héen Táanáx̱ Kayaaní Dísi 11, 2022
Special guest teacher Yéil Tʼoochʼ Tláa Collyne Bunn! We Lingít yoo x̱ʼatángi Daḵká Aan.eetí, language camps, elders, Wáa sá iyatee & responses
Héen Táanáx̱ Kayaaní Dísi 04, 2022
Goosú X̱ʼunei?, Q&A, verb themes (pronouns, stem variation), wáa sá iduwasáakw (identity & self)
Sʼeek Dísi 25, 2022
Daasdiyáa, Q&A, compliments, adverbs, vowels and inland speakers, clan names, orthographies, changing the Lingít verb, emotions
Handouts: class notes (pdf), Raven Book (pdf), emotions (slideshow), chat (txt)
Sʼeek Dísi 18, 2022
Yéil Sh Kalneek (Raven Stories), Yéil du Lú Kei Dusyeig̱í (Raven Loses His Nose), emotions & feelings
Handouts: Class notes (pdf), Yéil du Lú Kei Dusyeig̱í (Raven Loses His Nose pdf), emotions (slideshow), chat (txt)
Sʼeek Dísi 11, 2022
Staying calm and safe, metaphors, colors, neixeenté, gunalchéesh, emotions,
Handouts: SHI complex colors poster, emotions (slideshow), chat (txt)
Ḵukaháa Dís 12, 2021
Weather (snow & rain, rain, rain), tying phrases together, placenames, Táaxʼaa, learning from stories, parts of speech.
Resources:
Ḵukaháa Dís 05, 2021
Q&A, weather, how verbs change, using resources, Has Du Ée Latéew X̱áat Aadé Kei Dustʼeix̱ji Yé
Resources: weather (slideshow), Has du ee latéew x̱áat aadé kei dustʼeix̱ji yé (pdf)
Dís Tlein 29, 2021
Time & Sequence (month, day, week), relational suffix, stages of growth, breaking down phrases, Sagóot ḵa Shaadá
Resources: Time & Sequence (slideshow), Has du ee latéew x̱áat aadé kei dustʼeix̱ji yé (pdf), chat (txt)
Dís Tlein 22, 2021
Seasons, language learning & use, Aangóon, Aadé Yoo X̱ʼadudli.átgi Yé • The Way People Talk, keyboards
Resources: Aadé Yoo X̱ʼadudli.átgi Yé • The Way People Talk (slideshow), chat (txt)
Dis Tlein 15, 2021
Q&A, Sagóot ḵa Shaadá Sh kalneek, changing verbs, weather, Lingít X̱ʼéináx̱ Sá (Say It In Lingít)
Resources: Has du ee latéew x̱áat aadé kei dustʼeix̱ji yé (pdf), weather (slideshow), chat (txt)
Dís Tlein 08, 2021
Seasons, days, weather, phrases, intro to verbs