CHAPTER 1 VOCABULARY – LESSON 1 NOUNS person, place, thing or animal

Pronunciation of the letters "ai" when written together in a Choctaw word The letters "ai" is pronounced as the i in the word "pine". In the next slide you will see a word written with the letters "ai".

i-iñ-pah - aiimpa table

chok-kah - chukka house

ho-lihs-so – holisso book

isht ish-ko – isht ishko glass or cup

ih- te – iti tree

shok-chah – shukcha purse or bag

sho-losh – shulush shoe

to-wah – towa ball

chok-fih – chukfi rabbit

ho-shih – hushi bird

ihs-sih – issi deer

ihs-so-bah – issuba horse

kah-tos – katos cat

o-fih – ofi dog

wahk – wak cow

piñ-tih – pinti mouse

SIZE WORDS Small or Little Big or Large

es-ke-te-nee - iskitini little or small

chih-toh - chito big or large

Continue practicing pronunciation of the vocabulary words. This concludes Choctaw I, Chapter 1 lesson 1. Yakoke