Subject Markers: ät, yät, hät & Question Marker Ho CHAPTER 4 – LESSON 3 Subject Markers: ät, yät, hät & Question Marker Ho © 2017 All Rights Reserved Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma School of Choctaw Language
SUBJECT MARKERS ät, yät, hät The subject markers ät, yät, and hät can mean "the" or "a". © 2017 All Rights Reserved Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma School of Choctaw Language
RULE FOR THE SUBJECT MARKER ÄT The subject marker ät is written after a word ending in a consonant. Kanchäk ät chito. The barn is big. Notice the last letter in the word "Kanchäk" ends in a consonant. © 2017 All Rights Reserved Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma School of Choctaw Language
RULE FOR THE SUBJECT MARKERS YÄT & HÄT The subject markers yät and hät are written after a word ending in a vowel. Aiimpa yät chito. The table is big. Aiimpa hät chito. The table is big. Notice the last letter in the word "Aiimpa" ends in a vowel. © 2017 All Rights Reserved Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma School of Choctaw Language
Steps for Translating a Choctaw Sentence to English Step 1: Translate the subject marker; Step 2: Translate following the word order; Step 3: Go the end of the sentence and translate working back to the left. © 2017 All Rights Reserved Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma School of Choctaw Language
Steps for Translating an English Sentence to Choctaw Step 1: Translate following the word order; Step 2: Translate the subject marker; Step 3: Go the end of the sentence and translate working back to the left. © 2017 All Rights Reserved Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma School of Choctaw Language
Translating Choctaw to English (2) (1) (4) (3) Ohoyo yät/hät bok ia. The/A woman is going to the river. © 2017 All Rights Reserved Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma School of Choctaw Language
Translating English to Choctaw (2) (1) (4) (3) The/A woman is going to the river. Ohoyo yät/hät bok ia. © 2017 All Rights Reserved Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma School of Choctaw Language
Translating Choctaw to English (2) (1) (4) (3) Katos ät pinti pisa. A cat is looking at the mouse. © 2017 All Rights Reserved Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma School of Choctaw Language
Translating English to Choctaw (2) (1) (4) (3) A cat is looking at the mouse. Katos ät pinti pisa. © 2017 All Rights Reserved Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma School of Choctaw Language
Rule for the Question Marker Ho The question marker ho is written after a verb or action word. © 2017 All Rights Reserved Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma School of Choctaw Language
Translating Choctaw to English (2) (1) (4) (3) action word Pinti yät katos pisa ho? Is the mouse looking at the cat? © 2017 All Rights Reserved Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma School of Choctaw Language
Translating English to Choctaw (2) (1) (4) Is the woman cooking? action word Ohoyo yät hoponi ho? © 2017 All Rights Reserved Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma School of Choctaw Language
Practice your speaking skills Practice your speaking skills. Also, continue writing and translating sentences following the rules for the markers. This concludes Choctaw I, Chapter 4 lesson 3. Yakoke © 2017 All Rights Reserved Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma School of Choctaw Language