- Lesson of The Day Sign Up Here
- Adjectives
- Dirty - Liteha
- Old - Sipokni
- pretty - pisa achukma 2nd
- scared - nukshopa
- to be clean - kashofa
- flat - latvssa
- good - achukma
- best - achukma moma i shahli
- thin - tapvski
- Libesha - warm
- kvllo - hard; lapushki - soft
- himona - new
- smells good and sweet
- lashpa - hot and kapvssa - cold
- balama achukma - smells good
- kotoma - stinks
- lashpa - hot
- kapassa - cold; homma - red
- himitthoa - young (two or more)
- ossi - small, little
- hoshonti - cloudy
- shila - dry
- tikahbi, tikambi - tired
- anumpa himona - new words
- halupa - to be sharp
- pvlhki hosh - fast
- kapvssa - cold
- weki - heavy
- kashofa kiyo - not clean
- weki fehna - very heavy
- alikchi himitta - young doctor
- hattak himitta - young man
- achukma - good
- iksho - none, all gone
- iksho - not any, absent
- yuswichali - messy, tangled, unruly hair
- na yukpa - happy
- lvcha - wet
- chaha - tall
- hattak chaha - tall man
- sukko - thick
- pisa achukma - pretty/handsome
- Adverbs
- Adverb of Degree
- Animals
- Animals
- Animal lesson
- Bat
- Horse
- Dog - came back
- Dog - bathing
- Object Marker: A(hn)-Ya(hn)
- Dog - Fed
- Pork - shukha
- Animal - Venison
- cat - katos
- Cat
- shawi - racoon
- issuba illi - dead horse
- fvla - crow
- hvpi katos - our cat
- luksi - turtle
- nvni - fish
- hushi - bird
- hushi vpa
- issi - deer
- fvni - squirrel
- isapuntak - mosquito
- hachunchuba - alligator
- hvpim ofosik - our puppy
- pim ofi - our dog
- ofi hohchvffo - hungry dog
- ofi chito - big dog
- nita - bear
- hushi homma, ofi lusa
- vm issuba - my horse
- yvnvsh - buffalo
- sheki - buzzard
- vm ofi - my dog
- koi - lion
- akaka tuklo - two chickens
- issi chito - big deer
- wak - cow
- ofi mvt - that dog
- osi - eagle
- nvni hokli - catch fish
- issuba pa - this horse
- katos - cat
- ofi - dog
- that dog - ofi mvt
- wak vt - the cows
- issi kosoma - goat
- akaka mvt - that chicken
- ofi ya - the dog
- nashoba - wolf
- pinti - mouse
- akaka ishki - hen
- issuba nukshopa - wild horse
- okfulush - shell; mussels
- nvni chito - big fish
- Are you ___?
- Body Parts
- Careers/Occupations
- Chief
- Choctaw dancers
- Doctor
- I work at Choctaw Nation.
- abeka apesvchi - nurse
- hoponi - cook
- apesvchi - manager, caregiver
- holisso pisa - student
- aiimpa chukka apesvchi - restaurant manager
- ikhvnanchi - teacher
- vlla apesvchi - babysitter
- wak apesvchi - cowboy, rancher
- na kanchi - sales clerk
- school cooks, teachers
- na kanchi - salesman
- alikchi - doctor
- vlla apesvchi yvt - the babysitter
- hvpi miko - our chief
- Chahta ikhvnanchi - Choctaw teachers
- ikhvnanchi mvt - that teacher
- hoponi vhleha - cooks
- pi miko - our chief
- nipi bvshli - butcher
- Choctaw
- Yes, I am Choctaw
- Chahta ikhvnanchi - Choctaw teacher
- ikhvnanchi - teacher
- Chahta anumpa - Choctaw language
- Choctaw language - Chahta anumpa
- Chahta ikhvnanchi - Choctaw teachers
- pibai ikhvna - learn with us
- Chahta chia ho? - Are you Choctaw?
- pim abvchi - teach us
- Chahta anumpa ya - the Choctaw language
- Chahta anumpa anumpoli - speak Choctaw
- atoksvli - workplace
- Choctaw Alphabet
- Clothing
- chi shulush - your shoes
- im ilefoka - his, her clothes
- anchi - quilt
- anchi - quilt, covering
- ilefoka - clothes
- shulush i takchi - tie his shoes
- shvpo himona - new hat
- ilefoka lakna - yellow dress
- chi shulush - your shoe
- chim ilefoka himona - your new clothes
- shulush himona - new shoes
- ilefoka himona - new clothes
- i/pi shulush - his/our shoes
- shulush ilvppa/pa - these shoes
- shulush isht talakchi - shoestring
- ilefoka liteha - dirty clothes
- yvbuski - socks
- nan tvnna - fabric, cloth
- ilefoka - clothes smell good
- ilefoka achefa - wash clothes
- shvpo - hat
- Colors
- Commands
- Dialogue
- Where are you going? I don't know.
- Are you cold? Dialogue 1/5
- Yes, I am cold. Dialogue 2/5
- No, I am not cold. Dialogue 3/5
- I am very cold. 4/5
- I am really cold! 5/5
- Where are you from?
- Where do you work?
- I am happy to meet you.
- What is the weather like?
- What is the weather like? It is cold/freezing
- How old are you?
- illimpa yvt achukma fehna
- You come back again!
- na yukpa - happy
- Kanimma ia chi bvnna ho?
- Greeting Dialogue
- Dialogue Lesson Chi afama li kvt sv na yukpa.
- Days/Months/Years
- Directional Particle
- Go and.... - ont
- Come and.... - ant
- that way - misha
- Go and.... - ont (2nd)
- this way - ola
- toward - pila (2nd)
- that way - misha (2nd)
- West - Hvshi aiokvtula
- North - Falvmmi
- South - Oka mahli
- East - Hvshi akuchaka
- toward which way - katimma pila
- that way (from speaker) - pit
- this way (toward speaker) = et/auet
- ont - go and
- et - this way toward the speaker
- ola - this way
- ont pisa - go and look
- pila - toward
- Ethnic Groups
- Food & Drinks
- Coffee/Water
- Cook
- Cooking/Bread
- Drinking/Water
- Eat
- Eating
- Fry bread
- I am somewhat hungry.
- Meat/Venison
- To cook
- Want to eat
- Water
- Bird seed
- restaurant
- Food - Venison
- Eating - students/child
- na waya - fruit
- a takkon - my apple
- hoponi - to cook
- shukshi - watermelon
- palvska champuli - dessert, sweet bread
- tobi - beans
- illimpa - food
- impa - eating
- pishokchi - milk
- vlwasha - to be fried
- vpa - eat
- oktusha vpa - eating snow
- tanchi palvska - corn bread
- nan ishko - something to drink
- chukfi vpa - eating rabbit
- ahe shua - rotten potato
- ofi im illimpa - dog food
- banaha - shuck bread
- chibai impa - eat with you
- palvska champuli - cake
- pishukchi - milk
- oka - water
- palvska - bread
- ahe - potatoes
- palvska hopela - give out bread
- Kil impa! - Let's eat!
- kvfi - coffee
- nan ishko bvnna - needs something to drink
- palvska boshulli - bread crumbs
- tanchi hakshup - corn husk
- chim illimpa vpa - eat your food
- issi nipi - venison
- kil impo - we did not eat
- ibai impa - eat with her
- illimpa lawa - a lot of food
- tobi micha ahe - beans and potatoes
- bissa - blackberries
- palvska kalampi - frozen rolls
- oka kapvssa - cold water
- pinak - food/groceries
- pinak - groceries
- illimpa - food/meal
- illimpa - food/groceries
- ofi im illimpa - dog('s) food
- issi nipi - venison (1)
- hvpi - salt
- pinak ma - those groceries
- holhponi - hominy
- Expressions/Emotions/Gratitude
- Are you happy?
- Happy/Angry
- Happy/Sad
- Laugh
- Laughing
- Love
- Pretty
- Group: happy/sad
- nukshohpa - suddenly be afraid
- na yukpa fehna - very happy
- nukoa nna - not angry
- nukhlakancha - surprised
- ome - very well/yes
- anukfohka - to understand
- nukshobli - to make scared
- I am happy to meet you. - 1 of 3
- I am happy to meet you. - 2 of 3
- I am happy to meet you. - 3 of 3
- yaiya - cry/crying
- na yukpa, nukhaklo
- nukhlakancha, hofahya
- nuktvhla - jealous
- hohchvffo - hungry
- nuktvla, nukwia
- nukshopa, nukoa
- Greeting/Goodbye Phrases
- Hello, how are you?
- I am doing good/well! And you?
- I'm doing good/well or likewise/too. (1)
- Greetings: Dialogue - 2 Person
- What is your name
- My name is (your name)
- I am happy to meet you.
- Are you Choctaw?
- Yes, I am Choctaw.
- No, I am not Choctaw.
- Where are you from?
- Where do you live
- I live in/at ( ).
- Where do you work?
- Chahta chia ho?
- You come back again!
- Yes/Very well, I will see you later.
- Very well - Yes - Thank you
- Health
- Holidays/Seasons
- Indefinite Pronoun
- Indirect Object
- Interrogative
- What do you want?
- katimma - where
- kvta - who
- katohmi - how many
- nanta hvsh katiohmi?
- nanta - what
- where is the woman standing
- What did you hear?
- Nanta ish hoponi tuk?
- Katimma ish amiti?
- kvta hosh, katimma ho
- kvta hosh - who is
- Katimma ish bohli tuk?
- vm ilefoka katimma
- katimi ho - why
- kvta hosh - who
- katimma, katomma - where
- kvta hosh, katomma
- Mato kvta? - Who's that?
- kvta hosh - who broke
- katimma hvsh - where you (all)
- what - nanta
- kvta, katimo ho - who, why
- Nanta ish potoli tuk?
- Katimma ish talali tuk?
- katimma ia
- hvshi kanvlli nanta - what time
- Nanta ish anukfilli?
- katimi ho?
- Nanta chima tuk? - What did he give you?
- Nanta ish vwvshli? - What are you frying?
- kvta hosh - who wants
- nanta ish haklo tuk?
- Who screamed?
- katimi ho - why (1)
- chimmi yo? - yours?
- Lessons
- Did you see the Choctaw dancers?
- Lesson animals/colors
- Lesson chia
- Lesson fry bread
- Pumpkin
- That is a(n)
- Tushka Homma
- What is your name?
- You are a boy.
- Aiittvtoba ish ia chi ho? - lesson 3 of 3
- Aiittvtoba ish ia chi ho? - lesson 2 of 3
- Aiittvtoba ish ia chi ho? - lesson 1 of 3
- Kucha yvt pisa katiohmi? - 1 of 3
- Kucha yvt pisa katiohmi? - 2 of 3
- Kucha yvt pisa katiohmi? - 3 of 3
- weather sentences - 1 of 4
- weather sentences - 2 of 4
- weather sentences - 3 of 4
- weather sentences - 4 of 4
- Chi hochowa ho? - 1 of 5
- Chi hochowa ho? - 2 of 5
- Chi hochowa ho? - 3 of 5
- Chi hochowa ho? - 4 of 5
- Chi hochowa ho? - 5 of 5
- Chi hohchvffo ho? - 1 of 5
- Chi hohchvffo ho? - 2 of 5
- Chi hohchvffo ho? - 3 of 5
- Chi hohchvffo ho? - 4 of 5
- Chi hohchvffo ho? - 5 of 5
- Tvmaha ish ia chi ho? - 1 of 3
- Tvmaha ish ia chi ho? - 2 of 3
- Tvmaha ish ia chi ho? - 3 of 3
- Impa chi bvnna ho? 1 of 4
- Impa chi bvnna ho? 2 of 4
- Impa chi bvnna ho? - 3 of 4
- Impa chi bvnna ho? - 4 of 4
- Greeting dialogue - 1 of 4
- Greeting dialogue - 2 of 4
- Greeting dialogue - 3 of 4
- Greeting dialogue - 4 of 4
- Nanta ish chompa chi? - 1 of 3
- Nanta ish chompa chi? - 2 of 3
- Nanta ish chompa chi? - 3 of 3
- Vocabulary Lesson 1/3: yimmi
- Vocabulary Lesson 2/3: yimmi
- Vocabulary Lesson 3/3: yimmi
- Vocabulary Lesson 1/3: tiwa
- Vocabulary Lesson 3/3: tiwwi
- Vocabulary Lesson 2/3: tiwa
- Vocabulary Lesson 1 of 3 - haklo
- Vocabulary Lesson 2 of 3 - haklo
- Vocabulary Lesson 1 of 5 - oka
- Vocabulary Lesson 2 of 5 - oka
- Vocabulary Lesson 3 of 5 - oka
- Vocabulary Lesson 4 of 5 - oka
- Vocabulary Lesson 5 of 5 - oka
- Vocabulary Lesson 3 of 3 - haklo
- Greeting Dialogue - Katimma ish atoksvli? 1 of 3
- Greeting Dialogue - Katimma ish atoksvli? 2 of 3
- Greeting Dialogue - Katimma ish atoksvli? 3 of 3
- Location/Position
- taloha - to be setting (dual)
- hikia - to be standing (singular)
- antta - to be temporary (singular)
- binohmaya - to be sitting (plural)
- ittonla - lies/ is lying
- where is the woman standing
- ittonla - lying (singular)
- takanli - to be hanging (singular)
- takohmaya - to be hanging (plural)
- kahmaya - to be lying (plural)
- asha/aiyasha - to be (exist/reside/live) plural
- bininli - to be sitting (singular)
- takohli - to be hanging (dual)
- chiya - to sitting (dual)
- hinli - to be standing (hinli)
- kaha - to be lying (dual)
- talaya - to be setting
- ashwa - to be, tempoary (dual)
- vshwa - to be; exist; live; reside (dual)
- vtta - to be; live; reside; exist (singular)
- asha - to be; temporary (plural)
- Materials & Items
- Bed
- Biskinik/Newspaper
- Book
- Car
- Car/Book
- Chair
- Clothes
- Door
- Glass/Plate
- Pillow
- Quilt/Blanket
- Table
- Red cup
- Wood
- chahe - hoe
- abinili - chair
- aiimpa - table
- apisa - mirror
- nan tvnna - cloth, fabric
- holisso - book
- isht holissochi - pencil, pen
- isht impa - eating utensil
- vlhtipo - tarp, tent, covering
- isht ishko - glass
- anchi - quilt
- okhissa - door
- skvli - money
- isht piha - shovel
- holbvttoba - picture/image
- Name
- Nouns
- Noun: palvska champuli - cake/cookies, pastries, etc.
- Noun: shukcha - bag/purse
- Noun: holhtina - number
- ofosik - puppy
- na pakanli - flower(s)
- shulush chaha - boots
- chukka apanta - neighbor
- illimpa - food
- nuti - tooth/ teeth
- Noun: bahta - a bag/ sack
- hiloha - thunder
- hvshi - month
- shutik - sky
- ahoponi - kitchen
- iskvli - money
- na pakanli - flowers
- himak ninak - tonight
- ninak - night
- nita - bear
- fvni - squirrel
- isht toksvli - tool
- holihta - fence
- apisa - mirror
- kanimma - somewhere
- nan vnnoa - a story
- nan vnnoa - story
- illimpa - food/ groceries
- walakshi - dumplings
- vm abinili - my chair
- anchi - quilt, covering
- ampo ossi - small plate
- ampo - dishes
- ampo - plate, dish
- hina - road
- aiimpa - table
- aboha - room
- holbvttoba - picture
- osi holbvttoba - eagle picture
- luak - fire
- fvla - crow
- haiyokpulo - weeds
- illimpa - groceries
- kvfi - coffee
- abinili - chair
- kaa ashaka - behind the car
- fichak - dew
- oktimpi - still water in a creek/ river
- towa - ball
- ampo - plate(s), dish(es)
- holbvttoba - picture, image
- holbvttoba - picture, photograph
- Person/People
- Places
- shalintak - comb
- vlhpichik - a nest
- story - nan vnnoa
- aiombinili - chair
- okhisa - door
- Numbers/Ages
- himitthoa - young (two or more)
- ohoyo tuklo - two women
- akaka tuklo - two chickens
- hattak tuklo - two men
- vlla tuklo - two children
- ofosik tuklo - two puppies
- pokkoli tahlapi - fifty
- pokkoli tuchina - thirty
- hotina - to count
- shvpo tuklo - two hats
- hattak himitta - young man
- na kanchi himitta - young sales clerk
- himitta - young, sipokni - old
- iksho - none, all gone
- ohoyo tuklo mvt - those two women
- nvni tuklo - two fish
- fvni tuklo - two squirrels
- Object Marker
- People/Person
- Baby
- Boy/Girl
- Brother
- Dad/Father
- Father
- Girl (1)
- Girl/Boy
- Girl's
- Grandfather
- Grandmother
- He/She
- His/Her
- Lesson people
- Mother
- My grandfather's
- Sales Clerk
- Sister
- Student
- Warrior
- Woman
- You are a boy.
- Young Man
- People (1)
- Chief - spoke to
- Man - Old
- People - cooks
- Person - Chickasaw
- People - Cherokee
- People - Creek (tribe)
- Person - Seminole woman
- Person - Choctaw teacher
- Person - mother
- Person - Abeka Apesvchi
- Person - short man
- Person - Babysitter
- Person - cowboy
- Person - Lady/Woman
- ohoyo chaha - tall woman
- vlla, vllosi - child, baby
- hattak pvt - this man
- holisso pisa - students
- vlla -child
- vllosi - baby
- okla - people, they
- okla - they
- okla - they, people
- vmafo - my grandfather
- aki yvt - my dad
- svshki - my mother
- vlla iskitini - small child
- pokni - grandmother
- sv - my, I am
- miko -chief
- aki - my father
- vlla nakni - boy
- chim ohoyo - your wife
- hattak chaha - tall man
- Child - angry
- ohoyo mvt - that woman
- vlla pvt - this child
- I - washing
- Person - old man
- hattak mvt - that man
- chimoshi - your uncle
- chishki - your mother
- pi miko - our chief
- Vlla pvt nana chima bvnna. - This child wants to give you something.
- Person - Chahta woman
- a tek - my sister
- ohoyo - woman
- hattak sipokni - old man
- ohoyo achukma - good woman
- my mother - svshki
- chipokni - your grandmother
- ohoyo himitta - young woman
- chimafo - your grandfather
- a nakfi - my brother
- ishki - his, her, their mother
- svpokni - my grandmother
- Person - young man & boys
- pokni micha mafo - grandma and grandpa
- svshki - my mom
- ohoyo sipokni - old women
- chi nakfi - your brother
- ishki - his/her mother
- Hattak Vpi Homma ohoyo - Indian woman
- Phrases
- I am going to or (will) take
- I am somewhat hungry.
- I don't believe so!
- I don't know
- I know
- I'm ready - Present, past, future
- I want to borrow money./I'm just saying that!
- I will buy a new car
- I will comb my hair/Dry your hair!
- Katimikash? When?
- Katimi ho? - Why?
- Katimma and Katomma Where?
- Looks like it's going to rain.
- Not yet
- Probably not
- Probably will
- Right Now!
- Sentences with time - Day Before Yesterday
- Sentences with time - Last Night.
- Sentences with time - Sometimes
- Sentences with time - Tonight.
- That is true!
- The food is very good.
- To give to me.
- To take; To hold; To get
- Where are you from
- What is your name
- Do you want to eat?
- No, I do not want to eat.
- I am happy to meet you.
- Do you read the Biskinik?
- iskvli bvnna - wants money
- Are you listening? What did you hear?
- Impa sv bvnna. - I want to eat.
- achi - to say
- sv bvnna - I want
- kvfi bvnna - wants coffee
- What will you cook? I will boil (cook) beans.
- Places
- Church
- Church/Store
- Colorado
- House/Room
- McAlester
- Room
- School
- School/Church
- Tushka Homma
- Store
- Place - hospital
- Place - restaurant
- School (1)
- holisso apisa - school
- pi holisso apisa - our school
- Hugo amiti li.
- a chukka - my house
- ahoponi - kitchen
- kanimma - somewhere
- tvmaha - town
- okhvta - lake
- aboha - room
- town - tvmaha
- Sardis okhvta - Sardis lake
- kocha - outside
- chim aboha - your room
- kucha - outside
- aiitvtoba - store
- alikchi - doctor
- aiachefa aboha - wash room, laundry room
- Tvmaha kil ia. - Let's go to town.
- sakti - creek/ river bank
- aiimpa - table
- bokushi - creek
- awashoha - playground
- kucha yvt - outside
- oktak - prairie
- atoksvli - workplace
- chukka - home/house
- place - aboha
- i chukka - his/her/their house
- chukka tikba - front of the house
- Plants/Trees
- Tree
- Flowers
- na pakanli homma
- na pakanli
- na pakanli ilvppvt
- chuwahla - cedar
- iti - tree
- na pakanli homma - red flowers
- nusvpi - oak (tree)
- na pakanli pvt - these flowers
- na pakanli anowa - walking on flowers
- na pakanli pa - these flowers
- tiak - pine
- takkon vpi - apple tree
- hokchi bvnna - wants to plant
- na pakanli - flowers
- plant - na pakanli
- Personal Pronouns
- Possessive Adjectives
- Possessive Pronouns
- Possessive Pronouns Chart
- your - chi, chim
- my - A(hn)
- your - chi/chim (chukka/shulush)
- his, hers, theirs, its - i/im - chukka/wak
- Im oka, ilefoka
- I(n) shukcha, shulush
- Vm, A(n)
- your - chi/chim (nakfi)
- your - chi/chim (tek)
- your - chi/chim (mafo)
- pi holisso apisa, holbvttoba
- pim - our
- i/ im - their, his, hers, its
- im anumpa, im vlla
- hvchim ofi, hvchim issi kosoma
- hvchi chukka
- pi shulush, pi miko
- sv bishnakni - my nose
- a nakfi - my brother
- chim abinili
- hvpim - our (all)
- vm isht holissochi, vm abinili
- im aboha, im anchi
- vm oka, vm issuba
- vm ofi, vm alikchi
- hvpi - our (all)
- aki yvt - my father
- chipokni - your grandmother
- chishki - your mother
- chiki - your father
- a katos, vm ofi - my cat, my dog
- Postposition
- Pronoun
- I - sv/si
- we - pi
- we (all) - hvpi
- you (all) - hvchi
- he/she/it - unmarked
- us - pi
- us (all) - hvpi
- you (all) - hvchi (2nd)
- unmarked - he/she/it
- I am - sia
- you are - chia
- you (all) are - hvchia
- we are - pia
- we (all) are - hvpia
- they; people; group - okla
- we - e/il
- something - na/nana
- you (all) - hvsh
- chia - you are
- chi - you
- hvsh - you (all)
- vno ako - me, the one whom
- ilap akosh - he, she, it, they initiate action
- vno akosh - I, the one who..initiates action w/ li
- chi bvnna - you want
- chishno akosh - you, the one who initiates an action
- ilap ako - him, her, they , it
- Vno akkia - I also, me too
- kvna - someone
- chishno ako - you, the one whom; action directed to you
- sia - I am
- pishnakosh - we the ones who initiate action
- Pronouns
- Questions & Answers
- Answers with adjectives
- Are you going to buy a new car?
- Did your brother go to his workplace?
- Did you eat?
- Do you read the Biskinik?
- Do you want to sit outside?
- Hello - Dialogue
- I work at Choctaw Nation.
- Katohmi? How many?
- My name is ( ).
- That is mine.
- That is yours
- What are you buying? - Dialogue
- What did you buy?
- What did you cook. Past Tense
- What is this?
- What is your name?
- What is your name? - Dialogue
- What will you buy?
- What will you buy? - Dialogue
- What will you cook? Present Tense
- Where are you from?
- Where are you from - Dialogue
- Where are you going?
- Where do you work?
- Where do you work? Dialogue
- Where does your dad/father work?
- Who is that?
- Whose is this?
- Impa chi bvnna ho? - 2 of 4
- Impa chi bvnna ho? - 3 of 4
- Nanta ish anukfilli?
- Chi hochowa ho? - 2 of 5
- Chi hochowa ho? - 3 of 5
- Chi hochowa ho? - 4 of 5
- Chi hochowa ho? - 5 of 5
- Chi hohchvffo ho? - 2 of 5
- Chi hohchvffo ho? - 3 of 5
- Chi hohchvffo ho? - 4 of 5
- Chi hohchvffo ho? - 5 of 5
- Chi na yukpa ho? - Dialogue
- chishnato - and you
- Impa chi bvnna ho? - 4 of 4
- Tvmaha ish ia chi ho? - 2 of 3
- Vlla pvt nanta vpa?
- Yes, I am Choctaw/No, I am not Choctaw.
- Tvmaha ish ia chi ho? - 3 of 3
- Ilvppvt kvta immi?
- Nanta ish ikbi tuk?
- Nanta ish anukfilli? - What are you thinking?
- Aiittvtoba ish ia chi ho? - Will you be going to the store?
- Nanta ish vpa tuk? - What did you eat?
- Nanta ish vpa chi? - What will you eat?
- Katimma ish vtta? - Where do you live?
- Did you . . ?
- Senses: Hear,Sight,Smell,Taste,Touch
- Listen and Hear
- Listening to
- Speak/Talk
- See
- Standing
- Smell
- Smell/Odor
- Smell/Stinks
- The food is very good.
- Cold
- Hard/Soft
- Hot
- Hot/Cold
- Wet
- Wet/Dry
- balama - to smell
- haklo - hear
- pisa - see
- potoli - to touch
- pisa - looking
- hvchi pisa - see you (all)
- kapassvchi - cool
- nanta ish haklo tuk - what did you hear
- kapvssa chohmi - kind of cold
- Shapes & Objects
- Technology
- Tense Markers
- Time
- Time Marker: -kma
- Tomorrow
- to arise - tani
- night - ninak
- dark/darkness - okhlilika
- Himak nittak -today
- hvshi - month
- mishash - day before yesterday
- Himak ninak - tonight
- Past time marker - ash/kash
- all day (until late evening) - shohbi
- Hour/Time/O'Clock - Hvshi Kanvlli
- hopaki - long ago
- katimikma - when (in the future)
- katimikash - when (in the past)
- onnakma - tomorow
- ninak iklvnna - midnight
- afvmmi - year
- pilashash - yesterday
- himak nittak
- ninakash - last night
- tonight - himak ninak
- chekusikma - soon
- chekusikash - little while
- onnahinlikma - in the morning
- yesterday
- himonasi - right now
- To do something
- look
- To be fried
- To exercise
- Destroy
- eat/see
- read and build
- talowvt pisa - try to sing
- hokchi - to plant
- vpa - eating
- chompa - buying
- hiohli - standing
- vpa - to eat
- toksvlit ia - go to work
- ikbi - build, make
- achefa - wash
- hochefo - read
- hochefa chi - going to read
- shilli, shileli
- isso - hitting
- tvshki - to lie down
- apoksia - to repair, fix
- abvchi - to teach
- hopohoni - continue cooking
- atahli - prepares
- pisa - try to ...
- yokohpa - suddenly stop
- mihchi - do, doing
- ittimpakna - to race, compete
- bvshli cha hokmi - cutting and burning
- taloa - sing
- bvshli - cutting
- bvnna - want
- balili - run, running
- pvnni - to braid
- okchvli - to wake/ awaken
- chitolit taloa - sing loudly
- paya - to call
- ile hokmi tuk - burned himself
- svba toksvli - work with me
- iba hoponi - cook with her
- mihchi nna - don't do
- achefa - to wash
- kashoffi - to clean
- kashoffi - cleaning
- anoli - to tell/telling
- anchi ikbi - make a quilt
- chi hoponi - cook for you
- anumpula chi - will speak
- chompa - to buy
- Unmarked: he, she, they, it
- Vegetables & Fruits
- Verbs
- falamvt - return, come back
- wet/wetting
- Read
- Ahni - Think
- chompa - buy/purchase
- Hochefo - Read/Name/Call
- Bohli - Put/Place/Lay(s)(a single item)
- aiokpanchi - like (something)
- ashachi - put/place/lay (pl)
- talohli - put/place/set (pl)
- hlopulli - go through
- kania - go away/to be gone
- ilhkoli - go/going
- hotina - count/counting
- ikhvna - learn/learning
- shali - carry
- read and build
- ohikia - standing on
- ombinili - to ride/to sit on
- takchi - tie
- hoponi - to cook
- yupi - to bathe, to swim
- abvchi - to teach
- kopoli - bite/biting
- habli - kick/kicking
- apoksia - to repair/to fix
- ittonla - lying
- tvshki - to lie down
- Atobbi - to pay
- aiyvla - several arrives
- kashoffi - clean
- Verb: achonli - to sew
- hopohoni - continue cooking
- atahli - prepares
- ittiachi - (to) go (two only)
- ilhkoli - (to) go (plural)
- pisa - try to ...
- ittimpakna - to race, compete
- hopasa - chew
- ittvlachi - two arrives
- vpa - to eat
- achefa - to wash
- ampo achefa - wash dishes
- taloa - sing
- nvni hokli - fishing
- vmo - pick (berries), mow, to harvest
- talovt pisa - try to sing
- apela - help
- okcha - to awake
- kashoffi - cleaning
- tahpala - to shout, yell
- talali - to place, set
- foha - to rest
- hokli - to catch
- washoha - to play
- chiba hihla - dance with you
- taloa chi - will sing
- kashoffi - to clean
- abvcha chi - will teach
- hochehifo - keeps reading
- ohomba - keep raining
- binili - sit
- tobli - to push
- hlatvbli - to spill
- yihlepa - run, scamper
- impa - eat
- chukchuli - to tickle
- hopela - give, distribute
- foha - to rest, break, retire
- taloa bvnna - wants to sing
- yupi - to swim
- anumpula chi - will speak
- issa - to stop, quit, finish
- hotina - to count
- fiopa - to breathe
- tasaha - scream
- woha - bark, howl, bellow
- nusi hosh - sleepily
- nukhaklo hosh - sadly
- vla - one to arrive
- ikhana/ ithana - to know
- pila - send, throw
- owvtta - to hunt (animals)
- chekusi - quickly/soon
- Weather
- What is the weather like?
- Weather
- Lightning
- Snow
- Tornado
- malvtha - lightning
- mahli -windy/wind
- Sunshine
- Cloudy
- Weather Sentences - 1 of 4
- Weather Sentences - 2 of 4
- Weather Sentences - 3 of 4
- Weather Sentences - 4 of 4
- omba tuk - rained
- lashpa chi - will be hot
- omba chi - will rain
- hiloha - thunder
- mahli - wind
- kapvssah - cold
- It is cold/freezing outside.
- Word Formation
- Vocabulary Vol. I
- believe - yimmi
- once - himonnah ma
- to be full (container) - alota
- seem - ahoba
- skin/shell/bark - hakshup
- to be full (from eating) - kaiya
- to be locked - ashana
- to be damaged; harmed - okpulo
- to be counted; numbered - holhtina
- to be fried - vlwvsha
- to suddenly see - pihsa
- to awake - okcha
- to flow, to run as water - yanvlli
- to take quick; short nap - nuhsi
- to be crooked - shanaiya
- to loose; loosen - yuhvbli
- to suddenly stand; rise - wakahya
- to suddenly awake - ohokcha
- to step aside; move - kanvlli
- to be loosed; loosened - yuhapa
- to wade - oka nowa
- straight - apissa
- crooked - tanakbi
- to think - ahni
- to pull - halvlli
- medicine - ikhish/okhish
- fish - nvni
- boat - oka peni
- give to him/her/it - ima
- to swallow - nanvbli
- work with - iba toksvli
- string - isht talakchi
- you, the one whom - chishno ako
- we/us, the ones who - pishno akosh
- we/us, the ones whom - pishno ako
- we/us...all the ones who initiate an action - hvpishno akosh
- you all, the ones who - hvchishno akosh
- you all, the ones whom - hvchishno ako
- and then/and so/so that - conjunction for clauses with different subjects - na
- to sneeze - habishko
- carry - sholi
- hurt - hottupa
- finally speak - anumpuyyoli
- keeps seeing - pihisa
- to continue running; to keep on - balihinla
- to keep on jumping - tolohombli
- finally knows/remembers - ikhayyana
- keeps wanting - bvhanna
- keeps on drinking - ihishko
- finally run - ballili
- Bible - Holisso Holitopa
- I don't hear.
- we don't hear - kehaklo
- you didn't hear - hvchikhaklo
- he/she/it doesn't/they don't hear - ikhaklo
- ibai impa - eat with
- softly/quietly - lummasi
- akinli kia - although, however, but, even though
- you (all) don't sit - hvchikbinilo
- you do not/did not sit - chikbinilo
- we do not/did not sit - kebinilo
- I do not/did not sit - akbinilo
- I did not eat - akimpo
- slowly - salaha hosh
- while playing - washoha ho
- you all did not eat - hvchikimpo
- he/she/it/they did not eat - ikimpo
- while washing - achefa ho
- while running - balili ho
- while tying - takchi ho
- angrily - nukowa hosh
- hungrily - hohchvffo hosh
- while/as its hot (in that state) - lvshpa ho
- let's (precedes consonants) - ke
- Cause to walk - nowachi
- to scare/make afraid - nukshobli
- to bear fruit - waya
- to cry/mew - yawa
- watermelon - shukshi
- to trouble/interrupt/bother - ataklvmmi
- cause to grow - wayachi
- to depend upon/trust
- to pinch (with fingers) - chiniffi
- to camp - binachi
- buzzard - sheki
- lion - koi
- tent - vlhtipo
- shell/mussel/clams/sea - okfulush
- spectator/sightseer - yopisa
- racoon - shawi
- pigeon - pvchi
- sleeping bag - anusi shukcha
- vendor(s) - na kanchi
- prayer - anumpa ilbvsha
- place where someone works - atoksvli
- boy - vlla nakni girl - vlla tek
- bag; sack - bahta
- to run - balili
- Choctaw - Chahta
- hoe - chahe
- Choctaw language - Chahta anumpa
- Choctaw Nation - Chahta Okla
- squirrel - fvni
- to dance - hihla
- to listen - haklo
- to receive (a present, prize, etc.) - habena
- shoe/shoes - shulush
- to eat a meal, dine - impa
- faith - na yimmi
- to feed (someone) - ipeta
- clan, denomination, a Christian - iksa
- my goodness! - aiyah!
- to bathe, take a bath, to swim - yupi
- young (of two or more), young people, young animals.
- vocabulary chohmi
- Subject Markers
- Ak/Chik/Ik+o Negation
- Vocabulary Vol. II
- to make noise, make a racket, be noisy, loud
- sock/socks - yvbuski
- you - ish
- who - kvta
- to tell - anoli
- to believe - yimmi
- to believe - yimmi (lesson 2)
- skilled/skillful, smart, talented, etc. - imponna
- you are smart, etc. - chimponna
- Oka - water (1of 5)
- Oka - water (2 of 5)
- Oka - water (3 of 5)
- oka - water (4 of 5)
- to become open - tiwa (1 of 3)
- to already be open - tiwa (2 of 3)
- oka -water (5 of 5)
- to open - tiwwi (3 of 3)
- awant - to go with; along with
- amponna - I am smart, skilled, etc.
- Complex Verbs
- Opposites
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