Choctaw Language Lesson Four

Apisa Ushta

"Lesson Four"
Okpulot Taha

Chahta Issish - Chahta Immi

Choctaw Blood - Choctaw Owner

You have completed lesson 4 which is a most difficult lesson! I am not writing you should forget all you have learned! This is a good time for you to move back to lesson 1 then skim forward to this page to refresh your memory. Statistically, you have forgotten half what you learned. In a month, you will have forgotten three-fourths. Go back, review, you know I am not going anywhere, I am not really here yet I am in your face! I will be waiting here to annoy you, especially you Christians!

Within lesson 4 my emphasis is upon possessive personal pronouns.

You must memorize those. You have reached a point of learning I expect you know all material from lesson 1 to lesson 4. This is important. I will not remind you of previous learnings although I will build upon what you are to already know. Learn your prior lessons well or you will fall behind. You have learned basic grammar rules, here on out you will be learning vocabulary words, usage of typical verbs and you will be learning sentences based upon your current learning.

Lesson 5 will be about foodstuffs, Lesson 6 will teach you about shopping for goods. I have not written lesson 7 and more as of this writing but will advise you Lesson 7 onward will clobber you with words and sentences I expect you to be able to understand through your basic grammar and use of your Choctaw dictionary. I will be taking you into really offbeat words and, of course, will introduce you to more cultural aspects of Choctaw to help you better understand our thinking.

After finishing foodstuffs and goods, I will be cranking up difficulty several notches. Tests will become more difficult. If I could, I would be having you write essays about Choctaw, and writing short paragraphs in Choctaw. I cannot do this online but I can write imaginative and challenging tests!

You be mindful of Coyote, she is a mistress of trickery and she will teach you challenging lessons and, above all, she will challenge your thinking, maybe even make you wet-hen mad! Traditional American Indians do not lose their tempers.

A reminder, if you do not have Byington's dictionary, you may download a free copy from my server. This is a large file, close to 70 megabytes, be patient, might take up to five minutes to download. You must have a Choctaw dictionary. This link opens a new browser window, wait until your download is complete, save your dictionary, then close your new window to automatically return to this page.

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