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Mary: Heyv vnhesse Rosemary-t os. Mvhayvt os. Shawnee likēt os.
Rosemary: Heyv vnhesse Pauline-t os. Cokv-sarvt os. Okemah vtēt os.
Pauline: Heyv vnhesse Janet-t os. Cokv-hēcvt os. Tvlsvn vtēt os.
Vocabulary
| heyv | this |
| vnhesse | my friend |
| cokv-sarv | mail carrier |
| cokv-hēcv | student |
Flashcards:
Language patterns
A. The word vnhesse means ‘my friend’:
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- vnhesse means ‘my friend’.
- cenhesse means ‘your friend’.
- enhesse means ‘his/her friend’
- punhesse means ‘our friend’
In Muskogee, you’re always a friend of someone else: –hesse by itself is not a word.
B. Places are often marked with an ending –n.
- Okemah(-n) likvyēt os. ‘I live in Okemah.’
- Okemah(-n) vtvyēt os. ‘I come from Okemah.’
- Tvlsv(-n) vtēt os. ‘He/she comes from Tulsa.’
