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Cherokee/Lesson 3
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Word Order
Word order is quite flexible in Cherokee.
Place the most salient (important/new) information at the beginning of the sentence.
Negation
Use irrealis yi- prefix along with hla (not)
"When"
Use irrealis yi- prefix by itself.
Conjunctions
And
(1) ale, OR
(2) -hno suffix after second element
But