Description
David Kanatawakhon, is a Turtle Clan Mohawk from the Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte Territory, Tyendinaga. He has been actively involved in the teaching and retention of the Mohawk language since the early 1970s.
This Mohawk language dictionary is ideal for the beginning language learner. It looks at one thousand and fifty-two common Mohawk verbs and how they appear when the Habitual, Punctual and Perfective endings are employed. For example:
i.e. katenhninons (A-Stem: Subj.) {vb-rt. –atenhninon} [ka-tenh-ni:-nons] I sell something; wa’katenhninon’ [wa’-ka-tenh-ni:-non’] I sold something; wakatenhninonh [wa-ka- tenh-ni:-nonh] I have sold something.
There is a grammar section at the front of the text to show the user how to manipulate the vocabulary presented and how to change the pronominal references and attach the various prefixes and suffixes inherent in the language.
This book is presented in a soft-covered format, perfect binding, 61/2 X 91/2 inches in size, consisting of 220 pages, with a table of contents up front, a pronunciation guide, a useful grammar description, the Mohawk voccbulary, with an English to Mohawk listing at the back.
This Mohawk language dictionary is ideal for the beginning language learner. It looks at one thousand and fifty-two common Mohawk verbs and how they appear when the Habitual, Punctual and Perfective endings are employed. For example:
i.e. katenhninons (A-Stem: Subj.) {vb-rt. –atenhninon} [ka-tenh-ni:-nons] I sell something; wa’katenhninon’ [wa’-ka-tenh-ni:-non’] I sold something; wakatenhninonh [wa-ka- tenh-ni:-nonh] I have sold something.
There is a grammar section at the front of the text to show the user how to manipulate the vocabulary presented and how to change the pronominal references and attach the various prefixes and suffixes inherent in the language.
This book is presented in a soft-covered format, perfect binding, 61/2 X 91/2 inches in size, consisting of 220 pages, with a table of contents up front, a pronunciation guide, a useful grammar description, the Mohawk voccbulary, with an English to Mohawk listing at the back.