What Did You Catch?
Level 1 – Foundational Learning (Elementary) | Tlingit Language Units | Inquiry-Based, Direct Instruction
Daa sá yee sháat? What did you catch? Goldbelt Heritage Foundation/2011 Award # 90NL0460/02 from Administration for Native Americans “Tlingit Flowing Through Generations: A Region- Wide Approach to Language Revitalization” 1 LEARNING LEVEL: Intermediate Beginner: “Drink from the Vessel of Traditional Knowledge.” Perfective Person Tlingit English 1st sg. Kaxwaasháat Catch, round object 2nd sg. keeyasháat Catch, round object 3rd sg. akaawasháat Catch, round object 1st sg. Kaxwlisháat Catch, long object 2nd sg. Kaylisháat Catch, long object 3rd sg. akawlisháat Catch, long object Daily 30-minute lessons. Tlingit Cultural Significance: the verb “to catch” is only one example of how the Tlingit people developed their language around shapes of individual object (long, round, full, empty, etc). This variation is not found in the English language but is seen frequently in Tlingit verbs. This is an introductory unit that is important to the learning foundation of students and focuses on the round and…
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