Ahtna Language Lessons

Dzaen kulaen

Good day

Nts’e dit’ae?

How are you doing?

Luk’ae sdestkaan

I want fish

Taas sdestlaan

I want soup

Gaann du’ snaan

This is my mother

Gaann du’ sta’

This is my father

This is my head

Gaann du’ stse’

Gaann du’ sigha’

This is my hair

Gaann du’ ske’

This is my foot

Gaann du’ ts’aac

This is a plate

Tel zełaa

I have socks

Kentsiis zełaa

I have slippers

C’utkaet ts’e’ ghesyaał

I’m walking to the store

Dohdeldiix ts’e’ ghesyaał

I’m walking to school

Tsa’ nghał’aen

I see a beaver

Udzih nghał’aen

I see a caribou

Debae unaa nghał’aen

I see a ewe

Xoxaey nghał’aen

I see a marmot

Tsa’ tuu yii kuł’aan

The beaver lives in the water

Tsa’ ughu’ ce’e

The beaver has big teeth

Tsa’ t’aghes yaan

The beaver eats cottonwood

Tsa’ k’ey’ yaan

The beaver eats willow

Nuuni ts’aka ta zda

The porcupine stays in the woods

Nuuni k’ey’ yaan

The porcupine eats willow

Nuuni uc’oxe’ c’liaen

The porcupine has quills

Sebae ugha’ diłnaes

The mountain goat has long hair

Debae tl’ogh deyaan

The sheep eats grass

Debae dzeł ta delts’ii

The sheep lives in the mountains

Debae dzeł k’et natedaas

The sheep is walking around on the mountain

Debae ude’ nesdes

The sheep’s horn is twisted

Ts’ełk’ey taggos men yii natebaes

One swan swimming on the lake

Udzih ude’ ce’e c’ilaen

The caribou has big horns

Udzih tl’ogh deyaan

The caribou eats grass

Udzih dzeł k’et natel’as

The caribou are walking around on the mountain