ᎬᎨᏳᎯ
gvgeyuhi
The English phrase "I miss you" is translated into Cherokee as ᎬᎨᏳᎯ (gvgeyuhi).
The phrase ᎬᎨᏳᎯ is used to express the feeling of missing someone.
Meaning: I miss you (phrase)
How do you pronounce it?
gvgeyuhi
Did you know?
- The Cherokee writing system, used to write ᎬᎨᏳᎯ, was invented by Sequoyah in the early 1820s, making it one of the few instances in history where a written script was created by a non-literate person.
- The phrase ᎬᎨᏳᎯ is built upon a root related to 'loving' or 'wanting' someone, rather than a word for 'absence' or 'loss'.
- The Cherokee language is polysynthetic, meaning a single word like ᎬᎨᏳᎯ can function as an entire sentence by packing the subject and object into the verb structure.
Examples in context
- ᎬᎨᏳᎯ.egeyuha.I miss you.
Example conversation
Two friends talking on the phone after a long time.
- AᎣᏏᏲ! ᎬᎨᏳᎯ.Osiyo! Gvgeyuhi.Hello! I miss you.
- BᎠᏅᎢ ᎬᎨᏳᎯ!Anvti gvgeyuhi!I miss you so much too!
- AᎢᏓᏓᏓᏓᎾᏓᏓ ᎢᏓᏓᏓᏅᏓ.Idadadanadada idadanvda.Let's see each other soon.
- BᎰᏩ, ᎢᏓᏓᏓᏅᏓ.Howa, idadanvda.Okay, let's do that.
