ᏙᏓᏓᎪᎲᎢ
dodadagohvi
The Cherokee phrase for "until we meet again" is ᏙᏓᏓᎪᎲᎢ (dodadagohvi).
ᏙᏓᏓᎪᎲᎢ is used as a farewell when parting from someone with the expectation that you will see them again.
How does it change in a sentence?
The form dodadagohvi functions as a complete sentence or a fixed idiomatic expression in an imperative or future-oriented sense.
How do you pronounce it?
dodadagohvi
Did you know?
- The Cherokee syllabary, used to write ᏙᏓᏓᎪᎲᎢ, was invented by Sequoyah in the early 19th century. He created it without knowing how to read or write in any other language.
- The Cherokee language does not have a word for 'goodbye' in the way English does. Instead, they use phrases like ᏙᏓᏓᎪᎲᎢ that focus on the future action of seeing each other again.
- Cherokee is a polysynthetic language, meaning a single word like ᏙᏓᏓᎪᎲᎢ can function as an entire sentence. It packs the subject, the action and the intent into one complex word.
Examples in context
- ᏙᏓᏓᎪᎲᎢ.todadagovi.Until we meet again.
- ᏓᏓᎪᎲᎢ, ᏙᏓᏓᎪᎲᎢ.dadagovi, todadagovi.See you, until we meet again.
Example conversation
Two friends are saying goodbye after a long visit.
- AᎢᏓᏓᎪᎲᎢ, ᎪᏓᏓᏓᏅᏓᏓᏍᏓᎢ.Idadagohv-i, godadanvdasda-i.Until we meet again, we will remember this.
- BᏙᏓᏓᎪᎲᎢ!Dodadagohv-i!Until we meet again!
- AᏓᏆᏓᏓᏓᏅᏓᏓᏍᏓᎢ.Daguadadanvdasda-i.I will be thinking of you.
- BᏩᏙ, ᏓᏆᏓᏓᏓᏅᏓᏓᏍᏓᎢ.Wado, daguadadanvdasda-i.Thank you, I will be thinking of you too.
