Module 5: Writing Things Down?

         I would like to give a few tips on what I thought was a good way to do the Participation Assignment 5 (using the Cherokee Syllabary). This blog post will probably be more helpful if you read the instructions for the assignment first (Participation Assignment 5). The first piece of advice I would give is to not get too hung up on finding the Cherokee symbol that match the sound of the English word. Look around, find something that is close, and stick with it. With the words given in the assignment it will be very difficult (probably impossible on some words) to find the symbols that are exact matches for the English word. Make sure you are looking for the Cherokee symbols that will closely match the sounds your word makes rather than looking for the Cherokee symbols that will closely spell out your word. I did a few examples below that will hopefully give you an idea (apart from the example that Amy did) on ways you could do the assignment. Keep in mind that my way of doing it is only an example, there is no exact way to go about it, so do your best!

•          Awesome could be ᎠᏑᎺ and would make the sounds of “a-su-me”

•          Appreciate could be ᎠᏘᏏᎠᏖ and would make the sounds “a-ti-si-a-te”

•          Hardly could be ᎭᏓᎵ and would make the sounds “ha-da-li”

Again, remember that this was simply the way I went about it. You can go about it a different way, but the take-away is that it can't come out perfectly, so don't stress too much. Best of luck!