Should… Would…
This form may be used as a conditional future tense of the Indicative
Mood (would), or as a mild expression of the Imperative Mood (should).
Take the past tense form and add “-ᎥᎭ”. Uses
“Set A” or “Set B” as parent verb.
ᏥᏁᏨᎭ “I should or would speak”
ᎯᏁᏨᎭ “You should or would speak”
ᎧᏁᏨᎭ “He/she should or would speak”
- Ꭷ, ᎯᎠᏉ ᏂᏪᏒᎭ. (Ꮒ + Ꭿ + ᎤᏪᏒᎢ + ᎥᎭ)
- ka, just this you should utter.
- say, I pray thee.
- ᎯᎠ ᏄᏪᏎᎢ, ᎾᏍᏉ ᎨᎻᎵ ᏗᏣᏤᎵᎦ ᎠᎹ ᏓᎦᏥᏢᎡᎵ ᎬᏂ ᏓᎾᏗᏔᎰᏅᎭ. (Ꮥ + ᎠᏂ + ᎤᏗᏔᎲᎢ
+ ᎣᏅ + ᎥᎭ)
- this uttered, just those camels really of yours, water I
will draw for them until they-drink-finishing-would - and saith, also for thy camels I draw till they have
finished drinking
- this uttered, just those camels really of yours, water I
- ᎥᏝ ᏰᎵᎦ ᎬᏂ ᏂᎦᏛ ᎠᏫ ᎠᏂᏟ\SpecialChar softhyphenᏌᏃᏅᎭ (ᎠᏂ + ᎤᏩᏟᏌᏅᎢ
+ ᎣᏅ + ᎥᎭ)
- Not ᏰᎵᎦ until all deer they-gathering-it-finishing-would
- We are not able, till that all the droves be gathered
together
- ᎠᎴ ᏣᏛᏛᏅᎭ, ᎯᎠ ᏂᎦᏪᏒᎭ, (Ꮳ + ᎤᏛᏛᏅᎢ + ᎥᎭ, Ꮒ + ᎤᏪᏒᎢ + ᎥᎭ)
- and he-should-be-asking-you, this he-should-be-saying,
- and hath asked thee, saying,
- ᎠᎴ ᏌᏉᏉ ᏴᏫ ᏂᏓᎵᏍᏔᏅᎭ (Ꮒ + Ꮥ + Ꭰ + ᎤᎵᏍᏔᏅ + ᎥᎭ)
- and just one people
- and have become one people
Cherokee Messenger, pg 96