Not able to… Cannot…
Not able to… Cannot…
See also “Able to…” and “Able to if”.
For negative conditional ability, take the Immediate
Tense stem and add “Ꮭ” and use prefix “ᏴᎦ-”
Note: ᏴᎦ combines with an ᎢᏥ to become ᏴᎨᏥ, combines with other Ꭲ’s
to become ᏴᎦ-, combines with an Ꭰ sound to become ᏴᎬ-, and combines
with an Ꭴ sound to become ᏴᎫ-.
Examples:
- Ꮭ ᏴᎦᏥᏁᎩ “I cannot speak.” “I cannot speak if…”
- Ꮭ ᏴᎦᎯᏁᎩ “You cannot speak.” “You cannot speak if…”
- Ꮭ ᏴᎬᏂᏁᎩ “They cannot speak.” “They cannot speak if…”
While “Ꮭ” is commonly used with this prefix combination, its
use is not required.
Cherokee Messenger (CM), pg 111