See also “Able to…” and “Not able to…”.

For conditional ability, take the Immediate Tense stem and add the prefix “Ᏼ-”

Examples:

• ᏴᏥᏁᎩ “I can speak if…”

• ᏴᎯᏁᎩ “You can speak if…”

• ᏴᎧᏁᎩ “He/she can speak if…”

• ᏴᏂᏁᎩ “We (you one and I) can speak if…”

  • Ᏼ + Ꭲ => Ᏼ

• ᏲᏍᏗᏁᎩ “We (he/she and I) can speak if…”

• ᏴᏍᏗᏁᎩ “You two can speak if…”

• ᏴᏗᏁᎩ “We (you all and I) can speak if…”

  • Ᏼ + Ꭲ => Ᏼ

• ᏲᏥᏁᎩ “We (they and I) can speak if…”

  • Ᏼ + Ꭳ => Ᏺ

• ᏴᏥᏁᎩ “You all can speak if…”

  • Ᏼ + Ꭲ => Ᏼ

• ᏴᎠᏂᏁᎩ “They can speak if…”

  • Ᏼ + Ꭰ => ᏴᎠ

Cherokee Messenger (CM), pg 111