Pronouns (Northern dialect)

Pronouns in East Cree are used for various purposes. This page
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Focus pronouns

Observation:

ᐋᔪᐧᐃᑯᓐᐦ ᐅᔮᔨᐤᐦ ᑳ ᐧᐃᓂᐦᐋᑦ ᐅᑭᔅᒄᐦ᙮ speak aayuwikunh uyaayiuh kaa winihaat ukiskwh. ‘These are her/his arrows that s/he lost.’

ᐋᔪᐧᐃᑯᓐᐦ aayuwikunh in the sentence above is called a focus pronoun. It can be used alone, with a demonstrative pronoun or with a noun.

Proximate Obviative
singular plural singular plural
Animate ᐋᐅᒄ speak
aaukw		 ᐋᐅᑯᓂᒡ speak
aaukunich		 ᐋᔪᐧᐃᑯᓐᐦ speak

aayuwikunh

 ᐋᔪᐧᐃᑯᓐᐦ speak
aayuwikunh
Inanimate ᐋᐅᒄ speak

aaukw

 ᐋᐅᑯᓐᐦ speak
aaukunh		 ᐋᔪᐧᐃᒄ speak
aayuwikw		 ᐋᔪᐧᐃᑯᓐᐦ speak
aayuwikunh

Examples:

ᐋᐅᒄ ᐊᓐ ᓂᑳᐧᐄ᙮ speak aaukw an nikaawii. ‘That is my mother.’
ᐋᔪᐧᐃᑯᓐᐦ ᐊᓂᔮᐦ ᐅᑳᐧᐄᐦ᙮ speak aayuwikunh aniyaah ukaawiih. ‘That is his/her mother.’
ᐋᐅᑯᓂᒡ ᐊᓂᒌ ᓂᑖᒥᒡ᙮ speak aaukunich anichii nitaamich. ‘Those are my dogs.’
ᐋᔪᐧᐃᑯᓐᐦ ᐊᓂᔮᐦ ᐅᑖᒻᐦ᙮ speak aayuwikunh aniyaah utaamh. ‘Those are his dogs.’
ᐋᔪᐧᐃᑯᓐᐦ ᐊᓂᔮᐦ ᑳ ᓂᑎᐧᐋᔨᐦᑎᐦᒃ᙮ speak aayuwikunh aniyaah kaa nitiwaayihtihk. ‘Those are the things he wanted’

There is also a particle ᐋᐅᒄ aaukw (see particles)

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