Nouns: Inflectional Distinctions (Southern dialect)
Nouns in East Cree appear in various forms. This page is about
Vocative Nouns. Back to the main Nouns page.
Vocative
Observation:
| ᓂᒧᔔᒻ |
|
nimushuum |
‘my grandfather’ |
| ᓂᒧᔔ |
|
nimushuu |
‘(my) grandfather!’ |
| ᓂᒧᔔᒥᑎᒄ |
|
nimushuumitikw |
‘(my) grandfathers!’ |
When one speaks to someone and addresses them, there is a special suffix
-itikw that shows up in the plural. In the singular,
the end of the word can change. This is called vocative, it is not used
much anymore by younger speakers.
| ᓅᐦᑯᒻ |
|
nuuhkum |
‘my grandmother’ |
| ᓅᐦᑰ |
|
nuuhkuu |
‘grandmother!’ |
| ᓅᐦᑯᒥᑎᒄ |
 |
nuuhkumitikw |
‘grandmothers!’ |
| ᓅᐦᑖᐧᐄ |
|
nuuhtaawii |
‘my father’ |
| ᓅᐦᑖ |
|
nuuhtaa |
‘father!’ |
| ᐅᐦᑖᐧᐄᒫᐅᑎᒄ |
|
uuhtaawiimaautikw |
‘fathers!’ |
| ᓂᑳᐧᐄ |
|
nikaawii |
‘my mother’ |
| ᓈᑳ |
|
naakaa |
‘mother!’ |
| ᐅᑳᐧᐄᒫᐅᑎᒄ |
|
ukaawiimaautikw |
‘mothers!’ |
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