Verbs (Southern dialect)
Verbs in East Cree appear in various forms. Let us look at how these forms are organized in East Cree. Back to the main southern verb page
Participles (nominalizations)
Participles are words that are between nouns and verbs. They usually begin with kaa- and end with a conjunct verbal suffix -t, -k or -ch. They are used to identify people and things. They act like nouns since they can be made possessive, but the verbal marker is used to form the plural.[See also Word formation, nominalisations.] Animate noun partiples are marked as (nap) and Inanimate noun participles are marked as (nip) in the Cree lexicon.
| ᑳᒥᐦᑯᐸᔨᓈᓅᒡ |  |
kaamihkupayinaanuuch (nip) | ‘measles’ |
| ᑳᐅᐦᑌᐸᔨᐦᒡ | |
kaauhtepayihch (nip) | ‘fruit salts, fizzing medicine’ (lit. ‘it fizzes’) |
| ᑳᐧᐁᐸᐦᐋᑯᓀᑦ | |
kaawepahaakunet (nap) | ‘snow plow’ |
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