Nouns: Inflectional Distinctions (Northern dialect)

Nouns in East Cree appear in various forms. Let us look at how these forms are organized in East Cree. Back to the main northern dialect page

• Number, or inflection for singular and plural
• Gender, or inflection for the animate and inanimate categories
• Obviative, or inflection for indicating information about third persons
• Locative, or inflection for indicating place
• Possessive, or inflection for something that is possessed
• Vocative, or inflection for speaking to a person directly
• Diminutive, or inflection to indicate that something is considered small or cherished
• Simulative

Noun paradigm tables show the basic inflections that various nouns can take. Some nouns have special stem shapes, creating changes in the inflectional forms.