Dubitative Pronouns

Use a dubitative pronoun to wonder about:

• people or things
• selection
• animate beings or things

Dubitative pronoun for animate beings or things

The dubitative pronoun ᐋᐧᐄᒑ aawiichaa means ‘it must be him/her’. It is fully inflected for plural and obviation. It is only used for animate beings and things, and can be used alone, or with a noun.

	Proximate				Obviative
	singular		plural		singular		plural
		ᐋᐧᐄᒑ		ᐋᐧᐄᒑᓂᒌ		ᐋᔨᒑᓂᐦᐄ		ᐋᔨᒑᓂᐦᐄᐦ
Animate		aawiichaa		aawiichaanichii		aayichaanihii		aayichaanihiih
Who?				ᐋᐧᐄᒑᓂᒡ		ᐋᔨᒑᓐᐦ
				aawiichaanich		aayichaanh
Inanimate		ᐋᐧᐄᒑ		ᐋᐧᐄᒑᓂᐦᐄ		ᐋᔨᒑᓂᐦᐄᐦ		ᐋᔨᒑᓂᐦᐄᐦ
What?		aawiichaa		aawiichaanihii		aayichaanihiih		aayichaanihiih

Examples:

ᐋᐧᐄᒑᓂᒌ ᑳ ᓂᐱᐦᐋᒡ ᐊᓂᔮᐦ ᐊᒥᔅᒄᐦ᙮		aawiichaanichii kaa nipihaach aniyaah amiskwh.
		It must be them who killed that beaver.
ᐋᔨᒑᓂᐦᐄᐦ ᐅᑕᓵᒻᐦ᙮		aayichaanihiih utasaamh.
		They must be her/his snowshoes.
ᐋᐧᐄᒑ ᐊᓐ ᒥᐦᐄᐦᑭᓐ ᑳ ᓂᐱᐦᐋᑦ ᐊᓂᔮᐦ ᒨᔥ᙮		aawiichaa an mihiihkin kaa nipihaat aniyaah muush.
		It must have been the wolf who killed the moose.