Junker, M.-O., & MacKenzie, M. (2013). East Cree Word Formation (Northern Dialect). In The Interactive East Cree Reference Grammar. Retrieved from [URL]
MLA:
Marie-Odile Junker and Marguerite MacKenzie. East Cree Word Formation (Northern Dialect). In The Interactive East Cree Reference Grammar. 2013. Web. [date]
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Compound Verbs
Preform + Verb
Observation
ᒥᔪ
ᒌᔑᑳᐤ
ᒥᔪᒌᔑᑳᐤ
miyu
+
chiishikaau
=
miyuchiishikaau
good
it is day
it is a nice day
A new verb can be derived by adding a preform / preverb) in front of it.
When the resulting word has a meaning of its own and becomes a common word, it is usually spelled as one word. See Spelling Manual.
Grammar
