Dubitative Pronouns

Dubitative pronouns for places

Observation
ᑖᓃᒉ ᐊᓐ ᐊᓵᒻ ᑳ ᐧᐄ ᐋᐸᒋᐦᐄᒃ᙮ Click here to hear this word taaniiche an asaam kaa wii aapachihiik.
I don’t know where that snowshoe is that I wanted to use.

ᑖᓃᒋᒉ taaniichiche is made up of the pronoun ᑖᓐ taan plus the dubitative inflection. ᑖᓃᒋᒉ taanicihiche is used when there is doubt about the location of the person or the thing being discussed. It can be used alone or with a noun.

Dubitative
Proximate Obviative
singular plural singular plural
Animate Click here to hear this word ᑖᓃᒉ Click here to hear this word ᑖᓃᒉᐦ Click here to hear this word ᑖᓃᒉ Click here to hear this word ᑖᓃᒉᐦ
taaniiche taaniichenh taaniiche taaniicheh
Click here to hear this word ᑖᓃᒉᓂᐦᐄ
taaniichenihii
Inanimate Click here to hear this word ᑖᓃᒉ Click here to hear this word ᑖᓃᒉᓂᒡ Click here to hear this word ᑖᓃᒉᓐᐦ Click here to hear this word ᑖᓃᒉᓐᐦ
taaniiche taaniichenich taaniichenh taaniichenh

Examples:

ᑖᓃᒉ ᐊᓂᔦᓀ ᓂᒪᓯᓇᐦᐄᑲᓐ᙮ Click here to hear this word taaniiche aniyene nimasinahiikan.
Wherever can my missing book be? [see absentatives]
ᑖᓃᒉᓂᒡ ᐊᓂᒌ ᐊᓵᒪᒡ ᑳᐧᐄ ᐋᐸᒋᐦᐄᐧᑳᐤ᙮ Click here to hear this word taaniichenich anichii asaamach kaawii aapachihiikwaau.
Wherever can those snowshoes that I wanted to use be?