The imperative order is used for commands and requests. Inflection is only for ᒌchii (2), ᒌᔮᓅchiiyaanuu (21p) and ᒌᐧᐋᐤchiiwaau (2p). There are two imperative modes: one for an immediate action, another one for a delayed action (likely not in the presence of the speaker). These are called: immediate imperative (#17a) and delayed imperative (#17b).
Immediate Imperative conjugation (#17a) for VAI ᓂᐹᐤnipaau
Persons
Southern East Cree
English
2
ᓂᐹᐦ᙮
nipaah!
Sleep!
21p
ᓂᐹᑖᐤ᙮
nipaataau!
Let’s go to sleep!
2p
ᓂᐹᒄ᙮
nipaakw!
Go to sleep!
Delayed Imperative conjugation (#17b) for VAI ᓂᐹᐤnipaau
Junker, M.-O., Blacksmith, L., & MacKenzie, M. (2015). East Cree Verbs (Southern Dialect). [Revised and expanded from 2006 original and 2013 revised edition] In The Interactive East Cree Reference Grammar. Retrieved from [URL]
MLA:
Marie-Odile Junker, Louise Blacksmith and Marguerite MacKenzie. East Cree Verbs (Southern Dialect). [Revised and expanded from 2006 original and 2013 revised edition] In The Interactive East Cree Reference Grammar. 2015. Web. [date]
[URL] = website address, beginning with “http://” [Date] = the date you accessed the page, styled as follows: 13 Dec. 2015
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