VII (Verb Inanimate Intransitive)
VII stems can end in one of six different vowels : -e, -aa, -ii, -uu, -i, -u.
Ending | Example | |||
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e | ᐃᔥᐧᑳᑌᐤ | ishkwaate-u | it is burning, burnt | |
aa | ᒌᔑᑳᐤ | chiishikaa-u | it is daytime | |
u | ᒋᑲᒨ | chikamu-u | it is stuck, attached on something | |
uu, written as u | ᐅᐦᒋᑰ | uhchikuu | it leaks, bleeds | |
i, written as u | ᐅᑖᑯᔔ | utaakushu-u | it is evening | |
ii | ᐱᒫᑎᒦᐤ | pimaatimii-u | it (water) is a channel |
For stems ending in -uu, and -i, a stem vowel can dissapear in the independent indicative. (This is called “vowel coalescence” for what happens to -uu, and “vowel harmony” for what happens to -i):
ᐅᐦᒋᑰ-ᐅ | uhchikuu-u | → | ᐅᐦᒋᑰ | uhchikuu | it leaks, bleeds | (one u disappears) | |
ᐅᑖᑯᔑ-ᐅ | utaakushi-u | → | ᐅᑖᑯᔔ | utaakushuu | it is evening | (the i becomes u) |
See the Conjugation Table.
VII verbs with stems ending in -n have a special behaviour. The nasal vowel n becomes h in the 3rd person proximate inflection in the conjunct indicative paradigms (#11 and #12).
ᓅᑯᓐ | ![]() |
nuukun (#01) | → | ᐁ ᓅᑯᐦᒡ | ![]() |
e nuukuh-ch(#11) | whenever it is visible |
→ | ᓅᑯᐦᒉ | ![]() |
nuukuh-che (#12a) | when it will be visible | |||
ᒥᔅᐳᓐ | ![]() |
mispun (#01) | → | ᐁ ᒥᔅᐳᐦᒡ | ![]() |
e mispuh-ch (#11) | whenever it is snowing |
→ | ᒥᔅᐳᐦᒉ | ![]() |
mispuh-che (#12a) | when it will snow | |||
→ | ᒣᔅᐳᐦᒡ | ![]() |
mespuh-ch (#12b) | every time it snows |
See the Conjugation Table for -n stem.