Grammar
Spelling East Cree (Southern) – ᐃ, ᐄ and ᔨ
Using ᔨ
ᔨ is used instead of ᐃ in many words:
| ᓂᔮᔨᓄ | ᓂᔮᔨᓄᔖᑉ | (Inland) |
| ᒥᔦᔨᒣᐤ | ᒥᔦᔨᐦᑕᒻ | (words for thinking) |
| ᔮᔨᐱᑌᐤ | ᔮᔨᐱᑕᒻ | (words for stroking, brushing) |
| ᔮᔨᔅᑲᓅ | ᔮᔨᑳᒻ | (words for shore, edge) |
| ᔮᔨᒋᐱᑌᐤ | ᔮᔨᒋᐱᑕᒻ | (words for tearing) |
ᔨ is used in some verb endings:
| (ᓃ) | ᑳ ᓂᐹᔮᓐ | ᑳ ᐊᐱᔮᓐ |
| (ᒌ) | ᑳ ᓂᐹᔨᓐ | ᑳ ᐊᐱᔨᓐ |
| (ᐧᐄ) | ᑳ ᓂᐹᑦ | ᑳ ᐊᐱᑦ |
| ᑳ ᓂᐹᔨᒡᐦ | ᑳ ᐊᐱᔨᒡᐦ | |
| (ᓃᔮᓐ) | ᑳ ᓂᐹᔮᐦᒡ | ᑳ ᐊᐱᔮᐦᒡ |
| (ᒌᔮᓅ) | ᑳ ᓂᐹᔨᐦᒄ | ᑳ ᐊᐱᔨᐦᒄ |
| (ᒌᐧᐋᐤ) | ᑳ ᓂᐹᔦᒄ | ᑳ ᐊᐱᔦᒄ |
| (ᐧᐄᐧᐋᐤ) | ᑳ ᓂᐹᐧᑖᐤ | ᑳ ᐊᐱᐧᑖᐤ |
| ᑳ ᐧᐋᐹᒡ | ᑳ ᓅᑯᐦᒡ | |
| ᑳ ᐧᐋᐹᔨᒡ | ᑳ ᓅᑯᓂᔨᒡ | |
| ᑳ ᐧᐋᐹᔨᒡᐦ | ᑳ ᓅᑯᓂᔨᒡᐦ |
Use ᔨ in longer words made from words which end in ᐸᔫ:
| ᐱᒥᒋᐸᔫ | ᐱᒥᒋᐸᔨᐦᐁᐤ | ᐱᒥᒋᐸᔨᐦᑖᐤ |
| ᐲᒥᐸᔫ | ᐲᒥᐸᔨᐦᐁᐤ | ᐲᒥᐸᔨᐦᑖᐤ |
| ᐅᐧᓭᐸᔫ | ᐅᐧᓭᐸᔨᐦᐁᐤ | ᐅᐧᓭᐸᔨᐦᑖᐤ |
| ᒋᐦᒋᐸᔫ | ᒋᐦᒋᐸᔨᐦᐁᐤ | ᒋᐦᒋᐸᔨᐦᑖᐤ |
| ᐹᐸᔫ | ᐹᐸᔨᐦᐁᐤ | ᐹᐸᔨᐦᑖᐤ |
| ᐅᐦᒋᐸᔫ | ᐅᐦᒋᐸᔨᐦᐁᐤ | ᐅᐦᒋᐸᔨᐦᑖᐤ |
| ᐅᑎᐦᒋᐸᔫ | ᐅᑎᐦᒋᐸᔨᐦᐁᐤ | ᐅᑎᐦᒋᐸᔨᐦᑖᐤ |
| ᐧᐋᔅᑳᐸᔫ | ᐧᐋᔅᑳᐸᔨᐦᐁᐤ | ᐧᐋᔅᑳᐸᔨᐦᑖᐤ |
| ᑕᐦᑯᐦᒋᐸᔫ | ᑕᐦᑯᐦᒋᐸᔨᐦᐁᐤ | ᑕᐦᑯᐦᒋᐸᔨᐦᑖᐤ |
| ᐊᑎᒥᐸᔫ | ᐊᑎᒥᐸᔨᐦᐁᐤ | ᐊᑎᒥᐸᔨᐦᑖᐤ |
See also: Spelling East Cree – Northern Dialect – ᐃ, ᐄ and ᔨ
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Dialect Differences
- ᒋᐦᑲᔥᑖᑲᓐᐦ The Use of Dots
- Syllabic Finals
- ᐃ, ᐄ and ᔨ
- Syllabic symbols not to forget to write
- Adding endings to nouns and verbs
- Boundaries
- New spellings as of summer 2015
- Punctuation
- Writing Names
- Standard Roman Orthography (SRO)