{"id":124,"date":"2009-12-10T14:57:45","date_gmt":"2009-12-10T19:57:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beta.eastcree.org\/eastcree\/?page_id=124"},"modified":"2019-11-15T11:16:57","modified_gmt":"2019-11-15T16:16:57","slug":"inflections-person","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.eastcree.org\/cree\/en\/grammar\/northern-dialect\/nouns\/inflections-person\/","title":{"rendered":"Inflections: Person"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\r\n\r\n<h1 class=\"pg-title\"><a name=\"top\"><\/a>Nouns with <strong>Person<\/strong> Inflection<\/h1>\r\n<ul><li>Possessed Nouns<\/li>\r\n\t<li><a href=\"..\/inflections-person-extended\/\">Extended Stems<\/a><\/li>\r\n\t<li><a href=\"..\/inflections-person-dependent\/\">Dependent Nouns<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul><h3 class=\"head\"><a name=\"possessive\"><\/a>Possessed Nouns<\/h3>\r\n<table class=\"med-table\"><caption>Observation<\/caption>\r\n<tbody><tr><td class=\"bjcex\" style=\"text-align: right;\">\u14a5\u1505\u148b\u14ef\u14d0<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 18px;\"><img class=\"clickable\" title=\"Click here to hear this word\" src=\"\/img\/speak.gif\" alt=\"Click here to hear this word\" data-sound-url=\"\/snd\/grammar\/NNo-Infl\/I38a.mp3\"><\/td>\r\n<td class=\"crex\">mischisin<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"gloss\">a shoe<\/td>\r\n<\/tr><tr><td class=\"bjcex\" style=\"text-align: right;\">\u14c2\u14a5\u1505\u148b\u14ef\u14d0<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 18px;\"><img class=\"clickable\" title=\"Click here to hear this word\" src=\"\/img\/speak.gif\" alt=\"Click here to hear this word\" data-sound-url=\"\/snd\/grammar\/NNo-Infl\/I38b.mp3\"><\/td>\r\n<td class=\"crex\">nimischisin<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"gloss\">my shoe<\/td>\r\n<\/tr><tr><td class=\"bjcex\" style=\"text-align: right;\">\u14a5\u1505\u148b\u14ef\u14d0\u1426<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 18px;\"><img class=\"clickable\" title=\"Click here to hear this word\" src=\"\/img\/speak.gif\" alt=\"Click here to hear this word\" data-sound-url=\"\/snd\/grammar\/NNo-Infl\/I39a.mp3\"><\/td>\r\n<td class=\"crex\">mischisinh<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"gloss\">shoes<\/td>\r\n<\/tr><tr><td class=\"bjcex\" style=\"text-align: right;\">\u14c2\u14a5\u1505\u148b\u14ef\u14d0\u1426<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 18px;\"><img class=\"clickable\" title=\"Click here to hear this word\" src=\"\/img\/speak.gif\" alt=\"Click here to hear this word\" data-sound-url=\"\/snd\/grammar\/NNo-Infl\/I39b.mp3\"><\/td>\r\n<td class=\"crex\">nimischisinh<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"gloss\">my shoes<\/td>\r\n<\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><p>To express possession, noun stems can take a personal prefix. For example, <span class=\"crt\"><strong>ni-<\/strong><\/span> above. Nouns like <span class=\"bjct\">\u14a5\u1505\u148b\u14ef\u14d0<\/span> <span class=\"crt\">mischisin<\/span>, which can appear either with or without personal prefixes, are called INDEPENDENT.<\/p>\r\n<table class=\"clear med-table\"><tbody><tr><td class=\"bjcex\" style=\"text-align: right;\">\u14c2\u14a8\u1426\u146f\u14ab\u14d0<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 18px;\"><img class=\"clickable\" title=\"Click here to hear this word\" src=\"\/img\/speak.gif\" alt=\"Click here to hear this word\" data-sound-url=\"\/snd\/grammar\/NNo-Infl\/I40.mp3\"><\/td>\r\n<td class=\"crex\"><strong>ni<\/strong>muuhkumaan<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"gloss\">my knife<\/td>\r\n<\/tr><tr><td class=\"bjcex\" style=\"text-align: right;\">\u1405\u14a8\u1426\u146f\u14ab\u14d0<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 18px;\"><img class=\"clickable\" title=\"Click here to hear this word\" src=\"\/img\/speak.gif\" alt=\"Click here to hear this word\" data-sound-url=\"\/snd\/grammar\/NNo-Infl\/I41.mp3\"><\/td>\r\n<td class=\"crex\"><strong>u<\/strong>muuhkumaan<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"gloss\">his\/her knife<\/td>\r\n<\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><p>However, there are nouns which always need personal prefixes, like:<\/p>\r\n<table class=\"clear\" style=\"min-width: 450px;\"><tbody><tr><td class=\"bjcex\" style=\"text-align: right;\">\u14c2\u14a7\u1513\u14bb<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 18px;\"><img class=\"clickable\" title=\"Click here to hear this word\" src=\"\/img\/speak.gif\" alt=\"Click here to hear this word\" data-sound-url=\"\/snd\/grammar\/NNo-Infl\/I42.mp3\"><\/td>\r\n<td class=\"crex\"><strong>ni<\/strong>mushum<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"gloss\">my grandfather<\/td>\r\n<\/tr><tr><td class=\"bjcex\" style=\"text-align: right;\">\u14c2\u1525\u144e\u1427\u1473\u14d0<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 18px;\"><img class=\"clickable\" title=\"Click here to hear this word\" src=\"\/img\/speak.gif\" alt=\"Click here to hear this word\" data-sound-url=\"\/snd\/grammar\/NNo-Infl\/I43.mp3\"><\/td>\r\n<td class=\"crex\"><strong>ni<\/strong>shtikwaan<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"gloss\">my head<\/td>\r\n<\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><p>Such nouns are called DEPENDENT<a name=\"dependent\"><\/a>. They express kinship, body parts, and personal belongings like certain pieces of clothing. They can be animate, like <span class=\"bjct\">\u14c2\u14a7\u1513\u14bb<\/span> <span class=\"crt\">nimushum<\/span> or inanimate, like <span class=\"bjct\">\u14c2\u1525\u144e\u1427\u1473\u14d0<\/span> <span class=\"crt\">nishtikwaan<\/span>.<\/p>\r\n<p>The personal prefixes used on nouns for possession are almost the same as the ones used on verbs for inflection (to indicate the participants in the action).<\/p>\r\n<table class=\"clear med-table\"><tbody><tr><td class=\"bjcex\" style=\"text-align: right;\">\u14c2\u14a7\u1426\u146f\u14ab\u14d0<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 18px;\"><img class=\"clickable\" title=\"Click here to hear this word\" src=\"\/img\/speak.gif\" alt=\"Click here to hear this word\" data-sound-url=\"\/snd\/grammar\/NNo-Infl\/I44a.mp3\"><\/td>\r\n<td class=\"crex\"><strong>ni<\/strong>muuhkumaan<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"gloss\">my knife<\/td>\r\n<\/tr><tr><td class=\"bjcex\" style=\"text-align: right;\">\u14c2\u14c2\u1439\u14d0<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 18px;\"><img class=\"clickable\" title=\"Click here to hear this word\" src=\"\/img\/speak.gif\" alt=\"Click here to hear this word\" data-sound-url=\"\/snd\/grammar\/NNo-Infl\/I44b.mp3\"><\/td>\r\n<td class=\"crex\"><strong>ni<\/strong>nipaan<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"gloss\">I sleep<\/td>\r\n<\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><h5 class=\"text-primary\">TABLE OF PREFIXES AND SUFFIXES FOR POSSESSION<\/h5>\r\n<p>Example: DEPENDENT NOUN Animate<\/p>\r\n<table><tbody><tr><th align=\"center\"><strong>POSSESSOR<\/strong><\/th>\r\n<th colspan=\"3\" align=\"center\"><strong>NOUN<\/strong><\/th>\r\n<th><strong>English TRANSLATION <\/strong><\/th>\r\n<\/tr><tr><td align=\"center\">2<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"bjcex\" style=\"text-align: right;\">\u148b\u14a5\u1505<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 18px;\"><img class=\"clickable\" title=\"Click here to hear this word\" src=\"\/img\/speak.gif\" alt=\"Click here to hear this word\" data-sound-url=\"\/snd\/grammar\/NNo-Infl\/I45a.mp3\"><\/td>\r\n<td class=\"crex\" style=\"width: 70px;\"><strong>chi<\/strong>mis<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"gloss\">your older sister<\/td>\r\n<\/tr><tr><td align=\"center\">1<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"bjcex\" style=\"text-align: right;\">\u14c2\u14a5\u1505<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 18px;\"><img class=\"clickable\" title=\"Click here to hear this word\" src=\"\/img\/speak.gif\" alt=\"Click here to hear this word\" data-sound-url=\"\/snd\/grammar\/NNo-Infl\/I45b.mp3\"><\/td>\r\n<td class=\"crex\"><strong>ni<\/strong>mis<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"gloss\">my older sister<\/td>\r\n<\/tr><tr><td align=\"center\">2p<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"bjcex\" style=\"text-align: right;\">\u148b\u14a5\u14ef\u1427\u140b\u1424<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 18px;\"><img class=\"clickable\" title=\"Click here to hear this word\" src=\"\/img\/speak.gif\" alt=\"Click here to hear this word\" data-sound-url=\"\/snd\/grammar\/NNo-Infl\/I45c.mp3\"><\/td>\r\n<td class=\"crex\"><strong>chi<\/strong>mis<strong>iwaau<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td class=\"gloss\">your (plural) older sister<\/td>\r\n<\/tr><tr><td align=\"center\">21p<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"bjcex\" style=\"text-align: right;\">\u148b\u14a5\u14ef\u14c2\u1424<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 18px;\"><img class=\"clickable\" title=\"Click here to hear this word\" src=\"\/img\/speak.gif\" alt=\"Click here to hear this word\" data-sound-url=\"\/snd\/grammar\/NNo-Infl\/I45d.mp3\"><\/td>\r\n<td class=\"crex\"><strong>chi<\/strong>mis<strong>iniu<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td class=\"gloss\">our (including you) older sister<\/td>\r\n<\/tr><tr><td align=\"center\">1p<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"bjcex\" style=\"text-align: right;\">\u14c2\u14a5\u14ef\u14c8\u14d0<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 18px;\"><img class=\"clickable\" title=\"Click here to hear this word\" src=\"\/img\/speak.gif\" alt=\"Click here to hear this word\" data-sound-url=\"\/snd\/grammar\/NNo-Infl\/I45e.mp3\"><\/td>\r\n<td class=\"crex\"><strong>ni<\/strong>mis<strong>inaan<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td class=\"gloss\">our (excluding you) older sister<\/td>\r\n<\/tr><tr><td align=\"center\">3<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"bjcex\" style=\"text-align: right;\">\u1405\u14a5\u1505<strong>\u1426<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 18px;\"><img class=\"clickable\" title=\"Click here to hear this word\" src=\"\/img\/speak.gif\" alt=\"Click here to hear this word\" data-sound-url=\"\/snd\/grammar\/NNo-Infl\/I45f.mp3\"><\/td>\r\n<td class=\"crex\"><strong>u<\/strong>mis-<strong>h<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td class=\"gloss\">his\/her older sister(s)<\/td>\r\n<\/tr><tr><td align=\"center\">3p<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"bjcex\" style=\"text-align: right;\">\u1405\u14a5\u14ef\u1427\u140b\u1424\u1426<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 18px;\"><img class=\"clickable\" title=\"Click here to hear this word\" src=\"\/img\/speak.gif\" alt=\"Click here to hear this word\" data-sound-url=\"\/snd\/grammar\/NNo-Infl\/I45g.mp3\"><\/td>\r\n<td class=\"crex\"><strong>u<\/strong>mis<strong>iwaauh<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td class=\"gloss\">their older sister(s)<\/td>\r\n<\/tr><tr><td align=\"center\">3&#8242;(p)<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"bjcex\" style=\"text-align: right;\">\u1405\u14a5\u14ef\u1528\u1424\u1426<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 18px;\"><img class=\"clickable\" title=\"Click here to hear this word\" src=\"\/img\/speak.gif\" alt=\"Click here to hear this word\" data-sound-url=\"\/snd\/grammar\/NNo-Infl\/I45h.mp3\"><\/td>\r\n<td class=\"crex\"><strong>u<\/strong>mis<strong>iyiuh<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td class=\"gloss\">his\/her\/their older sister(s)<\/td>\r\n<\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><p>Some dependent nouns take a prefix <span class=\"crt\"><strong>mi-<\/strong><\/span> when there is no specific possessor.<\/p>\r\n<table class=\"clear med-table\"><tbody><tr><td class=\"bjcex\" style=\"text-align: right;\">\u14c2\u1456\u1505<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 18px;\"><img class=\"clickable\" title=\"Click here to hear this word\" src=\"\/img\/speak.gif\" alt=\"Click here to hear this word\" data-sound-url=\"\/snd\/grammar\/NNo-Infl\/I46.mp3\"><\/td>\r\n<td class=\"crex\">nitaas<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"gloss\">my sock<\/td>\r\n<\/tr><tr><td class=\"bjcex\" style=\"text-align: right;\">\u1405\u1456\u1505\u1426<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 18px;\"><img class=\"clickable\" title=\"Click here to hear this word\" src=\"\/img\/speak.gif\" alt=\"Click here to hear this word\" data-sound-url=\"\/snd\/grammar\/NNo-Infl\/I47.mp3\"><\/td>\r\n<td class=\"crex\">utaas-h<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"gloss\">his\/her socks<\/td>\r\n<\/tr><tr><td class=\"bjcex\" style=\"text-align: right;\">\u14a5\u1456\u1505<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 18px;\"><img class=\"clickable\" title=\"Click here to hear this word\" src=\"\/img\/speak.gif\" alt=\"Click here to hear this word\" data-sound-url=\"\/snd\/grammar\/NNo-Infl\/I48.mp3\"><\/td>\r\n<td class=\"crex\">mitaas<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"gloss\">a sock<\/td>\r\n<\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><table class=\"clear\"><tbody><tr><td style=\"width: 18px;\" rowspan=\"3\"><img class=\"clickable\" title=\"Click here to hear this word\" src=\"\/img\/speak.gif\" alt=\"Click here to hear this word\"><\/td>\r\n<td class=\"bjcex\">\u148c\u1426 \u1427\u140b\u1431\u144e\u14bb \u140a\u14d0 \u1403\u1505\u1427\u1473\u1424 \u140b\u1426 \u14a5\u1426\u1427\u1473\u1528\u14a1\u1426 \u14a5\u1456\u1505\u1426\u166e<\/td>\r\n<\/tr><tr><td class=\"crt\">chiih waapihtim an iskwaau aah mihkwaayich-h <strong>mi<\/strong>taas-h.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr><tr><td class=\"gloss\">That woman saw red socks.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><p>The <span class=\"crt\"><strong>mi-<\/strong><\/span> prefix is also used with inanimate dependent nouns:<\/p>\r\n<table class=\"clear med-table\"><tbody><tr><td class=\"bjcex\" style=\"text-align: right;\">\u14c2\u1426\u144e\u1427\u1403\u146e<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 18px;\"><img class=\"clickable\" title=\"Click here to hear this word\" src=\"\/img\/speak.gif\" alt=\"Click here to hear this word\" data-sound-url=\"\/snd\/grammar\/NNo-Infl\/I51a.mp3\"><\/td>\r\n<td class=\"crex\">nihtiwikii<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"gloss\">my ear<\/td>\r\n<\/tr><tr><td class=\"bjcex\" style=\"text-align: right;\">\u14c2\u1525\u144e\u1427\u1473\u14d0<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 18px;\"><img class=\"clickable\" title=\"Click here to hear this word\" src=\"\/img\/speak.gif\" alt=\"Click here to hear this word\" data-sound-url=\"\/snd\/grammar\/NNo-Infl\/I52a.mp3\"><\/td>\r\n<td class=\"crex\">nishtikwaan<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"gloss\">my head<\/td>\r\n<\/tr><tr><td class=\"bjcex\" style=\"text-align: right;\">\u14a5\u1426\u144e\u1427\u1403\u146e<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 18px;\"><img class=\"clickable\" title=\"Click here to hear this word\" src=\"\/img\/speak.gif\" alt=\"Click here to hear this word\" data-sound-url=\"\/snd\/grammar\/NNo-Infl\/I51b.mp3\"><\/td>\r\n<td class=\"crex\">mihtiwikii<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"gloss\">an ear<\/td>\r\n<\/tr><tr><td class=\"bjcex\" style=\"text-align: right;\">\u14a5\u1525\u144e\u1427\u1473\u14d0<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 18px;\"><img class=\"clickable\" title=\"Click here to hear this word\" src=\"\/img\/speak.gif\" alt=\"Click here to hear this word\" data-sound-url=\"\/snd\/grammar\/NNo-Infl\/I52b.mp3\"><\/td>\r\n<td class=\"crex\">mishtikwaan<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"gloss\">a head<\/td>\r\n<\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><div id=\"cite\" style=\"z-index: 2000000; display: none; position: fixed; top: 0; right: 0; left: 0; bottom: 0;\">\r\n<div style=\"z-index: 2000000; position: fixed; background: rgba(0,0,0,0.5); top: 0; right: 0; left: 0; bottom: 0;\">\u00a0<\/div>\r\n<div style=\"z-index: 5000000; position: relative; margin: 10% auto; width: 800px; min-height: 200px; max-height: 600px; background-color: white; border-radius: 1em; padding: 1em 2em;\">\r\n<table style=\"max-width: 100%;\"><tbody><tr><td style=\"font-weight: bold;\">APA:<\/td>\r\n<td>Junker, M.-O., Salt, L., &amp; Visitor, F. (2013). <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">East Cree Nouns (Northern Dialect).<\/span> [Revised from 2002 original edition] In The Interactive East Cree Reference Grammar. Retrieved from <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">[URL]<\/span><\/td>\r\n<\/tr><tr><td>\u00a0<\/td>\r\n<td>\u00a0<\/td>\r\n<\/tr><tr><td style=\"font-weight: bold;\">MLA:<\/td>\r\n<td>Marie-Odile Junker, Luci Salt and Frances Visitor. <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">East Cree Nouns (Northern Dialect).<\/span> [Revised from 2002 original edition] In The Interactive East Cree Reference Grammar. 2013. Web. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">[date]<\/span><\/td>\r\n<\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><p style=\"font-size: 0.8em; padding-left: 20px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">[URL]<\/span> = website address, beginning with \u201chttp:\/\/\u201d<br><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">[Date]<\/span> = the date you accessed the page, styled as follows: 13 Dec. 2015<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nouns with Person Inflection Possessed Nouns Extended Stems Dependent Nouns Possessed Nouns Observation \u14a5\u1505\u148b\u14ef\u14d0 mischisin a shoe \u14c2\u14a5\u1505\u148b\u14ef\u14d0 nimischisin my shoe \u14a5\u1505\u148b\u14ef\u14d0\u1426 mischisinh shoes \u14c2\u14a5\u1505\u148b\u14ef\u14d0\u1426 nimischisinh my shoes To express possession, noun stems can take a personal prefix. For example, ni- above. 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