{"id":127,"date":"2009-12-10T15:02:09","date_gmt":"2009-12-10T20:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beta.eastcree.org\/eastcree\/?page_id=127"},"modified":"2017-07-25T12:08:35","modified_gmt":"2017-07-25T16:08:35","slug":"inflections-vocative","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.eastcree.org\/cree\/en\/grammar\/northern-dialect\/nouns\/inflections-vocative\/","title":{"rendered":"Vocative Inflection"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

<\/a>Nouns with Vocative<\/strong> Inflection<\/h1>\r\n
Observation<\/caption>\r\n
\u14c2\u14a7\u1513\u14bb<\/td>\r\n\"Click<\/td>\r\nnimushum<\/td>\r\nmy grandfather<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>
\u14c2\u14a7\u1514<\/td>\r\n\"Click<\/td>\r\nnimushuu<\/td>\r\ngrandfather!<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>
\u14c2\u14a7\u1513\u14a5\u1450\u1484<\/td>\r\n\"Click<\/td>\r\nnimushumitukw<\/strong><\/td>\r\ngrandfathers!<\/td>\r\n<\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>

When one speaks to someone and addresses them, there is a special suffix -itukw<\/strong><\/span> that shows up in the plural. In the singular, the end of the word can change. This is called vocative.<\/p>\r\n
\u14c2\u14a5\u1505<\/td>\r\n\"Click<\/td>\r\nnimis<\/td>\r\nmy older sister<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>
\u14c2\u14a5\u14f5<\/td>\r\n\"Click<\/td>\r\nnimisaa<\/td>\r\n(older) sister!<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>
\u14c2\u14a5\u14ef\u1450\u1484<\/td>\r\n\"Click<\/td>\r\nnimisitukw<\/td>\r\n(older) sisters!<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>
\u14c5\u1426\u146f\u14bb<\/td>\r\n\"Click<\/td>\r\nnuuhkum<\/td>\r\nmy grandmother<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>
\u14c5\u1426\u1470<\/td>\r\n\"Click<\/td>\r\nnuuhkuu<\/td>\r\ngrandmother!<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>
\u14c5\u1426\u146f\u14a5\u1450\u1484<\/td>\r\n\"Click<\/td>\r\nnuuhkumitukw<\/td>\r\ngrandmothers!<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>
\u14c5\u1426\u1456\u1427\u1404<\/td>\r\n\"Click<\/td>\r\nnuuhtaawii<\/td>\r\nmy father<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>
\u14c5\u1426\u1456<\/td>\r\n\"Click<\/td>\r\nnuuhtaa<\/td>\r\nfather!<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>
\u14c5\u1426\u1456\u1427\u1404\u1450\u1484<\/td>\r\n\"Click<\/td>\r\nnuuhtaawiitukw<\/td>\r\nfathers!<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>
\u14c2\u1473\u1427\u1404<\/td>\r\n\"Click<\/td>\r\nnikaawii<\/td>\r\nmy mother<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>
\u14c8\u1473<\/td>\r\n\"Click<\/td>\r\nnaakaa<\/td>\r\nmother!<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>
\u14c8\u1473\u1450\u1484<\/td>\r\n\"Click<\/td>\r\nnaakaatukw<\/td>\r\nmothers!<\/td>\r\n<\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>
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