{"id":154,"date":"2009-12-10T16:33:45","date_gmt":"2009-12-10T21:33:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beta.eastcree.org\/eastcree\/?page_id=154"},"modified":"2022-11-23T10:54:58","modified_gmt":"2022-11-23T15:54:58","slug":"inflections-locative","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.eastcree.org\/cree\/en\/grammar\/southern-dialect\/nouns\/inflections-locative\/","title":{"rendered":"Locative Inflection"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>Nouns with Locative <\/strong> inflection<\/h1>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Observation<\/caption>\r\n
\u140a\u1505\u1450\u144e\u14d0<\/td>\r\n\"Click<\/td>\r\nastutin<\/td>\r\na hat<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
\u140a\u1505\u1450\u144e\u14c2\u1426\u14a1<\/td>\r\n\"Click<\/td>\r\nastutinihch<\/strong><\/td>\r\nin a hat<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n

In the above example, the word astutin<\/span> bears a suffix -ihch<\/span>, when we want to talk about a place \/ location. This is called the LOCATIVE suffix.<\/p>\r\n

The locative suffix is -ihch<\/strong><\/span>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
\u1438\u1528\u148c\u1505<\/td>\r\n\"Click<\/td>\r\npayichiis<\/td>\r\na pair of pants<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
\u1438\u148c\u14ef\u1426\u14a1<\/td>\r\n\"Click<\/td>\r\npayichiisihch<\/strong><\/td>\r\nin a pair of pants<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
\u1419\u1505\u1473\u1426\u1404\u1472\u14d0<\/td>\r\n\"Click<\/td>\r\nwaaskaahiikan<\/td>\r\na house<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
\u1419\u1505\u1473\u1426\u1404\u1472\u14c2\u1426\u14a1<\/td>\r\n\"Click<\/td>\r\nwaaskaahiikanihch<\/strong><\/td>\r\nin a house<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n

For humans, the locative suffix is -inaahch<\/span>, or for Coastal dialects, -iyiyuu<\/span>, which means ‘amongst, in’.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
\u1404\u14c5<\/td>\r\n\"Click<\/td>\r\niinuu<\/td>\r\na person (aboriginal)<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
\u1404\u14c3\u14c8\u1426\u14a1<\/td>\r\n\"Click<\/td>\r\niiniinaahch<\/strong><\/td>\r\nin the aboriginal community<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
\u140c\u14a5\u1525\u144e\u1470\u14f0\u1424<\/td>\r\n <\/td>\r\nwemishtikuusiiu<\/td>\r\na white person<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
\u140c\u14a5\u1525\u144e\u1470\u14f0\u14c8\u1426\u14a1<\/td>\r\n <\/td>\r\nwemishtikuusiinaahch<\/strong><\/td>\r\namongst the white people<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n

Related Topics :<\/strong><\/p>\r\n

See Paradigm Tables<\/a> and Stem Shapes<\/a> for more examples of how various nouns inflect for number, gender, obviative and locative.<\/p>\r\n

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