{"id":174,"date":"2009-12-10T16:53:45","date_gmt":"2009-12-10T21:53:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beta.eastcree.org\/eastcree\/?page_id=174"},"modified":"2017-07-25T14:22:30","modified_gmt":"2017-07-25T18:22:30","slug":"simulative","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.eastcree.org\/cree\/en\/grammar\/southern-dialect\/nouns\/simulative\/","title":{"rendered":"Simulative Inflection"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

<\/a>Nouns with Simulative<\/strong> Inflection<\/h1>\r\n
Observation<\/caption>\r\n
\u14c8\u142f\u1426\u14a1<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\nnaapehch<\/td>\r\nlike a man<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>
\u140a\u144e\u1426\u146f\u1426\u14a1<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\natihkuhch<\/td>\r\nlike a caribou<\/td>\r\n<\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>

To say that something or someone is like something or someone, the suffix -hch<\/strong><\/span> can be sometimes added to a noun. This suffix looks like the locative suffix but its meaning is different. Compare:<\/p>\r\n
\u140a\u144e\u1426\u146f\u1426\u14a1 \u144c\u1426\u1455\u1434\u166e<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\natihkuhch<\/strong> tehtapuu<\/td>\r\nLOCATIVE<\/td>\r\nShe sits on the caribou.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>
\u1427\u14a3\u1426\u14a1 \u140a\u144e\u1426\u146f\u1426\u14a1 \u1403\u1426\u1451 \u1401 \u1431\u14a7\u1426\u144c\u1466\u166e<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\nMwehch atihkuhch<\/strong> ihtuu e pimuhtet.<\/td>\r\nSIMULATIVE<\/td>\r\nShe walks like a caribou.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>
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