{"id":210,"date":"2009-12-17T15:16:55","date_gmt":"2009-12-17T20:16:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beta.eastcree.org\/eastcree\/?page_id=210"},"modified":"2017-07-25T12:09:41","modified_gmt":"2017-07-25T16:09:41","slug":"simulative","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.eastcree.org\/cree\/en\/grammar\/northern-dialect\/nouns\/simulative\/","title":{"rendered":"Simulative Inflection"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

<\/a>Nouns with Simulative<\/strong> Inflection<\/h1>\r\n
Observation<\/caption>\r\n
\u14c8\u1439\u1426\u14a1<\/td>\r\n\"Click<\/td>\r\nnaapaahch<\/td>\r\nlike a man<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>
\u140a\u144e\u1426\u146f\u1426\u14a1<\/td>\r\n\"Click<\/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 \u1456\u1426\u144e\u1434\u166e<\/td>\r\n\"Click<\/td>\r\natihkuhch taahtipuu<\/td>\r\nLOCATIVE<\/td>\r\nShe sits on the caribou.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>
\u1427\u14ab\u1426\u14a1 \u140a\u144e\u1426\u146f\u1426\u14a1 \u1403\u14ef\u14c8\u146f\u14f2\u166e<\/td>\r\n\"Click<\/td>\r\nmwaahch atihkuhch isinaakusuu.<\/td>\r\nSIMULATIVE<\/td>\r\nShe looks like a caribou.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>
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