{"id":242,"date":"2009-12-24T14:13:45","date_gmt":"2009-12-24T19:13:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beta.eastcree.org\/eastcree\/?page_id=242"},"modified":"2017-07-17T21:10:34","modified_gmt":"2017-07-18T01:10:34","slug":"vti","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.eastcree.org\/cree\/en\/grammar\/northern-dialect\/verbs\/cree-verb-classes\/vti\/","title":{"rendered":"VTI"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

<\/a>VTI (Verb Transitive Inanimate)<\/h1>\r\n

Transitive Inanimate Verbs (VTI) are verbs with two roles (transitive) filled by an animate subject and an inanimate object.<\/p>\r\n
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\u14a5\u14ef\u14c2\u1426\u140a\u14bb \u14a5\u14ef\u14c2\u1426\u1404\u146d\u14c2\u1528\u1424 \u14d8\u14f0<\/td>\r\n\"Click<\/td>\r\nmisiniham misinihiikiniyiu Luci<\/td>\r\nLuci is writing a book<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>
\u1404\u1505\u146f\u1431\u144e\u14bb \u1405\u1456\u1505<\/td>\r\n\"Click<\/td>\r\niiskupitim utaas<\/td>\r\nHe is pulling up his sock<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>
\u14a5\u14c2\u1426\u140a\u14bb \u148c\u1505\u1456\u1505\u1427\u1473\u14d0\u1426<\/td>\r\n\"Click<\/td>\r\nminiham chiistaaskwaanh<\/td>\r\nShe is pulling out nails<\/td>\r\n<\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>

VTI verbs can be found in all orders, with all persons. In the Northern dialect, VTI verbs (in their dictionary form) end in -im<\/span> or -ham<\/span>. For example \u146d\u14c2\u1427\u140b\u1431\u1426\u144e\u14bb<\/span> kiniwaapihtim<\/strong><\/span> ‘s\/he looks at it’ or \u1405\u1456\u14a5\u1426\u140a\u14bb<\/span> utaamiham<\/strong><\/span> ‘s\/he hits it’.<\/p>\r\n

Link to Conjugation Tables<\/a>.<\/p> \r\n

Link to VTI stems<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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