{"id":2835,"date":"2011-01-12T23:15:34","date_gmt":"2011-01-13T04:15:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eastcree.org\/cree\/"},"modified":"2017-07-17T21:10:37","modified_gmt":"2017-07-18T01:10:37","slug":"dubitative","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.eastcree.org\/cree\/en\/grammar\/southern-dialect\/pronouns\/dubitative\/","title":{"rendered":"Dubitative"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h1 class=\"pg-title\"><a name=\"top\"><\/a>Dubitative Pronouns<\/h1>\r\n<p>Use a dubitative pronoun to wonder about:<\/p>\r\n<ul><li>people or things<\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"..\/dubitative-place\/\">places<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul><h3 class=\"head\">Dubitative pronouns for people or things<\/h3>\r\n<table><caption>Observation<\/caption>\r\n<tbody><tr><td class=\"bjcex\" style=\"text-align: right;\">\u1489\u1427\u1473\u1489 \u1473 \u14a6\u148b\u152e\u14d0\u166e<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 18px;\"><img class=\"clickable\" title=\"Click here to hear this word\" data-sound-url=\"\/snd\/grammar\/SPr\/65.mp3\" src=\"\/img\/speak.gif\" alt=\"Click here to hear this word\"><\/td>\r\n<td class=\"crex\"><strong>chekwaache<\/strong> kaa miichiyaan.<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"gloss\">Whatever could I be eating?<\/td>\r\n<\/tr><tr><td class=\"bjcex\" style=\"text-align: right;\">\u140a\u1427\u1401\u1489 \u1405\u152b \u1405\u14aa\u1505\u148b\u14ef\u14d0\u166e<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 18px;\"><img class=\"clickable\" title=\"Click here to hear this word\" data-sound-url=\"\/snd\/grammar\/SPr\/66.mp3\" src=\"\/img\/speak.gif\" alt=\"Click here to hear this word\"><\/td>\r\n<td class=\"crex\"><strong>aweche<\/strong> uyuu umaschisin.<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"gloss\">Who&#8217;s shoe could this be?<\/td>\r\n<\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><p><span class=\"bjct\">\u140a\u1427\u1401\u1489<\/span> <span class=\"crt\">aweche<\/span> and <span class=\"bjct\">\u1489\u1427\u1473\u1489<\/span> <span class=\"crt\">chekwaache<\/span> are made up of the pronouns <span class=\"bjct\">\u140a\u1427\u1401\u14d0<\/span> <span class=\"crt\">awen<\/span> and <span class=\"bjct\">\u1489\u1427\u1473\u14d0<\/span> <span class=\"crt\">chekwaan<\/span> plus the dubitative inflection. They are used when there is doubt about the person or the thing being discussed. They correspond to English &#8216;whoever \/ whatever could she\/he\/it be&#8217;.<\/p>\r\n<p>Note that we can sometimes hear the trace of a syllable which used to be there but is no longer pronounced. All we hear today is a a little break before the -che, called a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eastcree.org\/cree\/en\/grammar\/sounds-east-cree\/orthography\/roman\/glottal-stops\/\">glottal stop<\/a>, \u00a0which is not written in Southern East Cree (In the Northern dialect these pronouns are written with an extra -chi).<\/p>\r\n<table class=\"clear\" style=\"border-spacing: 0px;\"><tbody><tr><td style=\"width: 100px;\"><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" colspan=\"8\"><strong>Dubitative<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<\/tr><tr><td><\/td>\r\n<td class=\"bright\" style=\"text-align: center;\" colspan=\"4\"><strong>Proximate<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" colspan=\"4\"><strong>Obviative<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<\/tr><tr><td><\/td>\r\n<td class=\"bbottom\" style=\"text-align: center;\" colspan=\"2\"><strong>singular<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td class=\"bbottom bright\" style=\"text-align: center;\" colspan=\"2\"><strong>plural<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td class=\"bbottom\" style=\"text-align: center;\" colspan=\"2\"><strong>singular<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td class=\"bbottom\" style=\"text-align: center;\" colspan=\"2\"><strong>plural<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<\/tr><tr><td><strong>Animate<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td rowspan=\"2\"><img class=\"clickable\" title=\"Click here to hear this word\" data-sound-url=\"\/snd\/grammar\/SPr\/67a.mp3\" src=\"\/img\/speak.gif\" alt=\"Click here to hear this word\"><\/td>\r\n<td class=\"bjcex\">\u140a\u1427\u1401\u1489<\/td>\r\n<td rowspan=\"2\"><img class=\"clickable\" title=\"Click here to hear this word\" data-sound-url=\"\/snd\/grammar\/SPr\/67b.mp3\" src=\"\/img\/speak.gif\" alt=\"Click here to hear this word\"><\/td>\r\n<td class=\"bjcex bright\">\u140a\u1427\u1401\u1489\u14c2\u148c<\/td>\r\n<td rowspan=\"2\"><img class=\"clickable\" title=\"Click here to hear this word\" data-sound-url=\"\/snd\/grammar\/SPr\/67e.mp3\" src=\"\/img\/speak.gif\" alt=\"Click here to hear this word\"><\/td>\r\n<td class=\"bjcex\">\u140a\u1427\u1401\u1528\u1489\u14d0\u1426<\/td>\r\n<td rowspan=\"2\"><img class=\"clickable\" title=\"Click here to hear this word\" data-sound-url=\"\/snd\/grammar\/SPr\/67g.mp3\" src=\"\/img\/speak.gif\" alt=\"Click here to hear this word\"><\/td>\r\n<td class=\"bjcex\">\u140a\u1427\u1401\u1528\u1489\u14d0\u1426<\/td>\r\n<\/tr><tr><td class=\"gloss\">Whoever<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"crex\">aweche<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"crex bright\">awechenichii<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"crex\">aweyichenh<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"crex\">aweyichenh<\/td>\r\n<\/tr><tr><td class=\"gloss\">Who on earth?<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"bbottom\" rowspan=\"2\"><\/td>\r\n<td><\/td>\r\n<td class=\"bbottom\" rowspan=\"2\"><img class=\"clickable\" title=\"Click here to hear this word\" data-sound-url=\"\/snd\/grammar\/SPr\/67d.mp3\" src=\"\/img\/speak.gif\" alt=\"Click here to hear this word\"><\/td>\r\n<td class=\"bjcex bright\">\u140a\u1427\u1401\u148b\u1489\u14c2\u14a1<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"bbottom\" rowspan=\"2\"><img class=\"clickable\" title=\"Click here to hear this word\" data-sound-url=\"\/snd\/grammar\/SPr\/67f.mp3\" src=\"\/img\/speak.gif\" alt=\"Click here to hear this word\"><\/td>\r\n<td class=\"bjcex\">\u140a\u1427\u1401\u1528\u1489\u1426<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"bbottom\" rowspan=\"2\"><img class=\"clickable\" title=\"Click here to hear this word\" data-sound-url=\"\/snd\/grammar\/SPr\/67h.mp3\" src=\"\/img\/speak.gif\" alt=\"Click here to hear this word\"><\/td>\r\n<td class=\"bjcex\">\u140a\u1427\u1401\u1528\u1489\u14c2\u1426\u1404<\/td>\r\n<\/tr><tr><td><\/td>\r\n<td class=\"bbottom\"><\/td>\r\n<td class=\"crex bbottom bright\">awechichenich<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"crex bbottom\">aweyicheh<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"crex bbottom\">aweyichenihii<\/td>\r\n<\/tr><tr><td><\/td>\r\n<td rowspan=\"2\"><img class=\"clickable\" title=\"Click here to hear this word\" data-sound-url=\"\/snd\/grammar\/SPr\/67i.mp3\" src=\"\/img\/speak.gif\" alt=\"Click here to hear this word\"><\/td>\r\n<td class=\"bjcex\">\u1489\u1427\u1473\u14c3\u1489<\/td>\r\n<td rowspan=\"2\"><img class=\"clickable\" title=\"Click here to hear this word\" data-sound-url=\"\/snd\/grammar\/SPr\/67k.mp3\" src=\"\/img\/speak.gif\" alt=\"Click here to hear this word\"><\/td>\r\n<td class=\"bjcex bright\">\u1489\u1427\u1473\u1489\u14d0\u1426<\/td>\r\n<td rowspan=\"2\"><img class=\"clickable\" title=\"Click here to hear this word\" data-sound-url=\"\/snd\/grammar\/SPr\/67m.mp3\" src=\"\/img\/speak.gif\" alt=\"Click here to hear this word\"><\/td>\r\n<td class=\"bjcex\">\u1489\u1427\u1473\u1528\u1489<\/td>\r\n<td rowspan=\"2\"><img class=\"clickable\" title=\"Click here to hear this word\" data-sound-url=\"\/snd\/grammar\/SPr\/67n.mp3\" src=\"\/img\/speak.gif\" alt=\"Click here to hear this word\"><\/td>\r\n<td class=\"bjcex\">\u1489\u1427\u1473\u1528\u1489\u14d0\u1426<\/td>\r\n<\/tr><tr><td><strong>Inanimate<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td class=\"crex\">chekwaaniiche<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"crex bright\">chekwaachenh<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"crex\">chekwaayiche<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"crex\">chekwaayichenh<\/td>\r\n<\/tr><tr><td class=\"gloss\">Whatever?<\/td>\r\n<td rowspan=\"2\"><img class=\"clickable\" title=\"Click here to hear this word\" data-sound-url=\"\/snd\/grammar\/SPr\/67j.mp3\" src=\"\/img\/speak.gif\" alt=\"Click here to hear this word\"><\/td>\r\n<td class=\"bjcex\">\u1489\u1427\u1473\u1489<\/td>\r\n<td rowspan=\"2\"><img class=\"clickable\" title=\"Click here to hear this word\" data-sound-url=\"\/snd\/grammar\/SPr\/67l.mp3\" src=\"\/img\/speak.gif\" alt=\"Click here to hear this word\"><\/td>\r\n<td class=\"bjcex bright\">\u1489\u1427\u1473\u1489\u14c2\u1426\u1404<\/td>\r\n<td rowspan=\"2\"><\/td>\r\n<td><\/td>\r\n<td rowspan=\"2\"><img class=\"clickable\" title=\"Click here to hear this word\" data-sound-url=\"\/snd\/grammar\/SPr\/67o.mp3\" src=\"\/img\/speak.gif\" alt=\"Click here to hear this word\"><\/td>\r\n<td class=\"bjcex\">\u1489\u1427\u1473\u1528\u1489\u14c2\u1426\u1404<\/td>\r\n<\/tr><tr><td><\/td>\r\n<td class=\"crex\">chekwaache<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"crex bright\">chekwaachenihii<\/td>\r\n<td><\/td>\r\n<td class=\"crex\">chekwaayichenihii<\/td>\r\n<\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><p>Examples:<\/p>\r\n<table class=\"clear\"><tbody><tr><td class=\"bjcex\" style=\"text-align: right;\">\u140a\u1427\u1401\u1489 \u140a\u14c2\u152b \u1473 \u1403\u1426\u1451\u1455\u1426\u1483\u166e<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 18px;\"><img class=\"clickable\" title=\"Click here to hear this word\" data-sound-url=\"\/snd\/grammar\/SPr\/68.mp3\" src=\"\/img\/speak.gif\" alt=\"Click here to hear this word\"><\/td>\r\n<td class=\"crex\"><strong>aweche<\/strong> aniyuu kaa ihtuutahk.<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"gloss\">Whoever can have done it?<\/td>\r\n<\/tr><tr><td class=\"bjcex\" style=\"text-align: right;\">\u140a\u1427\u1401\u1489 \u140a\u14c2\u152b\u1426 \u1405\u1456\u1439\u14c8\u1505\u1484\u166e<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 18px;\"><img class=\"clickable\" title=\"Click here to hear this word\" data-sound-url=\"\/snd\/grammar\/SPr\/69.mp3\" src=\"\/img\/speak.gif\" alt=\"Click here to hear this word\"><\/td>\r\n<td class=\"crex\"><strong>aweche<\/strong> aniyuuh utaapaanaaskw.<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"gloss\">Whoever can that toboggan belong to?<\/td>\r\n<\/tr><tr><td class=\"bjcex\" style=\"text-align: right;\">\u1489\u1427\u1473\u1489 \u1473 \u1403\u1511\u14c8\u146f\u1426\u14a1\u166e<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 18px;\"><img class=\"clickable\" title=\"Click here to hear this word\" data-sound-url=\"\/snd\/grammar\/SPr\/70.mp3\" src=\"\/img\/speak.gif\" alt=\"Click here to hear this word\"><\/td>\r\n<td class=\"crex\"><strong>chekwaache<\/strong> kaa ishinaakuhch.<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"gloss\">Whatever can it be?<\/td>\r\n<\/tr><tr><td class=\"bjcex\" style=\"text-align: right;\">\u1489\u1427\u1473\u1528\u1489 \u140a\u14c2\u152b \u1473 \u140b\u1528\u14a8\u1455\u1426\u1483\u166e<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 18px;\"><img class=\"clickable\" title=\"Click here to hear this word\" data-sound-url=\"\/snd\/grammar\/SPr\/71.mp3\" src=\"\/img\/speak.gif\" alt=\"Click here to hear this word\"><\/td>\r\n<td class=\"crex\"><strong>chekwaayiche<\/strong> aniyuu kaa aayimuutahk.<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"gloss\">Whatever can he be talking about?<\/td>\r\n<\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><div id=\"cite\" style=\"z-index: 2000000; display: none; position: fixed; top: 0; right: 0; left: 0; bottom: 0;\">\r\n<div style=\"z-index: 2000000; position: fixed; background: rgba(0,0,0,0.5); top: 0; right: 0; left: 0; bottom: 0;\" onclick=\"document.getElementById('cite').style.display='none';\"><\/div>\r\n<div style=\"z-index: 5000000; position: relative; margin: 10% auto; width: 800px; min-height: 200px; max-height:600px; background-color: white; border-radius: 1em; padding: 1em 2em;\">\r\n\r\n<button class=\"closeButton close\" title=\"close\" style=\"float:right; max-height: 14px;\" onclick=\"document.getElementById('cite').style.display='none';\"><\/button>\r\n<table style=\"max-width: 100%;\"><tbody><tr><td style=\"font-weight: bold;\">APA:<\/td>\r\n<td>Junker, M.-O., Blacksmith, L., &amp; MacKenzie, M. (2003). <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">East Cree Pronouns (Southern Dialect).<\/span> In The Interactive East Cree Reference Grammar. Retrieved from <span style=\"color: #ff0000\">[URL]<\/span><\/td>\r\n<\/tr><tr><td>\u00a0<\/td>\r\n<td>\u00a0<\/td>\r\n<\/tr><tr><td style=\"font-weight: bold;\">MLA:<\/td>\r\n<td>Marie-Odile Junker, Louise Blacksmith and Marguerite MacKenzie. <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">East Cree Pronouns (Southern Dialect).<\/span> In The Interactive East Cree Reference Grammar. 2003. 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Who&#8217;s shoe could this be? \u140a\u1427\u1401\u1489 aweche and \u1489\u1427\u1473\u1489 chekwaache are made up of the pronouns \u140a\u1427\u1401\u14d0 awen&#8230;  <a  class=\" btn btn-lg btn-primary \" href=\"https:\/\/www.eastcree.org\/cree\/en\/grammar\/southern-dialect\/pronouns\/dubitative\/\">Read the full article&#8230;<\/a>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":2831,"menu_order":31,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eastcree.org\/cree\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2835"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eastcree.org\/cree\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eastcree.org\/cree\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eastcree.org\/cree\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eastcree.org\/cree\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2835"}],"version-history":[{"count":41,"href":"https:\/\/www.eastcree.org\/cree\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2835\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12987,"href":"https:\/\/www.eastcree.org\/cree\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2835\/revisions\/12987"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eastcree.org\/cree\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2831"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eastcree.org\/cree\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}