{"id":304,"date":"2009-12-28T09:42:31","date_gmt":"2009-12-28T14:42:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beta.eastcree.org\/eastcree\/?page_id=304"},"modified":"2020-04-30T17:18:30","modified_gmt":"2020-04-30T21:18:30","slug":"vii","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.eastcree.org\/cree\/en\/grammar\/northern-dialect\/verbs\/cree-verb-stems\/vii\/","title":{"rendered":"VII"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 class=\"pg-title\"><a name=\"top\"><\/a>VII (Verb Inanimate Intransitive) stems<\/h1>\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li>Stems ending with a <a href=\"#vowel\">vowel<\/a><\/li>\r\n\t<li>Stems ending with <a href=\"#wi\"><span class=\"crt\">-wi<\/span><\/a><\/li>\r\n\t<li>Stems ending with <a href=\"#n\"><span class=\"crt\">-n<\/span><\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h3 class=\"head\"><a name=\"vowel\"><\/a>Stems ending with a vowel<\/h3>\r\n<p>Most VII verbs have stems ending in a vowel. For example a verb like <span class=\"bjct\">\u1427\u140b\u1439\u1424<\/span> <span class=\"crt\">waapaau<\/span> is made of the stem <span class=\"bjct\">\u1427\u140b\u1439<\/span> <span class=\"crt\">waapaa<\/span> and the suffix <span class=\"bjct\">\u1424<\/span> <span class=\"crt\">-u<\/span>. When we say <span class=\"bjct\">\u1427\u140b\u1439\u1528\u1424<\/span> <span class=\"crt\">waapaayiu<\/span>, we see the stem <span class=\"bjct\">\u1427\u140b\u1439<\/span> <span class=\"crt\">waapaa<\/span> and the suffix <span class=\"bjct\">\u1528\u1424<\/span> <span class=\"crt\">-yiu<\/span>.<\/p>\r\n<p>When we conjugate the VII <span class=\"bjct\">\u1427\u140b\u1439\u1424<\/span> <span class=\"crt\">waapaau<\/span>, we recognize the common stem <span class=\"bjct\">\u1427\u140b\u1439<\/span> <span class=\"crt\">waapaa<\/span> in all the forms:<\/p>\r\n<table class=\"clear\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td class=\"bjcex\" style=\"text-align: right;\">\u1427\u140b\u1439\u1424<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"crex\">waapaa-u<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"gloss\">it is white<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td class=\"bjcex\" style=\"text-align: right;\">\u1427\u140b\u1439\u1424\u1426<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"crex\">waapaa-uh<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"gloss\">they are white<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td class=\"bjcex\" style=\"text-align: right;\">\u1427\u140b\u1439\u1528\u1424<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"crex\">waapaa-yiu<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"gloss\">it (the other) is white<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td class=\"bjcex\" style=\"text-align: right;\">\u1427\u140b\u1439\u1528\u1424\u1426<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"crex\">waapaa-yiuh<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"gloss\">they (the others) are white<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<p>The vowels found at the end of VII verbs can be <span class=\"crt\">aa, ii, i <\/span>, or <span class=\"crt\">u<\/span>. Here are some examples:<\/p>\r\n<table class=\"clear med-table\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td class=\"crex\">aa<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"bjcex\" style=\"text-align: right;\">\u148c\u1511\u1473\u1424<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"crex\">chiishik<strong>aa<\/strong>-u<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"gloss\">it is daytime<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>aa<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"bjcex\" style=\"text-align: right;\">\u1403\u1525\u1427\u1473\u1456\u1424<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"crex\">ishkwaat<strong>aa<\/strong>-u<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"gloss\">it is burning<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td class=\"crex\">i<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"bjcex\" style=\"text-align: right;\">\u140a\u1431\u1516\u1511\u1424<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"crex\">apishaash<strong>i<\/strong>-u<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"gloss\">it is small<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td class=\"crex\">ii<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"bjcex\" style=\"text-align: right;\">\u144e\u14a6\u1424<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"crex\">tim<strong>ii<\/strong>-u<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"gloss\">it (water) is deep<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td class=\"crex\">u<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"bjcex\" style=\"text-align: right;\">\u148b\u146d\u14a8<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"crex\">chikim<strong>u<\/strong>-u<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"gloss\">it is attached, stuck<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<p>Link to <a href=\"http:\/\/verbn.eastcree.org\/?vii&amp;vowel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Conjugation Tables<\/a><\/p>\r\n<h3 class=\"head\"><a name=\"wi\"><\/a>Stems ending with <em>-wi<\/em><\/h3>\r\n<p>Other VII verbs have stems ending in vowels that contain <span class=\"crt\">wi<\/span> for most forms. For example, when we conjugate a verb like <span class=\"bjct\">\u14c2\u1432\u1406<\/span> <span class=\"crt\">nipiiuu<\/span> &#8216;it is wet&#8217;, we see a stem ending in <span class=\"crt\">wi:<\/span> <span class=\"crt\">nipiiwi-<\/span> in some verb forms:<\/p>\r\n<table class=\"med-table\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>0<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"bjcex\" style=\"text-align: right;\">\u14c2\u1432\u1406<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"crex\">nipiiu-u<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"gloss\">it is wet<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>0&#8242;<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"bjcex\" style=\"text-align: right;\">\u14c2\u1432\u1406\u1426<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"crex\">nipiiu-uh<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"gloss\">things are wet<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>0p<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"bjcex\" style=\"text-align: right;\">\u14c2\u1432\u140e\u1528\u1424<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"crex\">nipii<strong>wi<\/strong>-yiu<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"gloss\">his\/her thing is wet<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>0&#8217;p<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"bjcex\" style=\"text-align: right;\">\u14c2\u1432\u140e\u1528\u1424\u1426<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"crex\">nipii<strong>wi<\/strong>-yiuh<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"gloss\">his\/her things are wet<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<p>Another example is <span class=\"bjct\">\u1470\u14c2\u1406<\/span> <span class=\"crt\">kuuniuu<\/span> &#8216;it is covered with snow&#8217;.<\/p>\r\n<p>These verbs are marked as<span class=\"crt\">\u00a0-wi<\/span> stems in the dictionary. In the verb conjugations, the model verb is also indicated as <span class=\"crt\">-wi<\/span>.<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/verbn.eastcree.org\/?vii&amp;wi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Conjugation Tables<\/a><\/p>\r\n<h3 class=\"head\"><a name=\"n\"><\/a>Stems ending with <em>-n<\/em><\/h3>\r\n<p>Other VII verbs have stems ending in <span class=\"crt\">-n<\/span>. For example, when we conjugate a verb like <span class=\"bjct\">\u14c5\u146f\u14d0<\/span> <span class=\"crt\">nuukun<\/span> &#8216;it is visible&#8217;, we recognize the common stem <span class=\"bjct\">\u14c5\u146f\u14d0<\/span> <span class=\"crt\">nuukun<\/span> in all the forms:<\/p>\r\n<table class=\"med-table\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>0<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"bjcex\" style=\"text-align: right;\">\u14c5\u146f\u14d0<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"crex\">nuuku<strong>n<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td class=\"gloss\">it is visible<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>0&#8242;<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"bjcex\" style=\"text-align: right;\">\u14c5\u146f\u14d0\u1426<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"crex\">nuuku<strong>n<\/strong>-h<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"gloss\">things are visible<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>0p<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"bjcex\" style=\"text-align: right;\">\u14c5\u146f\u14c2\u1528\u1424<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"crex\">nuuku<strong>n<\/strong>-iyiu<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"gloss\">his\/her thing is visible<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>0&#8217;p<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"bjcex\" style=\"text-align: right;\">\u14c5\u146f\u14c2\u1528\u1424\u1426<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"crex\">nuuku<strong>n<\/strong>-iyiuh<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"gloss\">his\/her things are visible<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<p>Verbs whose stem end in <span class=\"crt\">-n<\/span> have a special behaviour. The nasal &#8211;<span class=\"crt\">n<\/span> becomes &#8211;<span class=\"crt\">h<\/span> in the 3rd person proximate inflection in the conjunct indicative conjugations (#11 and #12).<\/p>\r\n<table class=\"clear med-table\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td class=\"bjcex\" style=\"text-align: right;\">\u14c5\u146f\u14d0<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"crex\">nuuku<strong>n<\/strong> (#01)<\/td>\r\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"bjcex\" style=\"text-align: right;\">\u140b\u1426 \u14c5\u146f\u1426\u14a1<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"crex\">aah nuuku<strong>h-<\/strong>ch (#11)<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td colspan=\"3\">\u00a0<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"bjcex\" style=\"text-align: right;\">\u14c5\u146f\u1426\u1491<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"crex\">nuuku<strong>h-<\/strong>chaa (#12a)<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td colspan=\"3\">\u00a0<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"bjcex\" style=\"text-align: right;\">\u14cd\u146f\u1426\u14a1\u1426<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"crex\">nwaaku<strong>h-<\/strong>chh (#12b)<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td colspan=\"3\">\u00a0<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"bjcex\" style=\"text-align: right;\">\u14c5\u146f\u1426\u14a1\u1426<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"crex\">nuuku<strong>h<\/strong>-chh (#12b)<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<p>In the verb conjugations, the model verb is indicated as <span class=\"crt\">-n<\/span>.<\/p>\r\n<p>Link to <a href=\"http:\/\/verbn.eastcree.org\/?vii&amp;n\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Conjugation Tables<\/a><\/p>\r\n<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;\">\u00a0<\/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;\"><button class=\"closeButton close\" style=\"float: right; max-height: 14px;\" title=\"close\"><\/button>\r\n<table style=\"max-width: 100%;\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"font-weight: bold;\">APA:<\/td>\r\n<td>Junker, M.-O., Salt, L., &amp; MacKenzie, M. (2015). <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">East Cree Verbs (Northern Dialect).<\/span> [Revised and expanded from 2006 original edition] In The Interactive East Cree Reference Grammar. Retrieved from <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">[URL]<\/span><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\r\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"font-weight: bold;\">MLA:<\/td>\r\n<td>Marie-Odile Junker, Luci Salt and Marguerite MacKenzie. <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">East Cree Verbs (Northern Dialect).<\/span> [Revised and expanded from 2006 original edition] In The Interactive East Cree Reference Grammar. 2015. 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