{"id":4299,"date":"2011-05-30T11:04:26","date_gmt":"2011-05-30T15:04:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eastcree.org\/cree\/"},"modified":"2023-05-19T11:14:35","modified_gmt":"2023-05-19T15:14:35","slug":"story-analysis","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.eastcree.org\/cree\/en\/grammar\/southern-dialect\/nouns\/inflections-obviative\/story-analysis\/","title":{"rendered":"Story Analysis"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>Story Analysis<\/h1>\r\n

Read this story and pay attention to the animate and inanimate nouns in bold. Classify them according to their inflection: singular or plural, proximate or obviative. The answers are given in the two tables at the end.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
1<\/td>\r\n\u1401 \u14aa\u1450\u144e\u14f1\u1466 \u140a\u140c\u14d0<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
e matutisut awen<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
When someone<\/strong> sweats (Sweat lodge)<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
2<\/td>\r\n\u142f\u152d\u1480\u1424 \u14c2\u148c \u1419\u1438\u14ab\u1424 \u1403\u1505\u1474\u1424<\/strong> \u1401 \u1403\u1426\u1451\u1455\u1419\u1472\u14c5\u1466, \u1417\u14c8\u1405\u1525 \u1401 \u148c \u1431\u14ab\u144e\u14f0\u1466\u166e<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
peyakwaau nichii waapamaau iskweu<\/strong> e ihtuutawaakanuut, wanaaush e chii pimaatisiit.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
One time I saw a woman<\/strong> this done to her, barely she was living.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
3<\/td>\r\n\u1405\u1455\u1419\u1511\u1512\u14bb\u1426<\/strong> \u1401 \u148c \u1431\u14ab\u144e\u14ef\u152d\u14a1\u1426\u166e<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
utawaashishiimh<\/strong> e chii pimaatisiyachh.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
Her child<\/strong> had been born.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
4<\/td>\r\n\u1401\u1405\u1484 \u14ab\u1483 \u140a\u14d0 \u1473 \u1405\u14aa\u1450\u144e\u14f5\u14c2\u1426\u1472\u1426\u1455\u1419\u1472\u14c5\u1466\u166e<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
eukw maak an kaa umatutisaanihkahtawaakanuut.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
She is the one they made a sweat-lodge for.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
5<\/td>\r\n\u14a5\u1484 \u1472\u152d\u1439 \u1401 \u1403\u1505\u1431\u148b\u1525\u144e\u1466 \u1401\u146f\u14d0 \u1473 \u1403\u1511\u1426\u1456\u1472\u14c4\u1528\u14a1\u166e<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
mikw kayapaa e ispichishtit ekun kaa ishihtaakanuyich.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
But how big she was that is how it was made.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
6<\/td>\r\n\u140a\u14ef\u14c3\u1426<\/strong> \u148c \u148b\u14f5\u1431\u1505\u148b\u1502\u1472\u14c5\u152b\u1426\u166e<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
asiniih<\/strong> chii chisaapischiswaakanuuyuuh.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
Rocks<\/strong> were heated up.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
7<\/td>\r\n\u1401\u146f\u144c\u1426 \u14ab\u1483 \u140a\u14c2\u144c\u1426 \u1432\u1426\u1455\u1472\u14a5\u1426\u14a1 \u1473 \u1403\u1426\u1455\u152e\u1472\u14c5\u1466 \u140a\u14d0 \u1403\u1505\u1474\u1424<\/strong> \u140a\u14c2\u1466\u1426 \u140a\u14c2\u152b \u1473 \u14aa\u1450\u144e\u14f5\u14c2\u1426\u1472\u1426\u1455\u1419\u1472\u14c5\u1466\u166e<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
ekuteh maak aniteh piihtakamihch kaa ihtayaakanuut an iskweu<\/strong> anit-h aniyuu kaa matutisaanihkahtawaakanuut.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
It was there inside she was kept that woman<\/strong> where a sweat-lodge was made for her.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
8<\/td>\r\n\u1514\u148b\u1525\u144e\u14ab\u1466 \u1472\u152d\u1439 \u140a\u14c2\u152b\u1426 \u140a\u14ef\u14c3\u1426<\/strong> \u140a\u14c2\u144c\u1426 \u1432\u1426\u1455\u1472\u14a5\u1426\u14a1 \u1401 \u1403\u1426\u1456\u1466\u166e<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
shuuchishtimaat kayapaa aniyuuh asiniih<\/strong> aniteh piihtakamihch e ihtaat.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
She water-poured those rocks<\/strong> while she was inside.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
9<\/td>\r\n\u1455\u1426\u148b\u1472\u14a5\u152b \u1472\u152d\u1439 \u140a\u14c2\u152b \u14c2\u1431\u152b<\/strong>\u166e \u1401\u146f\u1426 \u14ab\u1483 \u1473 \u148b\u14f1\u1466, \u1473 \u14a5\u14ef\u148b\u1450\u1466\u166e<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
tahchikamiyuu kayapaa aniyuu nipiyuu<\/strong>. ekuh maak kaa chisut, matutisut.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
It was cold that water<\/strong>. Then she was hot, she sweated.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
10<\/td>\r\n\u14a7\u152e\u14bb \u1401\u1426 \u1410\u152d\u1410\u1438\u1528\u14c2\u1528\u14a1 \u140a\u14c2\u152b \u1401 \u148c \u1512\u1426\u1472\u148b\u1466\u166e<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
muyaam eh wiiyawiipayiniyich aniyuu e chii shiihkachit.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
It is like it went out her chills.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
11<\/td>\r\n\u1401\u1405\u1484 \u14ab\u1483 \u140a\u14c2\u152b \u1401 \u148b\u1516\u1431\u1426\u144c\u1438\u1528\u14c2\u1528\u14a1 \u1473 \u14c2\u1450\u1426\u146f\u1426\u1404\u146f\u1466\u166e<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
eukw maak aniyuu e chishaapihtepayiniyich kaa nituhkuhiikut.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
It was it being humid (humidity) that cured her.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n
Animate Nouns<\/h5>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
\u00a0<\/td>\r\nproximate<\/strong><\/td>\r\nobviative<\/strong><\/td>\r\n <\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
singular<\/strong><\/td>\r\n\u140a\u140c\u14d0<\/td>\r\nawen<\/td>\r\n#1<\/td>\r\n\u1405\u1455\u1419\u1511\u1512\u14bb\u1426<\/td>\r\nutawaashishiimh<\/strong><\/td>\r\n# 3<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
\u1403\u1505\u1474\u1424<\/td>\r\niskweu<\/td>\r\n#2, 7<\/td>\r\n\u00a0<\/td>\r\n\u00a0<\/td>\r\n <\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
plural<\/strong><\/td>\r\n\u00a0<\/td>\r\n–<\/td>\r\n\u00a0<\/td>\r\n\u00a0<\/td>\r\n–<\/td>\r\n <\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n
Inanimate Nouns<\/h5>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
\u00a0<\/td>\r\nproximate<\/strong><\/td>\r\nobviative<\/strong><\/td>\r\n <\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
singular<\/strong><\/td>\r\n\u00a0<\/td>\r\n–<\/td>\r\n\u00a0<\/td>\r\n\u14c2\u1431\u152b<\/td>\r\nnipiyuu<\/strong><\/td>\r\n# 9<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
plural<\/strong><\/td>\r\n\u140a\u14ef\u14c3\u1426<\/td>\r\nasiniih<\/strong><\/td>\r\n#6<\/td>\r\n\u140a\u14ef\u14c3\u1426<\/td>\r\nasiniih<\/strong><\/td>\r\n#8<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n

Text from: Blacksmith, Louise (ed.) 1981. Weskach kaaishi-nituhkuhiisunaanuuhch. Natural Cree Medicines.<\/em> Mistissini Lake, Quebec, Canada: Cree Publications. 120p: p.99, p.101.<\/p>\r\n

Note: The text has been re-written in modern orthography. See the Spelling Manual<\/a> in the resource section.<\/p>\r\n

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