{"id":4412,"date":"2011-06-01T16:52:09","date_gmt":"2011-06-01T20:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eastcree.org\/cree\/"},"modified":"2017-07-04T15:07:25","modified_gmt":"2017-07-04T19:07:25","slug":"story-analysis","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.eastcree.org\/cree\/en\/grammar\/northern-dialect\/nouns\/inflections-obviative\/story-analysis\/","title":{"rendered":"Story Analysis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

<\/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
1<\/td>\r\n\u140b\u1426 \u14a5\u1450\u144e\u14f1\u1466 \u140a\u1427\u140b\u14d0<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>
aah mitutisut awaan<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>
When someone<\/strong> sweats (Sweat lodge)<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>
2<\/td>\r\n\u1439\u1528\u1480\u1424 \u14c2\u148c\u1426 \u1419\u1431\u14ab\u1424 \u1403\u1505\u1427\u1473\u1424<\/strong> \u140b\u1426 \u1403\u1528\u1426\u1450\u144e\u1419\u146d\u14c2\u1427\u1403\u1466, \u14c8\u1405\u1525 \u140b\u1426 \u148c\u1426 \u1431\u14ab\u144e\u14f0\u1466\u166e<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>
paayikwaau nichiih waapimaau iskwaau<\/strong> aah iyihtutiwaakiniwit, naaush aah chiih pimaatisiit.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>
One time I saw a woman<\/strong> this done to her, barely she was living.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>
3<\/td>\r\n\u1405\u144e\u1419\u1511\u1512\u14bb\u1426<\/strong> \u140b\u1426 \u148c\u1426 \u1431\u14ab\u144e\u14ef\u1528\u14a1\u1426\u166e<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>
utiwaashishiimh<\/strong> aah chiih pimaatisiyichh.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>
Her child<\/strong> had been born.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>
4<\/td>\r\n\u140b\u1405\u1484 \u14ab\u1483 \u140a\u14d0 \u1473 \u14a5\u1450\u144e\u14f5\u14c8\u148b\u14c2\u1426\u146d\u1427\u140b\u14c2\u1427\u1403\u1466\u166e<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>
aaukw maak an kaa mitutisaanaachinihkiwaaniwit.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>
She is the one they made a sweat-lodge for.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>
5<\/td>\r\n\u14a5\u1484 \u146d\u1528\u1427\u1439 \u140b\u1426 \u1403\u1505\u144e\u144e\u1466 \u140b\u152a\u1427\u1403\u1484 \u1473 \u1404\u1511\u1426\u14c8\u146f\u1426\u1456\u146d\u14c2\u1427\u1427\u1403\u1427\u1403\u1528\u14a1\u166e<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>
mikw kiyipwaa aah istitit aayuwikw kaa iishihnaakuhtaakiniwwiwiyich.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>
But how big she was that is how it was made.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>
6<\/td>\r\n\u140a\u14ef\u14c3\u1426<\/strong> \u148c\u1426 \u148b\u14f5\u1431\u14ef\u1505\u148b\u1502\u146d\u14c2\u1427\u1403\u1427\u1403\u1528\u1424\u1426\u166e<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>
asiniih<\/strong> chiih chisaapisischiswaakiniwiwiyiuh.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>
Rocks<\/strong> were heated up.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>
7<\/td>\r\n\u140b\u146f\u1456\u1426 \u14ab\u1483 \u140a\u14c2\u1456\u1426 \u1432\u1426\u144e\u146d\u14a5\u1426\u14a1 \u1473 \u1403\u1426\u144e\u152e\u146d\u14c2\u1427\u1403\u1466 \u140a\u14d0 \u1403\u1505\u1427\u1473\u1424<\/strong> \u140a\u14c2\u144e\u1426 \u140a\u14c2\u152e \u1473 \u14a5\u1450\u144e\u14f5\u14c8\u148b\u14c2\u1426\u146d\u1427\u140b\u14c2\u1427\u1403\u1466\u166e<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>
aakutaah maak anitaah piihtikimihch kaa ihtiyaakiniwit an iskwaau<\/strong> anitih aniyaa kaa mitutisaanaachinihkiwaaniwit.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>
It was there inside she was kept that woman<\/strong> where a sweat-lodge-was-made-for-her.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>
8<\/td>\r\n\u1514\u148b\u1525\u144e\u14ab\u1466 \u146d\u1528\u1427\u1439 \u140a\u14c2\u152e\u1426 \u140a\u14ef\u14c3\u1426<\/strong> \u140a\u14c2\u1456\u1426 \u1432\u1426\u144e\u146d\u14a5\u1426\u14a1 \u140b\u1528\u1426\u1456\u1466\u166e<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>
shuuchishtimaat kiyipwaa aniyaah asiniih<\/strong> anitaah piihtikimihch aayihtaat.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>
She water-poured those rocks<\/strong> while she was inside.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>
9<\/td>\r\n\u144e\u1426\u148b\u146d\u14a5\u1528\u1424 \u146d\u1528\u1427\u1439 \u140a\u14c2\u152e \u14c2\u1431\u1528\u1424<\/strong>\u166e \u140b\u146f\u1426 \u14ab\u1483 \u1473 \u148b\u14ef\u14f1\u1466, \u1473 \u140a\u1427\u1439\u1431\u1528\u1466\u166e<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>
tihchikimiyiu kiyipwaa aniyaa nipiyiu<\/strong>. aakuh maak kaa chisisut, kaa apwaapiyit.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>
It was cold that water<\/strong>. Then she was hot, she sweated.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>
10<\/td>\r\n\u14a7\u152e\u14bb \u140b\u1426 \u1427\u1403\u1528\u1427\u1404\u1431\u1528\u1528\u14a1 \u140a\u14c2\u152e \u140b\u1426 \u148c\u1426\u1426 \u1512\u1426\u146d\u148b\u1466\u166e<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>
muyaam aah wiyiwiipiyiyich aniyaa aah chiihh shiihkichit.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>
It is like it went out her chills.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>
11<\/td>\r\n\u140b\u152a\u1427\u1403\u1484 \u14ab\u1483 \u140a\u14c2\u152e \u140b\u1426 \u1432\u148b\u1516\u1431\u1528\u1528\u14a1 \u1473 \u14c2\u1450\u1426\u146f\u1426\u1404\u146f\u1466\u166e<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>
aayuwikw maak aniyaa aah piichishaapiyiyich kaa nituhkuhiikut.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>
It was it being humid (humidity) that cured her.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>
Animate Nouns<\/h5>\r\n
<\/td>\r\nproximate<\/strong><\/td>\r\nobviative<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>
singular<\/strong><\/td>\r\n\u140a\u1427\u140b\u14d0<\/td>\r\nawaan<\/td>\r\n#1<\/td>\r\n\u1405\u144e\u1419\u1511\u1512\u14bb\u1426<\/td>\r\nutiwaashishiimh<\/strong><\/td>\r\n# 3<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>
\u1403\u1505\u1427\u1473\u1424<\/td>\r\niskwaau<\/td>\r\n#2, 7<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>
plural<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\n–<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\n–<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>
Inanimate Nouns<\/h5>\r\n
<\/td>\r\nproximate<\/strong><\/td>\r\nobviative<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>
singular<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\n–<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\n\u14c2\u1431\u1528\u1424<\/td>\r\nnipiyiu<\/strong><\/td>\r\n# 9<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>
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><\/tbody><\/table>

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: This text has been adapted to the Northern dialect by Alice Duff, using the standard orthography. See the Spelling Manual<\/a> in the resource section.<\/p>\r\n

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