{"id":5125,"date":"2011-07-17T16:56:30","date_gmt":"2011-07-17T20:56:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eastcree.org\/cree\/"},"modified":"2017-07-17T21:10:39","modified_gmt":"2017-07-18T01:10:39","slug":"complex-particles-a6","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.eastcree.org\/cree\/en\/grammar\/southern-dialect\/word-formation\/complex-particles-a6\/","title":{"rendered":"Particle Structure"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

<\/a>Particle Structure<\/h1>\r\n

Simple and complex particles<\/h3>\r\n
Observation<\/caption>\r\n
\u1512\u1439<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\n\u1512\u1439\u152e\u1426\u144e\u1484<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>
shiipaa<\/td>\r\n\"Click<\/td>\r\nshiipaayaahtikw<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>
under<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\nunder a tree<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>
\u140b\u1431\u1426\u1451<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\n\u140b\u1431\u1426\u1456\u1505\u1472\u14c5<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>
aapihtuu<\/td>\r\n\"Click<\/td>\r\naapihtaaskanuu<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>
half way<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\nhalf way down the road<\/td>\r\n<\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>

The words above are called particles. \u1512\u1439<\/span> shiipaa<\/span> under<\/span> and \u140b\u1431\u1426\u1451<\/span> aapihtuu<\/span> half way<\/span> are simple particles. \u1512\u1439\u152e\u1426\u144e\u1484<\/span> shiipaayaahtikw<\/span> under a tree is made of two elements: the initial shiipaa-<\/span> under<\/span> and the noun final -aahtikw<\/span> tree<\/span>, attached together by the connector y<\/span>. \u140b\u1431\u1426\u1456\u1505\u1472\u14c5<\/span> aapihtaaskanuu<\/span> half way along the road<\/span> is also a particle made of two elements: the initial aapihtaa-<\/span> half<\/span> and the final -skinuu<\/span> (the short form<\/a> of the noun \u14a3\u1505\u146d\u14c5<\/span> meskinuu<\/span> road<\/span>).<\/p>\r\n\r\nExamples:\r\n
Element<\/th>\r\n<\/th>\r\nElement<\/th>\r\n<\/th>\r\nParticle<\/th>\r\n<\/tr>
\u1512\u1439<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\n\u140b\u1426\u144e\u1484<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\n\u1512\u1439\u152e\u1426\u144e\u1484<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>
shiipaa<\/td>\r\n+ (y) +<\/td>\r\naahtikw<\/td>\r\n\"Click<\/td>\r\nshiipaayaahtikw<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>
under<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\ntree<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\nunder a tree<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>
\u140b\u1431\u1426\u1451<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\n\u1505\u1472\u14c5<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\n\u140b\u1431\u1426\u1456\u1505\u1472\u14c5<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>
aapihtaa <\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\nskanuu<\/td>\r\n\"Click<\/td>\r\naapihtaaskanuu <\/td>\r\n<\/tr>
half way<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\nroad<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\nhalf way along the road<\/td>\r\n<\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\r\n\r\nSome particles are made by reduplication or can bear a diminutive suffix: \r\n
naache<\/td>\r\nlater<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>
\u00a0<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>
REDUP + naache<\/span><\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>
naa + naache = naanaache<\/td>\r\nlater on, in a moment<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>
\u00a0<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>
naanaache<\/span> + DIM<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>
naanaache + shiish = naanaacheshiish<\/td>\r\na little later<\/td>\r\n<\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>
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