{"id":772,"date":"2010-01-06T11:11:09","date_gmt":"2010-01-06T16:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eastcree.org\/eastcree\/?page_id=772"},"modified":"2017-07-17T21:10:37","modified_gmt":"2017-07-18T01:10:37","slug":"gender","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.eastcree.org\/cree\/gender\/","title":{"rendered":"Gender"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Verbs (Southern dialect)<\/h2>\n

Verbs in East Cree appear in various forms. Let us look at how these forms are organized in East Cree. Back to the <\/p>\n

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Cree Verbs : Gender(animate-inanimate)<\/em><\/h3>\n



\nObservation:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u1427\u140b\u1438\u1426\u1455\u14bb\u166e <\/td>\n\"speak\" <\/td>\nwaapahtam.<\/td>\n‘She sees it.’<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u1427\u140b\u1438\u14a3\u1424\u166e <\/td>\n\"speak\" <\/td>\nwaapameu.<\/td>\n‘She sees him.’<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

The verb \u1427\u140b\u1438\u1426\u1455\u14bb<\/span> waapahtam<\/em><\/span> talks about something<\/strong> being seen, while the verb <\/p>\n

\u1427\u140b\u1438\u14a3\u1424<\/span>waapameu<\/em><\/span> talks about someone<\/strong> being seen. A verb like\u1427\u140b\u1438\u1426\u1455\u14bb<\/p>\n

<\/span> waapahtam<\/span> can only be used with an inanimate noun for its goal (the role of the one being looked at). For example, one could say <\/p>\n

\u1427\u140b\u1438\u1426\u1455\u14bb \u14a8\u1426\u146f\u14aa\u14c2\u152b <\/em><\/span>waapahtam muuhkumaniyuu<\/em><\/span> (inanimate noun, ‘knife’) “She sees a knife” but never *\u1427\u140b\u1438\u1426\u1455\u14bb \u14c8\u142f\u1424\u1426<\/p>\n

<\/span> *waapahtam naapeuh <\/em><\/span>(animate noun, ‘man’). A verb like <\/p>\n

\u1427\u140b\u1438\u14a3\u1424<\/span> waapameu<\/em><\/span> on the other hand, can only be used with an animate noun like \u14c8\u142f\u1424\u1426<\/p>\n

<\/span>naapeu<\/em><\/span> ‘man’: <\/p>\n

\u1427\u140b\u1438\u14a3\u1424 \u14c8\u142f\u1424\u1426<\/span>waapameu naapeuh<\/em><\/span> ‘She sees a man\/men’. <\/p>\n



\nConsider these other examples:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u14a6\u148e \u1427\u1403\u152e\u14ef\u152b\u166e<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\"speak\"<\/td>\n miichuu wiyaasiyuu.<\/td>\n ‘S\/he eats meat.’ <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u14a7\u1427\u1401\u1424 \u140b\u1403\u1426\u146f\u14c8\u1424\u1426\u166e<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\"speak\"<\/td>\n muweu aaihkunaauh.<\/td>\n ‘S\/he eats bannock.’ <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n


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In a transitive verb, it is the role of what or who is being acted upon (called “the goal”) that determines which verb is used. <\/p>\n

This distinction between animate and inanimate roles also applies to intransitive verbs:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u140b\u1438\u144e\u14d0\u166e <\/td>\n\"speak\"<\/td>\naapatin.<\/p>\n

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‘It is in use.’<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u140b\u1438\u144e\u14f0\u1424\u166e <\/td>\n\"speak\"<\/td>\naapatisiiu.<\/td>\n‘She is working.’<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

In an intransitive verb, there is only a single role, and it determines which verb is used. <\/p>\n\n\n
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Next (Transitivity)<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Verbs (Southern dialect) Verbs in East Cree appear in various forms. Let us look at how these forms are organized in East Cree. Back to the main southern verb page Cree Verbs : Gender(animate-inanimate) Observation: \u1427\u140b\u1438\u1426\u1455\u14bb\u166e waapahtam. ‘She sees it.’ \u1427\u140b\u1438\u14a3\u1424\u166e waapameu. ‘She sees him.’ The verb \u1427\u140b\u1438\u1426\u1455\u14bb waapahtam talks about something being seen, while… Read the full article…<\/a>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eastcree.org\/cree\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/772"}],"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\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eastcree.org\/cree\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=772"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.eastcree.org\/cree\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/772\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12973,"href":"https:\/\/www.eastcree.org\/cree\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/772\/revisions\/12973"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eastcree.org\/cree\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}