{"id":7748,"date":"2012-02-28T11:42:08","date_gmt":"2012-02-28T16:42:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eastcree.org\/cree\/?page_id=7748"},"modified":"2017-07-25T14:38:05","modified_gmt":"2017-07-25T18:38:05","slug":"orders-09","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.eastcree.org\/cree\/en\/grammar\/southern-dialect\/verbs\/cree-verb-inflection\/orders\/orders-independent\/orders-09\/","title":{"rendered":"09: Independent Dubitative Neutral"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t \t \r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

<\/a>Independent Dubitative Neutral (# 09)<\/h1>\r\n
Observation<\/caption>\r\n
\u1427\u140b\u1439\u1489\u166e<\/td>\r\n\"Click<\/td>\r\nwaapaache.<\/td>\r\nIt is probably white.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>

The Independent Dubitative Neutral conjugation (#09) is used when you are guessing, when you are not sure what one is doing.<\/p>\r\n
\u14a6\u148b\u14f2\u1489\u166e<\/td>\r\n\"Click<\/td>\r\nmiichisuuche.<\/td>\r\nS\/he is probably eating.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>
\u1472\u14c7\u1427\u140b\u1438\u14a3\u1489\u166e<\/td>\r\n\"Click<\/td>\r\nkanawaapameche.<\/td>\r\nS\/he is probably looking at him.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>
\u148b\u1472\u14c7\u1427\u140b\u1438\u1426\u1455\u14a7\u1427\u140a\u14c8\u1489\u166e<\/td>\r\n\"Click<\/td>\r\nchikanawaapahtamuwanaache.<\/td>\r\nYou are probably looking at it.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>

If you listen carefully, you will hear what is called a glottal stop<\/a> [\u0294] between the stem waapaa-<\/span> and the inflection suffix -che: waapaa\u0294che<\/span>. This sound is the trace of a former syllable that is now gone. The Northern dialect writes it by adding an extra chi: waapaachichaa. In the Southern dialect, people sometimes put an h or a t, but this is incorrect. The decision was made not to write it.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Link to Conjugation Tables<\/a><\/p>\r\n

\t \t \r\n\r\n
<\/div>\t \t \r\n\r\n
\t \t \r\n\r\n