{"id":8286,"date":"2012-06-11T16:40:28","date_gmt":"2012-06-11T20:40:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eastcree.org\/cree\/?page_id=8286"},"modified":"2017-07-17T21:10:41","modified_gmt":"2017-07-18T01:10:41","slug":"vii","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.eastcree.org\/cree\/en\/grammar\/southern-dialect\/verbs\/cree-verb-stems\/vii\/","title":{"rendered":"VII"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t \t \r\n\r\n\r\n

<\/a>VII (Verb Inanimate Intransitive)<\/h1>\r\n

VII stems can end in one of six different vowels : -e, -aa, -ii, -uu, -i, -u.<\/span><\/p>\r\n
Ending<\/th>\r\nExample<\/th>\r\n<\/tr>
e<\/td>\r\n\u1403\u1525\u1427\u1473\u144c\u1424<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\nishkwaate-u<\/td>\r\nit is burning, burnt<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>
aa<\/td>\r\n\u148c\u1511\u1473\u1424<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\nchiishikaa-u<\/td>\r\nit is daytime<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>
u<\/td>\r\n\u148b\u1472\u14a8<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\nchikamu-u<\/td>\r\nit is stuck, attached on something<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>
uu, written as u<\/span><\/td>\r\n\u1405\u1426\u148b\u1470<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\nuhchikuu<\/td>\r\nit leaks, bleeds<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>
i, written as u<\/span><\/td>\r\n\u1405\u1456\u146f\u1514<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\nutaakushu-u<\/td>\r\nit is evening<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>
ii<\/td>\r\n\u1431\u14ab\u144e\u14a6\u1424<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\npimaatimii-u<\/td>\r\nit (water) is a channel<\/td>\r\n<\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>

For stems ending in -uu<\/span>, and -i<\/span>, a stem vowel can dissapear in the independent indicative. (This is called “vowel coalescence” for what happens to -uu<\/span>, and “vowel harmony” for what happens to -i<\/span>):<\/p>\r\n
\u1405\u1426\u148b\u1470-\u1405<\/td>\r\nuhchikuu<\/span>-u<\/td>\r\n\u2192<\/td>\r\n\u1405\u1426\u148b\u1470<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\nuhchikuu<\/td>\r\nit leaks, bleeds<\/td>\r\n(one u disappears)<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>
<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>
\u1405\u1456\u146f\u1511-\u1405<\/td>\r\nutaakushi<\/span>-u<\/td>\r\n\u2192<\/td>\r\n\u1405\u1456\u146f\u1514<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\nutaakushuu<\/td>\r\nit is evening<\/td>\r\n(the i becomes u)<\/td>\r\n<\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>

See the Conjugation Table<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n

VII verbs with stems ending in -n<\/span> have a special behaviour. The nasal vowel n becomes h in the 3rd person proximate inflection in the conjunct indicative paradigms (#11 and #12).<\/p>\r\n
\u14c5\u146f\u14d0<\/span><\/td>\r\n\"Click<\/td>\r\nnuukun<\/span><\/span> (#01)<\/td>\r\n\u2192<\/td>\r\n\u1401 \u14c5\u146f\u1426<\/span>\u14a1<\/td>\r\n\"Click<\/td>\r\ne nuukuh<\/span>-ch<\/span>(#11)<\/td>\r\nwhenever it is visible<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>
\u2192<\/td>\r\n\u14c5\u146f\u1426<\/span>\u1489<\/td>\r\n\"Click<\/td>\r\nnuukuh<\/span>-che<\/span> (#12a)<\/td>\r\nwhen it will be visible<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>
<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>
\u14a5\u1505\u1433\u14d0<\/span><\/td>\r\n\"Click<\/td>\r\nmispun<\/span><\/span> (#01)<\/td>\r\n\u2192<\/td>\r\n\u1401 \u14a5\u1505\u1433\u1426<\/span>\u14a1<\/td>\r\n\"Click<\/td>\r\ne mispuh<\/span>-ch<\/span> (#11)<\/td>\r\nwhenever it is snowing<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>
\u2192<\/td>\r\n\u14a5\u1505\u1433\u1426<\/span>\u1489<\/td>\r\n\"Click<\/td>\r\nmispuh<\/span>-che<\/span> (#12a)<\/td>\r\nwhen it will snow<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>
\u2192<\/td>\r\n\u14a3\u1505\u1433\u1426<\/span>\u14a1<\/td>\r\n\"Click<\/td>\r\nmespuh<\/span>-ch<\/span> (#12b)<\/td>\r\nevery time it snows<\/td>\r\n<\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>

See the Conjugation Table<\/a> for -n<\/span> stem.<\/p>\r\n

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