Grammar
VTI (Verb Transitive Inanimate)
Transitive Inanimate Verbs (VTI) are verbs with two roles (transitive) filled by an animate subject and an inanimate object.
| ᒥᓯᓂᐦᐊᒻ ᒥᓯᓂᐦᐄᑭᓂᔨᐤ ᓘᓰ |  |
misiniham misinihiikiniyiu Luci | Luci is writing a book |
| ᐄᔅᑯᐱᑎᒻ ᐅᑖᔅ | |
iiskupitim utaas | He is pulling up his sock |
| ᒥᓂᐦᐊᒻ ᒌᔅᑖᔅᐧᑳᓐᐦ | |
miniham chiistaaskwaanh | She is pulling out nails |
VTI verbs can be found in all orders, with all persons. In the Northern dialect, VTI verbs (in their dictionary form) end in -im or -ham. For example ᑭᓂᐧᐋᐱᐦᑎᒻ kiniwaapihtim ‘s/he looks at it’ or ᐅᑖᒥᐦᐊᒻ utaamiham ‘s/he hits it’.
Link to Conjugation Tables.
Link to VTI stems.