Spelling East Cree (Southern) – Adding endings to nouns and verbs

Adding a suffix to nouns which end in ᐤ

When a diminutive, locative or possessive suffix is added to most words that end in ᐤ, the ᐤ is dropped (see also How the small syllabic symbols change when an ending is added).

Exceptions…

Note: The ᐤ is changed to ᐅ when the animate plural ending is added.

Adding endings to nouns which end in ᐃ

When the noun ends in ᐃ, often the ᐃ is dropped.

Be careful of the following words where ᑯ becomes ᐧᑳ (or does not):

Adding endings to nouns which end in ᒎ, ᔔ, ᓲ, ᑑ, ᔫ

When a suffix for the diminutive, locative, or possessive is added to these words, the syllabic changes from ᔓ to ᔑ, ᓱ to ᓯ, ᒍ to ᒋ and ᔫ to ᔨ.

There are some words which end in ᒨ or ᑑ that do not change to ᒦ or ᑏ.

Adding endings to verbs which end in ᐆ, ᐦᐆ, ᐴ, ᑑ, ᒎ, ᔔ, ᓲ, ᔫ

Adding endings to verbs which end in ᓐ or ᒻ

The small ᓐ or ᒻ will change to a big ᒧ or ᓄ. This is difficult to hear in the coastal dialects but easier in the inland ones.

See also: Spelling East Cree – Northern Dialect – Adding endings to nouns