Conjunct Indicative Neutral – Habitual/Iterative or CH (#12b)
Observation
ᓀᐹᒡᐦ ᐳᐧᐊᒨ᙮
nepaach-h puwamuu.
Whenever s/he sleeps, s/he dreams.
ᐃᔮᐦᑯᓯᒡᐦ ᒫᑑ᙮
iyaahkusich-h maatuu.
Whenever s/he is sick, s/he cries.
These forms are used to say that something happens at the same time as something else, whenever it happens.
Initial change is required on these verbs when there is no preverb. For example, the dictionary form of ᓈᐹᒡᐦnaapaachh is ᓂᐹᐤnipaau. The vowel of the first syllable i was changed to aa.
Junker, M.-O., Blacksmith, L., & MacKenzie, M. (2015). East Cree Verbs (Southern Dialect). [Revised and expanded from 2006 original and 2013 revised edition] In The Interactive East Cree Reference Grammar. Retrieved from [URL]
MLA:
Marie-Odile Junker, Louise Blacksmith and Marguerite MacKenzie. East Cree Verbs (Southern Dialect). [Revised and expanded from 2006 original and 2013 revised edition] In The Interactive East Cree Reference Grammar. 2015. Web. [date]
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