A paradigm table is a useful device to make an inventory of the forms a noun can take, using the most common categories we have identified. In the left column of the paradigm table, we will give information about the categories of gender, number, obviation, locative, diminutive and possessive. The notation, 3, is used for animate nouns. The notation, 0, is used for inanimate nouns. The quote ‘ is used for marking obviation. The table below lists the notations used in the following paradigm tables and their meanings.
Notation
Meaning
3
animate proximate singular
3p
animate proximate plural
3′
animate obviative singular
3’p
animate obviative plural
0
inanimate proximate singular
0p
inanimate proximate plural
0′
inanimate obviative singular
0’p
inanimate obviative plural
LOC
locative
DIM
diminutive
POSS
possessive
Basic paradigm for Animate nouns
ᐄᔨᒃiiyik (na) frog
3
ᐄᔨᒃ
iiyik
3p
ᐄᔨᑭᒡ
iiyikich
3′ 3’p
ᐄᔨᒃᐦ
iiyikh
LOC
ᐄᔨᑭᐦᒡ
iiyikihch
Basic paradigm for Inanimate nouns
ᐊᔥᑐᑎᓐashtutin (ni) hat
0
ᐊᔥᑐᑎᓐ
ashtutin
0p 0’p
ᐊᔥᑐᑎᓐᐦ
ashtutinh
0′
ᐊᔥᑐᑎᓂᔨᐤ
ashtutiniyiu
LOC
ᐊᔥᑐᑎᓂᐦᒡ
ashtutinihch
These paradigm tables show the basic inflection of nouns. Some nouns have special stem shapes, creating changes in the inflectional forms.
APA:
Junker, M.-O., Salt, L., & Visitor, F. (2013). East Cree Nouns (Northern Dialect). [Revised from 2002 original edition] In The Interactive East Cree Reference Grammar. Retrieved from [URL]
MLA:
Marie-Odile Junker, Luci Salt and Frances Visitor. East Cree Nouns (Northern Dialect). [Revised from 2002 original edition] In The Interactive East Cree Reference Grammar. 2013. Web. [date]
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