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Absentative Pronouns

Observation
ᐊᓂᔮ ᓅᐦᑯᒻ᙮ aniyaa nuuhkum. My late grandmother.

The absentative pronoun is made up of the demonstrative pronoun uu or ᐊᓐ an plus a suffix. The ᐆᔮ uuyaa set is used for living humans who are unexpectedly absent, while the ᐊᓂᔮ aniyaa set is used primarily for deceased people.

Absentative Pronouns: Set One
  Proximate Obviative
  singular plural singular plural
Animate ᐅᔮ ᐅᔮᐦᑳ ᐅᔮᐦ ᐅᔮᐦ
uuyaa uyaahkaa uyaah uyaah
Inanimate ᐊᓂᔮ ᐊᓂᔮᐦᑳ ᐊᓂᔮᐦ ᐊᓂᔮᐦ
aniyaa aniyaahkaa aniyaah aniyaah

Examples:

ᓂᒋᔅᒋᓰᑐᑎᐧᐋᐤ ᐊᓂᔮ ᓅᐦᑯᒻ᙮ nichischisiitutiwaau aniyaa nuuhkum. I remember my late grandmother.
ᐄᔑ ᑖᓂᑖᐦ ᐄᔖᑳ ᐃᔨᐦᑖᐤ ᐊᓂᔮ ᓂᑎᐧᐋᔑᔒᒻ᙮   iishi taanitaah iishaakaa iyihtaau aniyaa nitiwaashishiim. I wonder where my (lost) child is?
ᒋᔅᒋᓰᑐᑎᐧᐋᐤ ᐊᓂᔮ ᐅᐦᑯᒻ᙮ chischisiitutiwaau aniyaah uhkumh. S/he remembers his/her late grandmother.
ᓂᒥᐦᑖᑖᓐ ᐊᓂᔮ ᓂᒥᓯᓂᐦᐄᑭᓐ᙮ nimihtaateaan aniyaa nimisinihiikin. I miss my book. (the book is gone, lost, or burned…)
ᒥᐦᑖᑕᑎᒻ ᐊᓂᔮ ᐅᒥᓯᓂᐦᐄᑭᓐ᙮ mihtaatim aniyaa umisinihiikin. S/he misses his/her book. (the book is gone, lost, or burned…)
ᒥᐦᑖᑎᐧᔓᐤ ᐊᓂᔮ ᐅᐦᑖᐧᐄᐦ ᐅᒥᓯᓂᐦᐄᑭᓂᔨᐤ᙮ mihtaatimwaau aniyaa uhtaawiih umisinihiikiniyiu. S/he misses his/her father’s book. (the book is gone, lost, or burned…)

To talk about objects that just disappeared (when you expect them to be there but they are not), there is another absentative pronoun ᐋᐅᐧᑳᓈᔮ aaukwaanaayaa.

ᐋᐅᐧᑳᓈᔮ ᓂᑎᔅᒡ᙮ aaukwaanaayaa  nitisch. My mitten is gone!
ᐋᐅᐧᑳᓈᔮᐦᑳ ᓂᑎᔅᒋᓯᒡ᙮ aaukwaannaayaahkaa nitischisich. My mittens have gone!
Absentative Pronouns: Set Two
  Proximate Obviative
  singular plural singular plural
Animate ᐋᐅᐧᑳᓈᔮ ᐋᐅᐧᑳᓈᔮᐦᑳ ᐋᔨᐧᐃᐧᑳᓈ ᐋᔨᐧᐃᐧᑳᓈ
aaukwaanaayaa aaukwaannaayaahkaa aayiwikwaanaa aayiwikwaanaa
Inanimate ᐋᐅᐧᑳᓈᔮ ᐋᐅᐧᑳᓈᔮᐦᑳ ᐋᔨᐧᐃᐧᑳᓈ ᐋᔨᐧᐃᐧᑳᓈ
aaukwaanaayaa aaukwaannaayaahkaa aayiwikwaanaa aayiwikwaanaa