Focus Pronouns

Observation

ᐋᔪᐧᐃᑯᓐᐦ ᐅᔮᔨᐤᐦ ᑳ ᐧᐃᓂᐦᐋᑦ ᐅᑭᔅᒄᐦ᙮

aayuwikunh uyaayiuh kaa winihaat ukiskwh.

These are her/his arrows that s/he lost.

ᐋᔪᐧᐃᑯᓐᐦ aayuwikunh in the sentence above is called a focus pronoun. It can be used alone, with a demonstrative pronoun or with a noun.

Proximate

Obviative

singular

plural

singular

plural

Animate

ᐋᐅᒄ

aaukw

ᐋᐅᑯᓂᒡ

aaukunich

ᐋᔪᐧᐃᑯᓐᐦ

aayuwikunh

ᐋᔪᐧᐃᑯᓐᐦ

aayuwikunh

Inanimate

ᐋᐅᒄ

aaukw

ᐋᐅᑯᓐᐦ

aaukunh

ᐋᔪᐧᐃᒄ

aayuwikw

ᐋᔪᐧᐃᑯᓐᐦ

aayuwikunh

Examples:

ᐋᐅᒄ ᐊᓐ ᓂᑳᐧᐄ᙮		aaukw an nikaawii.	That is my mother.
ᐋᔪᐧᐃᑯᓐᐦ ᐊᓂᔮᐦ ᐅᑳᐧᐄᐦ᙮		aayuwikunh aniyaah ukaawiih.	That is his/her mother.
ᐋᐅᑯᓂᒡ ᐊᓂᒌ ᓂᑖᒥᒡ᙮		aaukunich anichii nitaamich.	Those are my dogs.
ᐋᔪᐧᐃᑯᓐᐦ ᐊᓂᔮᐦ ᐅᑖᒻᐦ᙮		aayuwikunh aniyaah utaamh.	Those are his dogs.
ᐋᔪᐧᐃᑯᓐᐦ ᐊᓂᔮᐦ ᑳ ᓂᑎᐧᐋᔨᐦᑎᐦᒃ᙮		aayuwikunh aniyaah kaa nitiwaayihtihk.	Those are the things he wanted

There is also a focus particle ᐋᐅᒄ aaukw (see focus particles)