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 person. 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 paradigms for Animate nouns
ᐊᔨᒃayik (na) frog
3
ᐊᔨᒃ
ayik
3p
ᐊᔨᑲᒡ
ayikach
3′ / 3’p
ᐊᔨᒃᐦ
ayikh
LOC
ᐊᔨᑭᐦᒡ
ayikihch
Basic paradigms for Inanimate nouns
ᐊᔅᑐᑎᓐastutin (ni) hat
0
ᐊᔅᑐᑎᓐ
astutin
0p / 0’p
ᐊᔅᑐᑎᓐᐦ
astutinh
0′
ᐊᔅᑐᑎᓂᔫ
astutiniyuu
LOC
ᐊᔅᑐᑎᓂᐦᒡ
astutinihch
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., & Blacksmith, L. (2013). East Cree Nouns (Southern Dialect). [Revised from 2002 original edition] In The Interactive East Cree Reference Grammar. Retrieved from [URL]
MLA:
Marie-Odile Junker and Louise Blacksmith. East Cree Nouns (Southern Dialect). [Revised from 2002 original edition] In The Interactive East Cree Reference Grammar. 2013. Web. [date]
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