Dubitative Pronouns

Use a dubitative pronoun to wonder about:
• people or things
• places

Dubitative pronouns for places

Observation

ᑖᓃᒉ ᐊᓐ ᐊᓵᒻ ᑳ ᐧᐄ ᐋᐸᒋᐦᐄᒃ᙮		taaniiche an asaam kaa wii aapachihiik.
		I don’t know where that snowshoe is that I wanted to use.

ᑖᓃᒋᒉ taaniichiche is made up of the pronoun ᑖᓐ taan plus the dubitative inflection. ᑖᓃᒋᒉ taanicihiche is used when there is doubt about the location of the person or the thing being discussed. It can be used alone or with a noun.

	Dubitative
	Proximate				Obviative
	singular		plural		singular		plural
Animate		ᑖᓃᒉ		ᑖᓃᒉᐦ		ᑖᓃᒉ		ᑖᓃᒉᐦ
		taaniiche		taaniichenh		taaniiche		taaniicheh
				ᑖᓃᒉᓂᐦᐄ
				taaniichenihii
Inanimate		ᑖᓃᒉ		ᑖᓃᒉᓂᒡ		ᑖᓃᒉᓐᐦ		ᑖᓃᒉᓐᐦ
		taaniiche		taaniichenich		taaniichenh		taaniichenh

Examples:

ᑖᓃᒉ ᐊᓂᔦᓀ ᓂᒪᓯᓇᐦᐄᑲᓐ᙮		taaniiche aniyene nimasinahiikan.
		Wherever can my missing book be? [see absentatives]
ᑖᓃᒉᓂᒡ ᐊᓂᒌ ᐊᓵᒪᒡ ᑳᐧᐄ ᐋᐸᒋᐦᐄᐧᑳᐤ᙮		taaniichenich anichii asaamach kaawii aapachihiikwaau.
		Wherever can those snowshoes that I wanted to use be?