Eastern James Bay Cree Dictionary on the Web: Words

ᒉᒄ ᐊᔨᒧᐧᐃᓐ ᐧᐋ ᐋᐸᒋᐦᑖᔨᓐ᙮

ᐧᐁᔦᔨᐦᑦᐦ ᐁ ᐄᔨᔫ / ᐄᓅᔥᑌᒡ, roman, French ᓀᔥᑦ English.

ᐁᑎᑑ ᐧᐄ ᓈᓂᑑᑲᒋᔅᒉᔨᐦᑕᒪᓀ, ᑖᐦᒋᓐᐦ᙮ ᑖᓐ ᐊᓐ ᐧᐁᐦᒉᒡ ᒉ ᐅᑎᓂᒪᓐ ᑖᓐ ᓀᑐᐧᐁᔨᐦᑕᒪᓐ᙮

ᒌᔅᒌᓐ (ᑖᐦᑲᐦᐊᐦ) ᐊᓐ ᒉ ᓈᓂᑕᐧᐁᔨᐦᑕᒨᒪᑲᐦᒡ.

ᒣᓯᓇᐦᐄᒉᐸᔨᐦᑖᔨᓐᐦ ᐄᔨᔫ/ᐄᓅ ᐊᔨᒧᐧᐃᓐᐦ:

ᑦᐦ ᓂᑑᐧᐁᔨᐦᑕᒪᓀ ᒪᓯᓇᐦᐄᒉᐸᔨᐦᑖᐦ t-h

ᔅᐦ ᓂᑑᐧᐁᔨᐦᑕᒪᓀ ᒪᓯᓇᐦᐄᒉᐸᔨᐦᑖᐦ s-h

ᑉᐦ ᓂᑑᐧᐁᔨᐦᑕᒪᓀ ᒪᓯᓇᐦᐄᒉᐸᔨᐦᑖᐦ p-h

ᐱᔮᐸᔨᐦᐧᑳᐤᐦ ᐊᔨᒧᐧᐃᓐᐦ, ᒉ ᑖᐦᑲᐦᐊᒪᓐ ᐊᓐ ᐧᐁᐦᒉᒡ ᒦᓐ ᐁᑎᑑ ᐧᐋ ᓈᓂᑑᑲᒋᔅᒉᔨᐦᑕᒪᓐ᙮

ᐧᐋᐸᐦᑕᒪᓀ ᐁᑳ ᑯᐃᔅᒄ ᐃᒋᔥᑌᒡ, ᓀᔥᑦ ᒫᒃ ᐁᑳ ᐃᐦᑕᑯᐦᐧᑳᐤᐦ ᐊᔨᒧᐧᐃᓐᐦ, ᒉ ᐧᐄᐦᑕᒧᐧᐃᐧᑖᐤ ᐊᓂᒌ ᐊᐧᐁᓂᒌ ᑳ ᑯᐃᔅᑯᓯᓇᐦᐊᐧᑳᐤ᙮ (ayimuwin@eastcree.org).

ᓈᔥᑦ N

naasht

p [conjunction ]

and, or, whether or not

et, ou, si..ou non

Ex:

ᓂᒥ ᓅᐦᒋ ᒋᔅᒑᔨᒫᐤ ᒑ ᒥᐧᔮᔨᐦᑎᒥᐧᑳ ᓈᔥᑦ ᒫᒃ ᒑ ᒥᒑᔨᐦᑎᒥᐧᑳ ᐊᓂᔮ ᒑᐧᑳᔨᐤ ᑳ ᒥᔮᑭᓂᐧᐃᑦ᙮

nimi nuuhchi chischaayimaau chaa miywaayihtimikwaa naasht maak chaa michaayihtimikwaa aniyaa chaakwaayiu kaa miyaakiniwit.

I did not know whether s/he would like the gift that s/he received.

Je ne savais pas si elle aimerait le cadeau qu'elle avait reçu.

and (N:2 S:2)

or (N:2 S:2)

whether (N:1)

et (N:3 S:2)

ou (N:2 S:2)

si (N:2 S:2)

ᐊᔨᒧᐧᐃᓂᔥᐦ ᐁ ᐧᐄᒋᐦᐄᐧᐁᐸᔨᐦᒡ (N:15 S:7)
discourse conjunctions