How to use demonstrative pronouns in Cree

How to use demonstrative pronouns in Cree

You want to learn how to use demonstrative pronouns in Cree? You've come to the right place! Scroll down and see the short Cree lessons complete with useful examples. This house, that house... we make learning Cree demonstrative pronouns easy for you.

Cree demonstrative pronouns : this

Demonstrative pronouns are used with nouns to make them more specific. The English demonstrative pronoun 'this' has two forms in Cree. The two forms are 'ōma' and 'awa'.

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ōma wāskahikan
this house
ōma masinahikan
this book
awa iskwēsis
this girl
awa asiniy
this stone
awa nāpēw
this man
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The name for the language in Cree is Nēhiyawēwin. If you are planning on doing some travelling, learning Cree would be a great way to make the most of your trip.

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Basic words and phrases in Cree

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aniki mistatimwak
those horses
anihi masinahikana
those books
aniki ayisiniwak
those people
aniki iskwēsisak
those girls
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Step 6 : Cree demonstrative pronouns

Demonstrative pronouns are used to refer to specific objects and their locations. In English, this would be the words this and these to refer to objects which are near and that and those to refer to objects which are further away. Using the nouns masinahikan, tēhtapiwin and iskwāhtēm (book, chair, door) which you learned in Step 3, learn to use the demonstrative pronouns with each of these nouns (this book, that chair, these doors). You can scroll to the top of this page to see a short lesson about Cree demonstrative pronouns including useful examples. After you've learned to use the Cree demonstrative pronouns with the nouns masinahikan, tēhtapiwin and iskwāhtēm and the plural nouns masinahikana, tēhtapiwina and iskwāhtēma you can move on to Step 7 (Cree adjectives).

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