shį
See also: Appendix:Variations of "shi"
South Slavey
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Athabaskan [Term?]. Cognates include Navajo sin and Dogrib sı̨.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]shį (stem -yin-)
Inflection
[edit]Possessive inflection of shį (-yiné)
singular | plural | ||
---|---|---|---|
1st person | seyiné | naxeyiné | |
2nd person | neyiné | ||
3rd person | 1) | — | giyiné |
2) | meyiné | goyiné | |
4th person | yeyiné | ||
reflexive | sp. | ɂedeyiné | kedeyiné |
unsp. | deyiné | ||
reciprocal | — | ɂełeyiné | |
indefinite | ɂeyiné | ||
areal | goyiné | ||
1) Used when the subject is a group of human beings and the object is singular. 2) Used when the previous condition does not apply. |
References
[edit]- Keren Rice (1989) A Grammar of Slave, Berlin, West Germany: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 213