Father’s Day – Cree Literacy Network: Recent Episodes
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Four generations of Greyeyes men: Harold (left), Hal (right), Steven (centre), and Liam (small). Happy Father’s Day, to all of you, and to all of the other fathers. Use the plural (k) if you’re speaking to more than one father: miyo-ohtâwîmâwi-kîsikanisi(k) (y-dialect) mino-ohtâwîmâwi-kîsikanisi(k) (n-dialect) mitho-ohtâwîmâwi-kîsikanisi(k) (t-dialect) Some speakers read these greetings like imperatives (ordering people […]
Seriously: Laugh hard, but don’t try this at home! Maybe even if you do have real Cree gas from Creeway in Saskatoon! Look below the video for vocabulary in SRO. And remember: êkâwiya kocihtâ ôma kîkihk – ᐁᑳᐏᔭ ᑯᒋᐦᑖ ᐆᒪ ᑮᑭᕽ (Don’t try this at home! y-dialect) êkâwîtha kocihtâ ôma kîkihk ᐁᑳᐑᖬ ᑯᒋᐦᑖ ᐆᒪ ᑮᑭᕽ […]
ispî kâ-kî-awâsisîwiyân kapî mâna nikî-wîcîwâw nohtâwîpan kâ-papâmahkamikisit. nikî-wîcîwâw kâ-nitawi-tâpwakît ikwa mîna kâ-kî-nâtakwît; nikî-wîcîwâw kâ-kî-nitawi-pakitahwât ikwa mîna kâ-kî-nâtathapît; nikî-wîcîwâw kâ-kî-nitawi-wanihikît ikwa mîna kâ-kî-nitaiwi-nâciwanihikanît; nikî-wîcîwâw kâ-kî-nâcihmihtîhahk ikwa kâ-nitawiminît. kahkithaw iyakoni kîkwaya nikî-ati-kiskîthihtîn, î-kî-kiskinwawâpamak nohtâwîpan. ikwa ispî kâ-kî-mâci-ayamihcikiyân tâpiskôc îkâ kîkway î-kiskîthihtamân nikî-isi-pamihikwak okiskinwahamâkanak, î-kî-kakwî-nîpîwihicik kâ-kî-pî-isi-nîhithawi-pimâtisiyân. ᐃᐢᐲ ᑳᑮᐊᐚᓯᓰᐏᔮᐣ ᑲᐲ ᒫᓇ ᓂᑮᐑᒌᐚᐤ ᓄᐦᑖᐑᐸᐣ ᑳᐸᐹᒪᐦᑲᒥᑭᓯᐟ᙮ ᓂᑮᐑᒌᐚᐤ ᑳᓂᑕᐏᑖᑅᑮᐟ ᐃᑿ ᒦᓇ ᑳᑮᓈᑕᑹᐟ; […]