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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- CONTENTS v
- Acknowledgements ix
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Chapter 1 BASIC CONVERSATIONS
- 1.1. Cree Sound System 1
- 1.2. Basic Conversations 5
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CHAPTER 2 KINSHIP
- 2.1. Cree Kinship Terms 8
- 2.2. Exercises 18
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CHAPTER 3 SEASONAL AND DAILY ACTIVITIES
- 3.1. Numbers and Dates 31
- 3.2. Months and Seasons 33
- 3.3. Days of the Week 34
- 3.4. More on the Days of the Week 37
- 3.5. Time of Day 40
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CHAPTER 4 TIME AND OTHER TEMPORAL WORDS
- 4.1. Time 43
- 4.2. It’s About Time 46
- 4.3. Compound Sentences 59
- 4.4. Speaking about Time and the Days of the Week 62
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CHAPTER 5 INTRANSITIVE VERBS
- 5.1. Animate Intransitive Verbs (vai) 69
- 5.2. Animate Intransitive Verb Charts 73
- 5.3. vai Paradigms 81
- 5.4. Indefinite Actor Verb 99
- 5.5. Subordinate Clauses 100
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CHAPTER 6 TRANSITIVE VERBS
- 6.1. Transitive Inanimate Verbs—Class 1 (vti-1) 111
- 6.2. Transitive Inanimate Verb Charts— Class 1 115
- 6.3. vti-1 Paradigms 120
- 6.4. Values in Cree 127
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Chapter 7 POSSESSIVE FORMS, BODY PARTS, AND SHOPPING
- 7.1. Possessive Forms 129
- 7.2. Body Parts 149
- 7.3. Shopping 160
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CHAPTER 8 TRANSITIVE ANIMATE VERBS DIRECT FORMS (VTA-DIRECT)
- 8.1. Transitive Animate Verbs 176
- 8.2. Transitive Animate Verb Charts 178
- 8.3. VTA Paradigms 185
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CHAPTER 9 TRANSITIVE ANIMATE VERBS INVERSE AND REFLEXIVE FORMS
- 9.1. Inverse VTAS 198
- 9.2. VTA: Reflexives 211
- 9.3. Text Exercises with VTA-Direct, -Inverse, and -Reflexive Forms 221
- 9.4. Indicative and Conjunct Forms of VTA-Direct, -Inverse, and -Reflexive 223
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CHAPTER 10 STORIES
- 10.1. Stories to Inspire 226
- 10.2. Stories with Audio 232
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Answers
- chapter 1 exercises 253
- chapter 2 exercises 254
- chapter 3 exercises 258
- chapter 4 exercises 260
- chapter 5 exercises 264
- chapter 6 exercises 273
- chapter 7 exercises 276
- chapter 8 exercises 283
- chapter 9 exercises 287
- chapter 10 exercises 292
- Glossary 297
- Bibliography 317
- About the author 318
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- CONTENTS v
- Acknowledgements ix
-
Chapter 1 BASIC CONVERSATIONS
- 1.1. Cree Sound System 1
- 1.2. Basic Conversations 5
-
CHAPTER 2 KINSHIP
- 2.1. Cree Kinship Terms 8
- 2.2. Exercises 18
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CHAPTER 3 SEASONAL AND DAILY ACTIVITIES
- 3.1. Numbers and Dates 31
- 3.2. Months and Seasons 33
- 3.3. Days of the Week 34
- 3.4. More on the Days of the Week 37
- 3.5. Time of Day 40
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CHAPTER 4 TIME AND OTHER TEMPORAL WORDS
- 4.1. Time 43
- 4.2. It’s About Time 46
- 4.3. Compound Sentences 59
- 4.4. Speaking about Time and the Days of the Week 62
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CHAPTER 5 INTRANSITIVE VERBS
- 5.1. Animate Intransitive Verbs (vai) 69
- 5.2. Animate Intransitive Verb Charts 73
- 5.3. vai Paradigms 81
- 5.4. Indefinite Actor Verb 99
- 5.5. Subordinate Clauses 100
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CHAPTER 6 TRANSITIVE VERBS
- 6.1. Transitive Inanimate Verbs—Class 1 (vti-1) 111
- 6.2. Transitive Inanimate Verb Charts— Class 1 115
- 6.3. vti-1 Paradigms 120
- 6.4. Values in Cree 127
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Chapter 7 POSSESSIVE FORMS, BODY PARTS, AND SHOPPING
- 7.1. Possessive Forms 129
- 7.2. Body Parts 149
- 7.3. Shopping 160
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CHAPTER 8 TRANSITIVE ANIMATE VERBS DIRECT FORMS (VTA-DIRECT)
- 8.1. Transitive Animate Verbs 176
- 8.2. Transitive Animate Verb Charts 178
- 8.3. VTA Paradigms 185
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CHAPTER 9 TRANSITIVE ANIMATE VERBS INVERSE AND REFLEXIVE FORMS
- 9.1. Inverse VTAS 198
- 9.2. VTA: Reflexives 211
- 9.3. Text Exercises with VTA-Direct, -Inverse, and -Reflexive Forms 221
- 9.4. Indicative and Conjunct Forms of VTA-Direct, -Inverse, and -Reflexive 223
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CHAPTER 10 STORIES
- 10.1. Stories to Inspire 226
- 10.2. Stories with Audio 232
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Answers
- chapter 1 exercises 253
- chapter 2 exercises 254
- chapter 3 exercises 258
- chapter 4 exercises 260
- chapter 5 exercises 264
- chapter 6 exercises 273
- chapter 7 exercises 276
- chapter 8 exercises 283
- chapter 9 exercises 287
- chapter 10 exercises 292
- Glossary 297
- Bibliography 317
- About the author 318