jíyetú
South Slavey
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From jíye (“berry”) + tu (“water”) + -◌́.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]jíyetú (stem -jíyetú-)
Inflection
[edit]Possessive inflection of jíyetú (-jíyetú)
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | sejíyetú | naxejíyetú | |
| 2nd person | nejíyetú | ||
| 3rd person | 1) | — | gijíyetú |
| 2) | mejíyetú | gojíyetú | |
| 4th person | yejíyetú | ||
| reflexive | sp. | ɂedejíyetú | kedejíyetú |
| unsp. | dejíyetú | ||
| reciprocal | — | ɂełejíyetú | |
| indefinite | ɂejíyetú | ||
| areal | gojíyetú | ||
| 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