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]| 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