Grammar Notes

• ᎢᏴᎢ, ᎢᏴ
  [ị²yv⁴ɂi, ị²yv⁴] “… that time… that is when… that place… that area…”

The word “ᎢᏴᎢ” is used to refer to the “when” of an event or the “where” of an event.

• ᎠᏆᏤᎵ
  “Mine. (It.)”

  • ᏗᏆᏤᎵ
    “Mine. (Them.)”

• ᏣᏤᎵ
  “Your ones. (It.)”

  • ᏗᏣᏤᎵ
    “Your ones. (Them.)”

• ᎠᏋᏒ
  “Myself.”

• ᏨᏒ
  “Thyself.”

• ᎤᏩᏒ
  “Himself.”

• ᎩᏅᏒ
  “Ourselves. (Your one self and myself.)”

The following shows the final suffixes -vgi, -vi, -v, -ei as they were used in 1844. Even though it is not reflected in a lot of modern teaching materials, there are communities which still use the -ᎥᎩ suffix.

The following indicates the main meanings for some of the more common forms of “is” as found in the text.