Note to the 2021 Print Edition Open Access Publishing Foreword to the 2018 Edition Foreword to the 2004 Edition Preface Acknowledgements Chapter 1: Dialects Chapter 2: Spelling and Sound System Chapter 3: Minimal Pairs and Minimal Sets Chapter 4: Nouns: An Overview Chapter 5: Diminutives Chapter 6: Word Order and Preverbs Chapter 7: Pronouns Chapter 8: Interrogative, Indefinite, and Demonstrative Pronouns Chapter 9: Locatives and Prepositions Chapter 10: Verbs: An Overview Chapter 11: Animate Intransitive Verbs (vai) Chapter 12: Other Animate Intransitive Verbs Chapter 13: Requests, Permissions, Questions, Answers and Negation Chapter 14: Weather Terms - vii-1 Chapter 15: Seasons, Months, Weekdays and Time Chapter 16: State and Colour Terms - vii-2 Chapter 17: Transitive Inanimate Verbs (vti) Chapter 18: Transitive Animate Verbs-1 (Regular Stems) Chapter 19: Transitive Animate Verbs-2 ("Vw" Stems) Chapter 20: Transitive Animate Verbs-3 ("Cw" Stems) Chapter 21: Transitive Animate Verbs-4 ("t" Stems) Chapter 22: Numbers and Money Chapter 23: Inverse Form: Transitive Animate Verbs Chapter 24: Inverse 1 - vta-1 (Regular Stems) and vta-4 ("t" Stems) Chapter 25: Inverse 2 - vta-2 ("Vw" Stems) Chapter 26: Inverse 3 - vta-3 ("Cw" Stems) Chapter 27: The "You-Me" Set Chapter 28: Unspecified Actor Chapter 29: Reflexive Forms Chapter 30: Auxiliary Verb Chapter 31: Possession Chapter 32: Conjunct Mode and Subordinate Clauses Chapter 33: Conclusion References About the Author Appendix A: Verb Charts Appendix B: Vocabulary: Cree to English Appendix C: Vocabulary: English to Cree Appendix D: Verbs: Cree to English Appendix E: Verbs: English to Cree
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Originally from White Bear First Nation, Jean L. Okimasis is a retired Cree Language educator, who taught for many years with the Saskatchewan Indian Federated College (now First Nations University of Canada). Jean lives in Regina, SK.