Bernard Awasis is a fluent Cree speaker and is also an interpreter. His real job is being a traditional helper but his current day job is building stuff as a journeyman carpenter.

Friday, June 10, 2016

Gender - Adult

Gender - Adult

napayw; a man
iskwayw; a woman

nootokayw; an old woman
kisayinew; an old man

oomu; this
unu; that

niyu oomu napayw. I am a man.
kiyu oomu napayw. You are a man.
wiyu unu napayw. He is a man.

niyu oomu iskwayw. I am a woman.
kiyu oomu iskwayw. You are a woman.

wiyu unu iskwayw. She is a woman.

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