1. Shopping Part 2
Sauk I

2. Endings a or i Most of this week’s shopping vocabulary has 2 forms:
-i (or -ani) = inanimate
ahpapîni (chair)
-a (or -aki) = animate
anikwa (squirrel)
The -a form is for animate nouns. Animate words mostly refer to animals, birds, fish and other living or spiritual beings (e.g. people, ghosts, God). Plants, trees, vegetables, and forces of nature can fall into either group. Almost all other nouns are classified as inanimate and end in -i.

3. Endings aki or ani
To change a noun from the singular (for one) to the plural (2 or more) you just change the -a to -aki, if the noun is animate or the final -i with -ani for inanimate nouns.
Animate plural = -a  -aki
tîtîwa (bluejay)  tîtîwaki (bluejays)
Inanimate plural = -i  -ani
mâtethi (knife)  mâtethani (knives)
Words with parenthesis show the change from singular to plural. For example: Kêthôkitêw(an)i? (How much does it cost?)
Kêthôkitêwi? = How much does it cost? (1 inanimate thing)
Kêthôkitêwani? = How much does it cost? (2+ inanimate things)

4. Kêthôkimowa(ki)?
How much does it cost? (ending with a-aki)

5. Kêthôkitêw(an)i?
How much does it cost? (ending with i-ani)

6. _____ shôniyâhe inakitêw(an)i
It costs ______dollars (i/ani)

7. _____ shôniyâhe inakimowa(ki)
It costs ______dollars (a/aki)

8. Nîhkashkihâwa(ki)
I’ll buy it/them (ending with a-aki)

9. Nîhkashkihto
I’ll buy it/them (ending with i-ani)

10. Pêhki wêtakimowa(ki)
It’s very cheap (ending with i-ani)