Search Cree Literacy Network
Category Archives: Valentine’s Day
Passionate Hearts from Simon Bird 2020
The talk of love is getting pretty serious around here (though we’re keeping it G-rated), with four new talking hearts from Simon Bird. Thanks to Solomon Ratt for supplying audio. These are correct as-is for y-dialect; For th-dialect, change all of … Continue reading
miyo-sâkihitowin-kîsikanisik 2019! Talking Hearts
Ever wonder what those little candy hearts might say if they were written in Cree? Solomon Ratt knows all kinds of sweet nothings (!) but I opted to keep this G-rated for classroom use. 😉 Maybe there’s even a classroom … Continue reading
Posted in Valentine's Day
Leave a comment
miyo-sâkihitowin-kîsikanisik! Happy Love Day!
You’ll all be my nîcimosak if you copy and paste some of these images to share the love today. And while you’re at it – by special request (thanks, Sol!) – Here’s Dolores Sand’s recording of ninanamipayin (All Shook Up): … Continue reading
Posted in Seasonal, Valentine's Day
Leave a comment
Some Valentine’s Day tips from #CreeSimonSays and #LilMoshom
One of the many great moments I enjoyed at the library naming last week was meeting Simon Bird, yet another of Freda’s former students who’s still out there promoting Cree language and literacy. Here – with his permission – is … Continue reading
Posted in Seasonal, Simon Bird (#CreeSimonSays), Valentine's Day, Video
1 Comment
You always come first with me: kisâkihitin and “Order of Persons” in Cree
Thanks to Arok Wolvengrey and Mary Cardinal Collins for letting me share their Facebook discussion of why, in Cree, kisâkihitin ‘I love you’ begins with the pronoun ki- meaning “you”. [Scroll down to the bottom for the valentine in plural form: “I … Continue reading
Posted in Valentine's Day
Leave a comment
A little love for Valentine’s Day (y-dialect)
Three choices of Valentine’s greeting from Solomon Ratt: miyo-sâkihitowin-kîsikanisik: Happy love day. miyo-mitêhi-kîsikanisik – happy heart day miyo-wîcimosiwi-kîsikanisik – happy sweetheart day. From http://www.nehiyawewin.com/ (complete with audio and a cute kohkom!) (In standard spelling, we would write kîcimos, to show the long … Continue reading