Category Archives: Valentine’s Day

miyo-sâkihitowin-kîsikanisik! Happy Love Day!

Posted on February 14, 2017 by Arden Ogg

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 →

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Some Valentine’s Day tips from #CreeSimonSays and #LilMoshom

Posted on February 14, 2017 by Arden Ogg

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 →

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You always come first with me: kisâkihitin and “Order of Persons” in Cree

Posted on February 12, 2016 by Arden Ogg

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 →

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A little love for Valentine’s Day (y-dialect)

Posted on February 14, 2015 by Arden Ogg

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 →

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