1 Pronoun Prefixes
Pronoun prefixes attach to verb roots to specify who is being discussed and what is happening to that person (blue prefixes), what that person is doing (ref prefixes), and what is happening between people (purple prefixes)The charts below are derived from studying Kanatawakhon David Maracle’s textbook, To I’i Tewaweyentehta’n Kanyen’keha (Let’s Learn Mohawk) (2014) and learning resources created by the Onkwawén:na Kentyóhkwa Adult Mohawk Language Immersion Program in Six Nations of the Grand River that follow the root word method that has set the standard for adult immersion. Read more about the effectiveness of this approach in, “The Root-Word Method for Building Proficient Second – Language Speakers of Polysynthetic Languages: Onkwawén:na Kentyóhkwa Adult Mohawk Language Immersion Program” by Tehota’kerá:tonh Jeremy Green and Owennatékha Brian Maracle (2018).
BLUE = SOMETHING IS HAPPENING TO SOMEONE
RED = SOMEONE IS DOING SOMETHING
PURPLE = PERSON TO PERSON