Example 75-162

kimiwan
kimiwa-n
rain.inan-3
It is raining.
Comment:
The -n is a 3rd person pronominal suffix. All verbs in Michif are either animate or inanimate. 'To rain' is an inanimate intransitive verb. The third person -n suffix is found in many inanimate verbs and some animate verbs as well.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Fleury 2007