Datapoint Michif/Existential verb and transitive possession verb

The Cree verbs ashteew(ak) 'it/they is/are found, it is (located)' or ayaweew(ak) 'is, are' are almost always used.
Rarely French ili 'he/she/it is' is used.

Iyave/ilave 'there was' (originally: French il y avait 'he had there') is used as well.

The stem ayaaw- can both mean 'to be' and 'to have'. This is probably the most common for the existential meaning and predicative possession alike.

Values

Overlap

Example 75-62:
Lii zaanfaan sapran kiishta chiayaawaachik.
Lii
the.pl
zaanfaan
child
sapran
must
kiishta
you.too
chi-ayaaw-aachik.
comp.fut-have-2sg.sbj.3pl.obj
You will have to have children.

Source: Fleury 2007

Example 75-200:
Enn bwet di saabl li beebii ayaw.
Enn
indf.art.f.sg
bwet
box
di
of
saabl
sand
li
def.art.m.sg
beebii
baby
aya-w.
have.inan-3
The baby has a sand box.

Source: Laverdure and Allard 1983: 280

Example 75-202:
Iyave aen rwe pi la renn.
Iyave
there.was
aen
indf.art.m.sg
rwe
king
pi
and
la
def.art.f.sg
renn.
queen
There was a King and a Queen.

Source: Fleury 2007

Example 75-203:
Lii fiy led aniki ekuta ayaawaawak.
lii
art.pl
fiy
girl
led
ugly
aniki
dem.interm.pl
ekuta
there
ayaawaa-wak.
be.anim-3pl
Those ugly girls are there.

Source: Fleury 2007

Example 75-204:
Lii Kenayaen daan la Fraans pi li Kenadaa ayaawak.
Lii
art.pl
Kenayaen
French
daan
in
la
def.art.f
Fraans
France
pi
and
li
def.art.m.sg
Kenadaa
Canada
ayaa-wak.
be-3pl
There are French people in France and Canada (lit. There are Canadians in France and Canada).

Source: Laverdure and Allard 1983: 104

Confidence:
Certain