"ᐆᐗᐦ! ᑖᓂᑖᐦ ᐋ ᐄᔥ ᐐᐦᑎᒧᑣᐤ ᐋᐙᓐᒋ ᒫᒥᔅᑳᐦᑎᒥᓐ ᒑᒀᓐ ᒀᔅᑰᐦᔒᐦᐄᑸᔨᓐ, ᐋ ᑯᔥᑯᐦᑖᑯᓯᐅᑦ ᐋᐙᓐ ᓂᓈᐦᑭᐤ ᐄᐦᔅᒌᔣᐤ ᐄᔨᔨᐤ ᒫᒥᔅᑳᑖᔨᐦᑕᐦᒃ ᐆᑦ ᒦᔨᓐ ᐌᐦᐃᑕ, ᐱᕌᔨᓐ ᐌᐦᑉ ᐆᐗᐦ ᐊᑖᐙᐅᑭᒥᑶᔨᒡ ᑳᐦᐱᑎᓰᔨᑦ ᑭᔮᐦ ᒫᕐᒋᕇ ᑮᐦᑏ ᐐᒋᐦᐃᐙᐎᔨᒡ ᐆᔮᐦ ᐋ ᐄᔥᒌᔣᒥᑭᓂᔨᒡ

ᐄᔨᔨᐤ ᐊᔨᒧᐎᓐᐦ᙮"

Ouwah! What do you say when you’re surprised, shocked, or outraged? Crees from different communities have unique expressions and interjections. In this episode, Mary and Betsy speak with translator Brian Webb, who also owns the Ouwah Store in Chisasibi, as well as colleague Marjorie Kitty about these colourful exclamations.

ᐯᑦᓰ ᑭᔮᐦ ᒣᕇ ᐋᔨᒧᑖᒡ ᐙᒥᔥᑎᑯᔒᐤ ᒥᔻᐱᑎᓰᐅᓐ; ᐋᓐ ᒑᒀᓐ ᐋ ᐄᔥ ᒋᔅᑖᐱᑎᐦᒡ ᒫᔑᑯᒥᒌᔑᑳᐤᐦ ᐱᒫᑎᓰᐎᓐ: ᑖᓐ ᐋ ᐄᔥ ᒋᐱᒫᑎᓰᒥᐦᑐᓈᓄᒡ ᐅᑖᐦ ᐊᔅᒌᒡ ᑖᓐ ᐋ ᐄᔥ ᒋᔥᑖᐱᑎᐦᒡ ᑭᔮᐦ ᒥᔻᐱᑎᒐᔅᑖᐦᑦ ᐄᔨᔨᐤ᙮

ᐸᑭᓲ ᒧᑲᔥ ᑭᔮᐦ ᐐᔨ ᒋ ᐐᑎᐱᐦᒫᐤ ᑳ ᐐᑖᐦᒃ ᑖᓐ ᐋ ᐄᔥ ᐙᐱᐦᑖᒃ ᒑᒀᔨᐤ ᐋ ᒥᔻᐱᑎᓂᔨᒡ ᑭᔮᐦ ᐐᒋᓱᑖᐦᔨᒡ᙮

Ever since phones were installed in the homes of Eeyou Istchee, Crees have been inventing new words to describe new forms of communication and computing technology. In this episode, Mary and Betsy quiz Pakesso Mukash, gamer and DJ, about what to call the tech tools and toys that are now part of our daily lives.

ᐯᑦᓰ ᑭᔮᐦ ᒣᕇ ᐋᔨᒧᑖᒡ ᑖᓐ ᐋ ᐄᔥ ᐄᔅᐱᔨᒡ ᐊᔨᒧᐎᓐ ᑭᔮᐦ ᑖᓐ ᐋᒋᔅᑖᒡ ᐁ ᐃ ᐅ ᐊ ᐋ ᐎᔨᔥᑖᐦᒡ ᐄᔨᔨᐅᔨᒧᐎᓐ᙮

ᒣᕇᒉᐃᓐ ᐯᑕᐗᐸᓄ ᑭᔮᐦ ᐐᔨ ᐐᐦᑎᒻ ᑖᓐ ᑳ ᐄᔥ ᒋᔅᑯᑎᒫᓲᑦ ᐁᐁᓅ ᐄᔨᔫᐊᔨᒧᐎᓂᔫ᙮

Betsy and Mary learned the Cree alphabet as children, and still sing the Eh-ee-ou-ah song in the studio from time to time. But some parts of the alphabet are only used by those who speak the Northern dialect. In this episode, Betsy and Mary speak with language teacher Mary Jane Petawabano to break down the different sounds and syllabics that make up the Cree language.

ᐯᑦᓰ ᑭᔮᐦ ᒣᕇ ᐋᔨᒧᑖᒡ ᐋ ᒥᔅᑳᑎᔨᑕᑰᐦᒡ ᒑᒀᓐ ᐋ ᒋ ᐙᐱᐦᑖᑭᓅᒡ ᐋᔅᒌᔨᒡ, ᐅᔅᑎᔅᑭᒥᒡ ᑭᔮᐦ ᐄᔅᐲᒥᔨᒡ ᒌᔑᑶᐦᒡ᙮

ᐆ ᐋ ᐄᔥ ᑭᒑᐦᑖᐙᔨᐦᑎᒧᐙᒡ ᐃᕐᓃ ᐌᐦᑉ ᑳ ᒌᐦᑳᐙᓯᓈᑰᑖᐦᑦ ᐋ ᒥᓯᓈᐱᔅᑭᐦᐄᒑᐱᔨᒡ ᑭᔮᐦ ᐐ ᒋᐐᒋᐦᐄᐙᐤ ᐆᔮᔪ ᐋ ᐄᔥ ᐋᔨᒧᑖᔨᒡ ᔅᑳᑎᔨᑖᒧᐎᓂᔨᐤ᙮

From strange sightings on remote highways to visitors from another realm, there are lots of creepy stories about paranormal activity in Eeyou Istchee. But what do you call a UFO in Cree? In this episode, Mary and Betsy speak with Ernie Webb, producer of a TV series called “Indians and Aliens,” about some of the unique Cree terms we use to describe the paranormal.

ᐋᐙᓐ ᐅᑎᐗᔑᔒᒻ ᐙᔥᑭᒡ ᐋ ᐄᔨᔨᐅᓂᐦᑳᓲᑦ ᓈᔅᑖᑆ ᒋ ᒌ ᑳᔮᔨᐦᑎᒻ ᒑ ᐋᐱᑎᓃᔨᒡ ᓅᑯᓰᔨᒡ ᐆᑦ ᐋᔅᒋᔨᒡ ᒨᒃ ᐊᔨᒥᐦᐋᐅᒋᒫᐅᒡ ᑭᔮᐦ ᐙᒥᔥᑎᑯᔒᐎᔨᒡ ᑎᐹᔨᐦᒋᒑᓯᐤ ᐋᐦᒌᐤᐦ ᒋ ᐄᔑᓂᑳᑖᐎᔨᒡ ᐋᐙᔨᐤ᙮

ᑣᒥᔅ ᑰᓐ ᑭᔮᐦ ᒥᓕᓵ ᓅᑖᐦᒋᒀᐤ ᑎᐹᑎᑎᒨᔨᒡ ᐃᔑᓂᐦᑳᓱᐎᓐᐦ᙮

Generations of Crees were pressured by the church and government to give their children English or French names. Now, young parents are reclaiming the traditional naming practices. In this episode, Mary and Betsy talk about which Cree names are trending right now.

ᐎᔮᔅᑯᓂᒑᓯᐤ ᐄᑣᔥᑎᒫᒑᓯᐤ ᐹᑫᓲ ᒧᑲᔥ

ᐸᑭᓲ ᒧᑲᔥ ᒋ ᐐᑎᐱᐦᒫᐤ ᐯᑦᓰ ᑭᔮᐦ ᒣᕇ ᐋᔨᒧᑖᒡ ᐋ ᐎᔮᔅᑯᓂᒑᓅᐎᔨᒡ ᑭᔮᐦ ᑖᓐ ᐋᔨᔅᐱᔨᒡ ᐋᔨᒧᐎᓐ ᐅᑖᐦ ᐋᐱᑎᓰᐎᓂᔨᒡ ᐐᒡ᙮

Court interpreters like Pakesso Mukash have a challenging job. They translate every detail of the criminal charges, testimony, legal arguments and sentences from English into Cree and vice versa. In this episode, Betsy and Mary talk to Pakesso about how to express concepts such as probation, acquittal, judgement and guilt.

ᐋᐙᓐ ᐐᒡ, ᐋ ᑎᐱᓂᐙᔑᒨᑦ ᐙᔅᑳᐦᐄᑭᓂᔨᒡ ᐋ ᒫᓄᑳᓲᑦ ᑭᔮᐦ ᐋ ᐐᒋᑳᓱᑦ ᐋᐆᒃ ᒦᔨᓐ ᒑ ᐊᔨᒧᑖᒡ᙮ ᐋᓈ ᐴᓯᒻ ᐆᒉᐴᑰᒨ ᐄᔨᔨᐤ ᑭᔮᐦ ᐐ ᒌᐎᐦᒋᐦᐄᐙᐤ ᐆᔮᔨᐤ ᑳ ᑎᐹᑎᑎᑭᓄᐎᔨᒡ ᑎᐱᓂᐙᔑᒨᐎᓐᐦ᙮

Elders have much to teach us about how to correctly identify each type of traditional dwelling, not to mention how to build and maintain them. In this episode, Betsy and Mary speak with Anna Bosum from Oujé-Bougoumou about all the different words for “home”.

ᑖᓐ ᒑ ᐄᔥ ᒌᔑᑲᒡ ᐄᔨᔨᐅᔨᒧᐎᓐ ᐄᔥᒌᔣᐎᓐ ᐋ ᐋᐱᒋᐦᑖᑭᓅᒡ ᒋ ᑳ ᐄᔮᔨᒸᐅᐦᐄᑰᒡ ᐯᑦᓰ ᑭᔮᐦ ᒣᕇ᙮

ᐋᔅᑯ ᓂᒻ ᒋᒋᐙ ᑖᐱᓅᒻ ᐯᑦᓯ ᑖᓂᑕᐦ ᐋᔅᒋᔣᓅᐐᔨᒡ ᑭᔥᑭᐎᓂᐹᔥᑖᓐ ᐋᔑᒋᐹᔅᑕᒡ, ᓂᔅᑰᒋᐲᔪᐃ, ᐄᔨᔨᐅᔨᒧᐎᓐ ᑖᓐ ᐋ ᐄᔅᒋᔣᒪᑮᒡ᙮ ᐙᔂᓂᐲ ᐄᔨᔨᐤ ᕝᕃᑏ ᑏᐦᒃᓯᓐ ᑭᔮᐦ ᐐ ᒋ ᐹᐦᑖᑯᓯᐤ᙮

After years of reading weather forecasts every day, Betsy still isn’t sure how to say “drizzle” in Cree. In this episode, she and Mary talk about all the specific and poetic ways to describe the weather in Cree. Our guest is Freddie Dixon, a radio announcer from Waswanipi.

ᐋ ᐄᔅᐱᐦᑖᔮᐅᒡ ᑭᔮᐦ ᐋᒀᔅᑳᔮᐅᒡ / ᐋ ᒀᔅᑳᔮᒡ ᐋ ᑎ ᐅᔥᑭᑯᒋᓂᐦᑭᒃ ᐲᓯᒻ ᒦᔨᓐ ᒌ ᑳ ᐄᔭᔨᒫᐅᐦᐄᑰᒡ ᐯᑦᓰ ᑭᔮᐦ ᒣᕇ ᐅᑖᐦ ᑳ ᐃᑕᔥᑖᔑᓈᔥᑕᐲᔨᒡ᙮ ᒞᔑᐙ ᑳᐙᐸᔨᒡ ᑭᔮᐦ ᐐ ᒌ ᑳ ᐹᐦᑖᑯᓯᐤ ᐋ ᐐᐦᑕᐦᒃ ᑖᓐ ᑳ ᐄᔥ ᒋᔅᑯᑎᒫᓲᑦ ᐄᔨᔨᐅᔨᒧᐎᓐᐦ ᑭᔮᐦ ᐄᔨᔨᐤ ᒋᔅᒑᔨᐦᑎᒧᐎᓐ᙮

Months and seasons: Feasting, flowers, and birds in flight. These are some of the ways we identify the months of the year in Cree. Betsy and Mary discover many differences between inland and coastal words for these seasonal shifts. Joshua Kawapit of Whapmagoostui joins us to share what he’s learned about how to describe the months.

ᐎᐹᒡ ᒋ ᑳ ᐹᐦᑖᑯᓐᐦ ᐱᔥᑕᒋᒧᐎᓂᔥ ᐋᐦ ᒌᐲᐦᑖᐱᔨᐦᑖᑭᓅᒡ ᐁᐁᓅ/ᐄᔨᔨᐤ ᐋᒋᒧᐎᓐᐦ/ ᐋᓂᐦᐄ ᑎᐹᒋᒧᐎᓐᐦ ᐱᔥᒡ ᐅᐐᑖᔨᐦᑖᑯᐎᓐ᙮ ᐆᐦᐄ ᑎᒀᒋᒧᐎᓂᔥ ᒋ ᑳ ᐹᐦᐱᐦᐄᑶᓐ, ᒋ ᑲ ᐆᐗᔑᐹᐦᔨᑎᒨᐎᓂᐦᐄᑶᓐ ᑖᓐ ᐋᔅᐱᔥ ᒦᔪᑖᐦᑯᔨᒡ ᐁᐁᓅ/ᐄᔨᔨᐤ ᐋᔨᒧᐎᓐ ᐅᑌ ᐎᔨᒡ ᐄᔨᔨᐤ/ᐁᐁᓅ ᐊᔅᒋᔨᒡ, ᑯᐹᒃ, ᑳᐦᓈᑖᐦ᙮

CBC’s first Indigenous-language podcast explores the humour, nuance and beauty of East Cree, spoken in Eeyou Istchee, Quebec. “Wiih’teh” means “Say It.” Your hosts Betsy Longchap and Mary Shem share what they’re learning, and what makes them laugh when they speak Cree.