ᐋᔕᔾ âšay
(particle)
1
already, by now
Examples
ᐋᔕᔾ ᐐᓚ ᐊᔅᐱᓐ᙮
She is already gone.
Hilda Jeffries [2020]
ᐁᑯ ᒫᑲ ᐃᔅᐱ ᐁ ᑭᔐᐹᔮᒃ ᐋᔕᔾ ᒦᓇ ᑭᐦᑐᐦᑌᐤ ᐊᐗ ᐃᔅᑴᐤ ᒦᓂᔕ ᐁ ᓈᓇᑕᐙᐸᐦᑕᐦᒃ᙮
But when it is morning this woman is already gone again looking for berries.
Harvey Smallboy - Cree Notes & Texts collected by Truman Michelson [1935]
2
now (as opposed to previously), under the present circumstances
Examples
ᑮᐦᑭᓐ ᐋᔕᔾ᙮
It is working now.
ᐋᔕᔾ ᐙᐸᒣᐤ ᐆᐦᐅ ᐅᒉᑲ ᐁ ᐊᑯᓰᓕᒋ ᐊᓐᑕ ᒥᔥᑎᑯᐦᒃ᙮
Now he sees this fisher up in the tree.
Harvey Smallboy - Cree Notes & Texts collected by Truman Michelson [1935]
3
in the immediate future, directly following the present moment
Examples
ᐋᔕᔾ ᓂᑲ ᑭᐦᒋᐸᓕᓈᓐ᙮
We are leaving now.
4
(interjection)
used to indicate readiness or completion of a task