ᐹᑎᒫ pâtimâ

(particle)

afterwards

Examples

ᐹᑎᒫ ᒫᑲ ᒦᓇ ᐁ ᒥᓗᔅᑲᒥᓂᓕᒃ ᒥᔕᑳᐸᓇᒃ᙮
So afterwards, when it was late spring again, they would arrive by canoe.
Gilbert Faries - Cree Legends & Narratives [1995]

(when followed by a subjunctive)

after, only after, not until, as long as (a specified event or period of time has come)

Examples

ᐊᓜᐱᒄ, ᓂᑮ ᐃᑎᑯᓈᓐ ᐅᑭᒫᐤ᙮ ᐹᑎᒫ ᑭᔐᐹᔮᑫ ᑲ ᐋᐸᑎᓯᓈᐙᐤ᙮
"Sit and rest," said the boss to us. "Not until tomorrow morning will you work."
Herbert McLeod - The Deborah James Corpus [1980]

ᐁᔥᑾ ᐹᑎᒫ ᒦᓇ ᐱᐳᐦᑫ, ᓂᑲ ᑎᐸᐦᐊᒪᐙᐤ, ᐃᑗᐤ ᐊᐗ ᑭᔐᓕᓕᐤ᙮
"Wait until next winter, I will pay him for this," says this old man.
Harvey Smallboy - Cree Notes & Texts collected by Truman Michelson [1935]

ᑮ ᐃᑌᐤ ᒫᑲ ᐊᓇ ᐃᓕᓕᐤ, ᐹᑎᒫ ᐁᑳ ᐐᒉᐎᔭᓀ ᓂᑲ ᑮ ᑳᐦᒋᑎᓈᐤ᙮
The man then told him, "As long as you do not accompany me, I will be able to catch him."
Harvey Smallboy - Cree Notes & Texts collected by Truman Michelson [1935]

ᐁᑳ ᐱᑕ ᑮ ᐃᑗᐤ ᐅᑕᔭᒦᔥᑕᒫᑫᐤ, ᐹᑎᒫ ᐊᐱᔒᔥ ᐊᓕᐙᒃ ᑮ ᐙᐸᐦᑎᓕᑖᓀ, ᐁᑯ ᒫᑲ ᑫ ᐊᑎ ᑭᐦᑐᐦᑌᔭᓐ᙮
Nay, stay, said the Interpreter, till I have shewed thee a little more, and after that thou shalt go on thy way.
Vincent - Pilgrim's Progress [1886]

unless

Examples

ᐹᑎᒫ ᐱᑯ ᐁ ᒥᔖᒃ ᐊᔫᐎᓐ ᑳ ᐃᔑ ᐗᓂᐦᐃᑳᓂᐗᐦᒃ…
Unless there is a lot of fur where one traps…
Gabriel Kiokee - Cree Legends & Narratives [1995]

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