We now have an electronic searchable English translation of Father Pacifique’s 1939 grammar Leçons grammaticales théoriques et pratiques de la langue micmaque, available in the group Dropbox folder (add a comment if you’d like access). He describes 7 main verb conjugations in Mi’gmaq, which you can find linked from the table of contents.

I think those of us who started working on the language last term realize by now that verbs fall into different groups, which result in different inflection, but we haven’t been talking consistently about this. Let’s try to prioritize getting this up on the wiki: a “verb conjugations” page, divided into different sections, with paradigms and examples in each. It will be some work up front, but we can divide it up and I think will save time in the long run so each person isn’t trying to figure out the same thing on their own––and asking our patient consultant the same questions. Let’s also find a consistent table format to use for transitive and intransitive paradigms, to make them easier to compare.

Those who will be at the McGill meeting on Monday: please try to at least skim the relevant parts (“Lessons 9–28”) so we have a sense what we’re looking at and what will need to be done.