Editing Michif (section)

==Syntax==
===Noun phrase===
Nouns are almost always accompanied by a French-origin determiner or a possessive.<ref>Taken from Rhodes (1977)</ref>

{| width="400" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2"
! '''English'''
! '''French'''
! '''Michif'''
|-
| a gun
| {{Lang|fr|un fusil}} {{IPA|/œ̃ fyzi/|lang=fr}}
| {{Lang|crg|aeñ fiizii}}
|-
| a house
| {{Lang|fr|une maison}} {{IPA|/yn mɛzɔ̃/|lang=fr}}
| {{Lang|crg|aen meezoñ}}
|-
| the boy
| {{Lang|fr|le garçon}} {{IPA|/lə ɡarsɔ̃/|lang=fr}}
| {{Lang|crg|li garsoñ}}
|-
| the rock
| {{Lang|fr|la roche}} {{IPA|/la ʁɔʃ/|lang=fr}}
| {{Lang|crg|la rosh}}
|-
| the knives
| {{Lang|fr|les couteaux}} {{IPA|/le kuto/|lang=fr}}
| {{Lang|crg|lii kutu}}
|-
| his (her) food
| {{Lang|fr|son manger}} {{IPA|/sɔ̃ mɑ̃ʒe/|lang=fr}}
| {{Lang|crg|su mañzhii}}
|-
| his (her) hand
| {{Lang|fr|sa main}} {{IPA|/sa mɛ̃/|lang=fr}}
| {{Lang|crg|sa maeñ}}
|-
| my dogs
| {{Lang|fr|mes chiens}} {{IPA|/me ʃjɛ̃/|lang=fr}}
| {{Lang|crg|mii shyaeñ}}
|-
|}

Cree-origin demonstratives can be added to noun phrases, in which case the Cree gender (animate or inanimate) is that of the corresponding Cree noun.<ref>Rhodes (1977), Bloomfield (1984)</ref>

{| width="400" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2"
! '''English'''
! '''French'''
! '''Michif'''
! '''Plains Cree'''
|-
| this boy
| {{Lang|fr|ce garçon-là}}
| {{Lang|crg|awa li garsoñ}}
| {{Transliteration|crk|awa nâpêsis}} (animate)
|-
| this egg
| {{Lang|fr|cet œuf-là}}
| {{Lang|crg|ôma li zaef}}
| {{Transliteration|crk|ôma wâwi}} (inanimate)
|-
| this rock
| {{Lang|fr|cette roche-là}}
| {{Lang|crg|awa la rosh}}
| {{Transliteration|crk|awa asinîy}} (animate)
|-
| those men (over there)
| {{Lang|fr|ces hommes-là}}
| {{Lang|crg|neekik lii zom}}
| {{Transliteration|crk|nêkik nâpêwak}} (animate)
|-
|}

Adjectives are French-origin (Cree has no adjectives), and as in French they are either pre- or postnominal. Prenominal adjectives agree in gender (like French), however, postnominal adjectives do not agree in gender (unlike French).

===Verb phrase===
The verb phrase is that of Plains Cree-origin with little reduction (there are no dubitative or preterit verb forms).

===Word order===
Michif word order is basically that of Cree (relatively free). However, the more French-origin elements are used, the closer the syntax seems to conform to norms of spoken French.