Verbs
I AM or exist in a certain place indAYAA (OMAA) (HERE) vai vii
I AM or = to (A MAN) (ININI) indAW. he IS AWI vai
I ASK questions inGAGWEDWE vai I ASK him inGAGWEJIMaa vta
I BEGIN niMAAJISE vai it BEGINS MAAJISE
I am BIG niMINDID vai s/he is BIG MINDIDO vai it is BIG MICHAA vii
I BUY indADAAWE vai I SELL indADAAWAAGE vai
I COME imBI-IZHAA vai I COME INSIDE imBIINDIGE vai
I COME WITH him niWIIJIWaa vta I EAT niWIISIN he EATS WIISINI vai
I EAT it niMIIJIN vti I EAT him. indAMWaa, EAT him! AMO! vta
I FIND it niMIKaAN vti I FIND him niMIKAWaa vta
I FORGOT ingiiWANIIKE vai (ST SO SP) vai+o
I HEAR it niNOONDaAN vti I HEAR him niNOONDAWaa vta
I HELP niWIIDOOKAGE vai I HELP him niWIIDOOKAWaa vta
I HAVE it indAYAAN vti I HAVE him indAYAAWaa vta
I KNOW it inGIKENDaAN vti I KNOW him inGIKENIMaa vta
I LEAVE, DEPART, START OUT niMAAJAA vai
I LIKE IT niMINWENDaAN vti I LIKE him niMINWENIMaa vta
I LOVE it niZAAGITOON vti I LOVE him niZAAGI'aa vta
I LOOK AT it inGANAWAABANDaAN vti I LOOK AT him inGANAWAABAMaa vta
I LISTEN imBIZINDAM vai I LISTEN TO it imBIZIDAN vti
I LISTEN TO him imBIZENDAWaa vta I MAKE A MISTAKE niWANICHIGE vai
s/he IS GOOD, PRETTY ONIZHISHI vai it is GOOD, PRETTY ONIZHISHIN vai
I PLAY (a game) indoODAMIN s/he PLAYs ODAMINO vai
I REMEMBER it niMIKWENDaAN vti I REMEMBER him niMIKWENIMaa vta
I REMEMBER niMIKWENDAM vai I SEE (have vision) niwaab(i) vai
I SEE it niWAABANDaAN vti I SEE him niWAABAMaa
I SHOW (demonstrate) niWAABANDA'IWE vai I SHOW S.T. TO him niWAABANDA'aa vta
it is SMALL AGAASAA vii s/he is SMALL AGAASHIINHYI vai
I SAY indIKID s/he SAYs IKIDO vai I TALK TO or TELL him indINaa (izhi) vta
I TELL or INFORM him niWIINDAMAWaa vta I TELL A STORY inDIBAAJIM vai
s/he TELLs a STORY DIBAAJIMO vai I TELL A STORY TO him inDIBAAJIMOTAWaa
I THINK indINENDaAM vai I THINK ABOUT IT indINENDaAN vti
I THINK ABOUT him indINEMIMaa vta
I USE it indABIJITOON vti I USE him indABIJI'aa vta
I UNDERSTAND IT niNISIDOTaAN vti I UNDERSTAND him niNISIDOTAWaa vta
I WRITE indoOZHIBII'IGE vai I WRITE it indoOZHIBII'AN vti
Particles and Pre-verbs
after ishkwaa and, again, also miinawaa, gaye
all, every akina everything gakina gegoo
all day gabe-giizhik every day endaso-giizhik
almost gegaa always apane
bad maji-, maazhi- good mino-
begin maajii- because of, that's why onji, mii-wenji
before jibwaa big, great gichi- chi-
but, however aanawi, ____dash by jiiga- near besho
can, able to gashki- know how to nitaa
come, come on ambe coming up to ani-
come in biindigen different, other bakaan
first akawe and then mii-dash, azhigwaa
finally, lastly ishkwaaj that's it mii i'iw
for the purpose of, in order to ji- from a place onji-
friend, fellow- niiji- hopefully apegish
hello boozhoo, aaniin goodbye gigawaabamin miinawaa
if giishpin in, at, on -g-ang -ong -ing
to, toward the speaker bi- know how to, skilled at nitaa-
like, similar dibishko a little, few bangii
look here, nashke look for, seek nanda-
many, much niibowaa more nawaj
middle of the naawi- must, need to noonde
new oshki- old, old-fashioned gete-
once, one time aabiding only, just eta, eta go
only you giineta or magizha, gemaa
please daga some aanind
some place, somewhere ingoji sometime ingoding
sometimes ayaagodinong soon, early wayiiba
still, yet geyaabi
thank you miigwech then azhigwa, apii
here omaa there imaa, iwidi
this wa'aw (na) o.ow (ni) that a'aw (na) i'iw (ni)
these ongow (na) onow (ni) those ingiw (na) iniw (ni)
thing gegoo try gagwe-
on top of agiji- under anaami-
very aapiji- gichi- up until biinish
want to wii- waa- with, along with wiiji-
Question Words
How? What? Aaniin? Aaniish? How much? How many? Aanish minik?
Where? Aaniindi? When? Aaniin apii?
What? (inanimate) Awegonen? Who? Awiiya?
Why? Aaniin wenji?
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