Grammar 7 - 12

Question 1

you see her
I see them
she sees her (p2)
she (p2) sees her

Answer 1

giwaabamaa
niwaabamaag
owaabamaan
owaabamigoon

Question 2

obviative noun ending

Answer 2

-an, -wan
gimoodishkiiwininiwan
Bill-an

Question 3

I am seen
someone sees you
she is seen

Answer 3

niwaabamigoo
giwaabamigoo
waabamaa

Question 4

she (p2) sleeps
they sleep

Answer 4

nibaawan
nibaawag

Question 5

she is not sleeping
she (p2) is not sleeping *

Answer 5

gaawiin nibaasiin
gaawiin nibaasiiwan

Question 6

she doesn’t know
she (p2) doesn’t know

Answer 6

gaawiin ogikendanziin
gaawiin ogikendanziinini

Question 7

she eats
eat it
eat it (animate)

Answer 7

wiisini, via
miijin, vti
amo, vta

Question 8

i a o ii e oo aa conjunct
change

Answer 8

e e we aa aye waa ayaa

Question 9

I eat
you walk
she cries
conjunct pairs

Answer 9

wiisiniyaan waasiniyaan
bimoseyan bemoseyan
mawid mewid

Question 10

what after gishpin

Answer 10

plain conjunct
Gishpin mawiyan, niwii-maajaa.

Question 11

it is big
it is big for her
they are big
they are big for her

Answer 11

michaa
michaani
michaawan
michaaniwan

Question 12

common ending in obviate verb forms

Answer 12

-ni, if plural followed by ending like -wan if inanimate

Question 13

what is -nig

Answer 13

The conjunct and conjunct participle suffix for vii obviative, singular and plural, minwaabaminaagwadinig, when/if/that it/they looks good (for h/ or them)

Question 14

participle

Answer 14

verb form functions as noun
usually = changed conjunct
miskwegad -> meskwegak
i’iw meskwegak - that red (sheet-like) one, or adjective

Question 15

Mii - followed by

Answer 15

conjunct
Mii onow geget wenizhishingin.
-gin makes it a participle

Question 16

What do you need?

Answer 16

Wegonen nendawendaman?

Question 17

I like it
you like them (inanimate)
she (p2) likes it/them
we (inclusive) like it/them
yinz like them
they like it
someone likes it/them

Answer 17

niminwendaan
giminwendaanan
ominwendaanini
giminwendaamin
giminwendaanaawaan
ominwendaanaawaa
minwendaam

Question 18

plural for vii ending in d

Answer 18

-oon
minwaabadadoon they are useful

Question 19

two interchangeable sounds

Answer 19

o and w
d and j
aabadad - it is used vai
aabajitoon - use it vti

Question 20

vti2 identified by

Answer 20

ending -oon

Question 21

I take it
you take them (inanimate)
she takes them “
she (p2) takes them “

Answer 21

nimamoon
gimamoonan
omamoonan
omamoonini

Question 22

we (inclusive) take it
yinz take it
yinz take them (inanimate)
they take it
they take them
someone takes it/them

Answer 22

gimamoomin
gimamoonaawaa
gimamoonaawaan
omamoonaawaa
omamoonaawaan
mamoom

Question 23

if you wait
If she waits
If we (inclusive) wait

Answer 23

bii’oyan
bii’od
bii’oyang

Question 24

turns vti into vai

Answer 24

-ige
Niwii-kiziibiiga’ige I will wash things

Question 25

she is called
it is called
call her
call it

Answer 25

izhinikaazo vai
izhinikaade vii
izhinikaazh vta
izhinikaadan vti

Question 26

-aadan, -aade

Answer 26

probably vti, probably vii

Question 27

citation form ends -zh, -sh

Answer 27

most forms it becomes n, s
izhinikaazh nindizhinikaanaa
mawadish nimawadisaa