Lesson 8 Flashcards
gaawiin ninibaasiin
I am not sleeping
gaawiin nibaasiin
she is not sleeping
gaawiin nibaasiiwan
she (person 2) is not sleeping
Negatives. You add ? before the verb, and add an ending afterwords, which almost always involves the letters ? or ? (after ?).
gaawiin, sii or zii after an n
gaawiin gigikendanziin
you don’t know it
gaawin ogikendanziin
she doesn’t know it
gaawiin ogikendanziinini
she (person 2) doesn’t know it
jiibaakwe
she cooks
jiibaakwaadan
cook it
miijin
eat it (inanimate)
amo
eat it (animate)
jiibaakwaazh
cook it (animate)
giishpin
if
Giishpin mawiyan, niwii-maajaa
If you cry, I’ll leave (plain conjunct with giishpin)
i-e
a-e
o-we
ii-aa
e-aye
oo-waa
aa-ayaa
conjunct changes (usually with “what”)
niwiisin wiisiniyaan waasiniyaan
I eat
nimbimose bimoseyaan bemoseyaan
I walk
nimaw mawiyaan mewiyaan
I cry
giwiisin wiisiniyan waasiniyan
you eat
gibimose bimoseyan bemoseyan
you walk
gimaw mawiyan mewiyan
you cry