Lesson 8

Question 1

gaawiin ninibaasiin

Answer 1

I am not sleeping

Question 2

gaawiin nibaasiin

Answer 2

she is not sleeping

Question 3

gaawiin nibaasiiwan

Answer 3

she (person 2) is not sleeping

Question 4

Negatives. You add ? before the verb, and add an ending afterwords, which almost always involves the letters ? or ? (after ?).

Answer 4

gaawiin, sii or zii after an n

Question 5

gaawiin gigikendanziin

Answer 5

you don’t know it

Question 6

gaawin ogikendanziin

Answer 6

she doesn’t know it

Question 7

gaawiin ogikendanziinini

Answer 7

she (person 2) doesn’t know it

Question 8

jiibaakwe

Answer 8

she cooks

Question 9

jiibaakwaadan

Answer 9

cook it

Question 10

miijin

Answer 10

eat it (inanimate)

Question 11

amo

Answer 11

eat it (animate)

Question 12

jiibaakwaazh

Answer 12

cook it (animate)

Question 13

giishpin

Answer 13

if

Question 14

Giishpin mawiyan, niwii-maajaa

Answer 14

If you cry, I’ll leave (plain conjunct with giishpin)

Question 15

i-e
a-e
o-we
ii-aa
e-aye
oo-waa
aa-ayaa

Answer 15

conjunct changes (usually with “what”)

Question 16

niwiisin wiisiniyaan waasiniyaan

Answer 16

I eat

Question 17

nimbimose bimoseyaan bemoseyaan

Answer 17

I walk

Question 18

nimaw mawiyaan mewiyaan

Answer 18

I cry

Question 19

giwiisin wiisiniyan waasiniyan

Answer 19

you eat

Question 20

gibimose bimoseyan bemoseyan

Answer 20

you walk

Question 21

gimaw mawiyan mewiyan

Answer 21

you cry

Question 22

wiisini wiisinid waasinid

Answer 22

she eats

Question 23

bimose bimosed bemosed

Answer 23

she walks

Question 24

mawi mawid mewid

Answer 24

she cries

Question 25

Aaniindi enoseyan?

Answer 25

Where are you walking to? (changed conjunct of gindinose)

Question 26

maanoo

Answer 26

it doesn’t matter

Question 27

maagizhaa

Answer 27

maybe, or

Question 28

Gidoonaagan

Answer 28

your plate

Question 29

ozhibii’ige

Answer 29

she writes

Question 30

Gidoozhibii’ige

Answer 30

you write

Question 31

Niwii-chiibaakwe

Answer 31

I’m going to cook

Question 32

Ahaaw goda! Ninga-maajii-jiibaakwe.

Answer 32

Ok then. I’ll start cooking.

Question 33

Wegonen ge-jiibaakwaadaman?

Answer 33

What are you going to cook?

Question 34

gaawiin ningikendanziin

Answer 34

I don’t know it

Question 35

Wegonen waa-miijiyan?

Answer 35

What do you want to eat?

Question 36

dekaag

Answer 36

ice cream

Question 37

gaawiin nindayaanziin

Answer 37

I don’t have

Question 38

bizhikiwi-wiiyaas

Answer 38

beef

Question 39

Gaawiin niminwendanziin

Answer 39

I don’t like

Question 40

Gidayaawaa na

Answer 40

Do you have (animate)

Question 41

baaka’aakwenh

Answer 41

chicken

Question 42

Wegonen nawaj menwendaman? Obwaam maagizhaa gaye okaakigan?

Answer 42

What do you like more? Thigh or breast?

Question 43

opiniig

Answer 43

potatoes

Question 44

niwii-amwaag

Answer 44

I want to eat …

Question 45

anijiiminan niwii-miijinan

Answer 45

I want to eat peas

Question 46

gid-ininamoon

Answer 46

I am handing you …

Question 47

giga-minwanjigemin

Answer 47

we will eat well

Question 48

Gaawiin geyaabi

Answer 48

no longer

Question 49

Gaawiin geyaabi giga-bakadesiimin

Answer 49

No longer will we be hungry

Question 50

aakozi
ayaakozid

Answer 50

she is ill
one who is ill

Question 51

debwe
dayebwed

Answer 51

she tells the truth
one who tells the truth

Question 52

ikido
ekidod

Answer 52

she speaks
one who speaks

Question 53

niimi
naamid

Answer 53

she dances
one who dances

Question 54

boodawe
bwaadawed

Answer 54

she makes a fire
one who makes a fire