Lesson - VTA Verbs Introduction

Question 1

Nimbiizikaan bezhig eta azhigan.

Answer 1

I put on one only sock.

Question 2

Giwaabamin.

Answer 2

I see you.

Question 3

Gigiizikaan ina giwiiwakwaanim?

Answer 3

You take it off ? your hat

Question 4

Niwii-gagwejimaa.

Answer 4

I will ask s/he

Question 5

Okaadaakoon ningii-miijinan.

Answer 5

Carrots I did eat.

Question 6

Gigii-amawaag mishiiminag.

Answer 6

You ate them the apples.

Question 7

giwaabamin

Answer 7

gi + a root verb + in) means niin does something to giin so,
giwaabamin = I see you

Question 8

owaabamaan

Answer 8

o + a root verb + aan) means wiin does something to another wiin so,
owaabamaan = s/he sees him/her

Question 9

giwaabamaa

Answer 9

gi + a root verb + aa) means giin does something to wiin so,
giwaabamaa = you see him/her

Question 10

VTI non -aw prefixes and endings for I

Answer 10

gi- - –in -> you/yinz
-inan -> you/yinz ending 2
ni- - -aa -> her/them
-ag -> her/them ending 2

Question 11

VTI non -aw prefixes and endings for you

Answer 11

gi- – -> me/us
-iyan -> me/us ending 2
gi- - -aa -> her/them
-ad -> her/them ending 2

Question 12

VTI non -aw prefixes and endings for she

Answer 12

ni- - -ig -> me/us
-id -> me/us ending 2
gi- - -ig -> you/yinz
–ig -> you/yinz ending 2
o- - -aan -> her/them
-aad -> her/them ending 2

Question 13

VTI non -aw prefixes and endings for we here

Answer 13

gi- - -igoo -> you, yinz
-igooyan -> you, yinz E2
ni- - -aanaan -> her, them
-angid -> her, them E2

Question 14

VTI non -aw prefixes and endings for we all

Answer 14

gi- - -aanaan -> her/them
-ang -> her/them E2

Question 15

VTI non -aw prefixes and endings for yinz

Answer 15

gi- - -im -> me, us
-iyeg -> me, us E2
gi- - -aawaa -> her, them
-ang -> her, them E2

Question 16

VTI non -aw prefixes and endings for they

Answer 16

ni- - -igoog -> me, us
-iwaad -> me, us E2
gi- - -igoog -> you, yinz
-igwaa -> you, yinz E2
o- - -aawaa -> her, them
-aawaad. -> her, them E2

Question 17

giwaabamin
Aaniin apii gii-waabamad?

Answer 17

I see you.
When did you see him?
Note: “A” questions only use second endings.

Question 18

niwaabamig
giwaabamaawaa

Answer 18

He sees me.
You all see her.

Question 19

Aaniin apii waa-waabamigooyan?
giwaabam

Answer 19

When will just us see you?
You see me.
Note: giin to niin is one of the conjugations that does not have a suffix when using First Endings.

Question 20

Aaniindi gii-waabamig?
giwaabamaanaan
owaabamaawaan

Answer 20

Where did she see you?
All of us see her.
They see him.

Question 21

giwaabamin
waabaminan
niwaabamaa
waabamag

Answer 21

I see you
if I see you
I see her
if I see her

Question 22

giwaabam
waabamiyan
giwaabamaa
waabamad

Answer 22

you see me
if you see me
you see her
if you see her

Question 23

niwaabamig
waabamid
giwaabamig
waabamig
owaabamaan
waabamaad

Answer 23

she sees me/us
if she sees me/us
she sees you/yinz
if she sees you/yinz
she sees her/them
if she sees her/ them

Question 24

giwaabamigoo
waabamigooyan
niwaabamaanaan
waabamangid

Answer 24

we here see you/yinz
if we here see you/yinz
we here see her/them
if we here see her/them

Question 25

giwaabamaanaan
giwaabamang

Answer 25

we all see her/them
if we all see her/them

Question 26

giwaabamim
waabamiyeg
giwaabamaawaa
waabamang

Answer 26

yinz see me/us
if yinz see me/us
yinz see her/them
if yinz see her/them

Question 27

niwaabamigoog
waabamiwaad
giwaabamigoog
waabamigwaa
owaabamaawaa
waabamaawaad

Answer 27

they see me/us
if they see me/us
they see you/yinz
if they see you/yinz
they see her/them
if they see her/them

Question 28

giwaabamin
waabaminan
niwaabamaa
waabamag
giwaabam
waabamiyan
giwaabamaa
waabamad

Answer 28

I see you
if I see you
I see her
if I see her
you see me
if you see me
you see her
if you see her
VTA not -aw I, you