Ojibwe Year 3 Grammar Patterns Flashcards
“I asked h/ again.”
Miinawaa ingii-kagwejimaa.
“That’s when h/ sang again.”
Mii miinawaa gaa-izhi-nagamod.
“Let me go in too!”
Maanoo gayeniin inga-biindige.
“I want to go, but I’m broke.”
Niwii-izhaa. Imbiigoshkaa dash.
Ziiginigewigamigong ingii-izhaa. Gaawiin dash ingii-minikwesiin.
“I went to the war, but I didn’t drink.”
Giishpin bakadeyan, gidaa-wiisin.
“If you’re hungry, you should eat.”
“I haven’t asked h/ to see if s/he’s coming.”
Gaawiin nigagwejimaasiin giishpin waa-pi-izhaagwen.
Gaawiin ni-wii-adaawesiin giishpin ishpagindeg.
“I don’t want to buy it if it’s expensive.”
Before
Jibwaa + bform
“Please call me before you leave.”
Daga bi-ganoozhishin jibwaa-maajaayan.
Ingii-kanoonaa Awanigaabaw jibwaa-maajaad.
“I called Awanigaabaw before he left.”
Finish these rules when trying to say “after”:
- For past events, use ?
- For present tense, use ?
- If the verb is a process verb (doesn’t imply an ending) use ?
- Initial Change on the verb
- regular b form
- the ‘stop’ preverb ishkwaa-
“I called you after I found your phone.”
Gigii-pi-ganoonin gaa-mikamaan gigiigidobiiwaabikoonsim.
“I fell asleep after I got done eating.”
Ingii-kawingwash gaa-ishkwaa-wiisiniyaan.
“Call me once you get home.”
Bi-ganoozhishin dagoshinan imaa endaayan.
Giizhi-wiisiniyang, giga-maajaamin.
“When we’re finished eating, we’ll leave.”
“in order to, if, whether (or not), so that”
ji + b form
Zhooniyaa na gidaa-adaawamin ji-adaaweyaan chicken nuggets?
Can I borrow some money so I can buy chicken nuggets?
“Do you know if there are any Anishinaabeg anywhere?”
Lit: Don’t you know whether…
Gaawiin ina ningoji anishinaabeg gigikenimaasiig ji-ayaawaad?
“I’ll ask to see if they (pl) have more water.”
Inga-gagwedwe nawaj nibi ji-ayaamowaad.
“a singer”
negamod
(initial change on nagamo)
“the one who wants to eat”
waa-wiisinid
“the one who will eat”
ge-wiisinid
negamojig OR negomowaad
“singers” (the ones who sing)
-pl anim noun ending or pl verb ending