useful phrases Flashcards
mino gigizheb
good morning
mino giizhigad
good afternoon
mino dibikad
good night
wiingezin
take it easy
Awenish dinowa
what kind?
Wegonen waa-minikweyan? Makademaskikiwaaboo?
What do you want to drink? Coffee?
gigizhewaadiz
you are kind
Gimino-ayaa
you’re doing well
biindige
she comes in
namadabi
she’s sitting
niimi
she dances
bimose
she walks
ofamino
she plays
Gidaa-namadab
you should sit
Gidaa-niim
you should dance
Gidaa-odamin
you could play
nindaabajitoon
I use it
giishpin
if
aabiding
at one time
aabita
half
aazhogan
bridge
akik(oog)
kettle, pot
ashigan(ag)
largemouth bass
bedose
she walks slowly
bizhiw(ag)
lynx
bizindam
she listens
emikwaanens(an)
spoon
gaa wiika
never
gidagaa-bizhiw(ag)
bobcat
ginishtinoo
Cree
gishkishenh(yag)
bitch
ininishib(ag)
mallard
ishpenimo
she is proud
madweyaabiigibijigan(an)
guitar
maji-
bad
megwayaak
in the woods
mewinzha
a long time ago
miiziiwigamig
restroom (building where she poops)
miskwi
blood
mitigominzh(iig)
oak
naaningodinong
sometimes
nagamo
she sings
nagamon(an)
song
nagweyaab
rainbow
ningidig(wag)
my knee
nishtigwaan(an)
head
nisidotam
she understands
oodena(wan)
town
ozaawaa-bimide
butter
waabiingwe
she is pale
waabizii(g)
swan
wadiswan
bird’s nest
wajiw(an)
mountain
wanendam
she forgets
awegwaagi!
behold!
wiisagi-desadinigaazod
pizza
wiiwakwaan(an)
hat
zaaga’amoowigamig(oon)
outhouse
zanagad
it is difficult
zhigaagawanzh(iig)
onion
zhiishiigi
she pees
zhiishiigwe(g)
rattlesnake
zhiiwitaagan
salt
zhimaagan(an)
spear
zhingwaak(wag)
white pine
ziiginigewigamig(oon)
pub
zoongide’e
she is brave
waasa
far off