Feelings, Weather, Numbers

Aaniin ezhiayaayan?

Aaniin ezhi-ayaa-yan

How are you doing?

Aaniin ezhi-ayaad?

How is he / she doing?

Aan ezhiseg?

What is the time

Nind-ayekoz

I am tired

Noondeskade

Hungry

Aakozi

Sick

Babaamendam

Stressed / worried

Ni mino ayas

ni-mino-ayaa

I am good

Biindige (bin-di-ge)

He or she is entering

• Ends with a long vowel (long sound)

• e, aa, ii, oo

Nibaa

He or she is sleeping

• Ends with a long vowel (long sound)

• e, aa, ii, oo

Giiwe

He or she is going home

• Ends with a long vowel (long sound)

• e, aa, ii, oo

Gi-giiwe | You go home

Maajaa

He or she leaves

• Ends with a long vowel (long sound)

• e, aa, ii, oo

Minikwe

He or she drinks

• Ends with a long vowel (long sound)

• e, aa, ii, oo

Wiisini

 

Wiisinin

 

Wiisinig

 

Wiisinidaa

He or she eats

• Ends in a short vowel

Eat

You all eat

Let’s eat

Namadabi

He or she sits

Niibawi

He or she stands

Ikido

He or she says

• Starts with a vowel and ends with a short vowel

 

Nind-ikid | I say

Gid-ikid | You say

Ikido | He or she says

Ataadi

He or she plays cards

Base Words

Anishinabemowin (Ojibwe), the "base" dictionary form of a feeling or state is already the "he or she" formIt does not change or add any prefixes when you are talking aboutwiin (he/she).

bezhig

One (1)

niizh

Two (2)

niswe

Three (3)

niiwin

Four (4)

naaman

Five (5)

ngodwaaswi

Six (6)

niizhwaaswi

Seven (7)

nishwaaswi

Eight (8)

zhaangaswi

Nine (9)

Midaaswi

Ten (10)

Omaa

Right here (where the speaker is)

• There are three distances in Ojibwe (right here, just a short distance away, and farther away).

Imaa

Just a short distance away, almost within reach

Wedi

Over there, farther away, even out of sight