niin

Gegaa gii-pizikawaa anishaa go niin gaa-ikowebinag.:

She would have been almost run over if it hadn't been for me pushing her out of the way.


wiin

singular third-person pronoun: he, she, it, they (singular), etc.


ᓂᓇᐎᓐᑦ

we (we, but not you)


giinawind

we (we including you)


wiinawaa

Gaye wiinawaa iidog wii-ashangewag.

They too must want to participate in the feast.

plural third-person personal pronoun: they


niinawind

we (we, but not you)


ᑭᓇᐎᓐᑦ

we (we including you)


giin

Inherited from Proto-Algonquian *ki·la. Cognate with Plains Cree kîya, Moose Cree kîla, Unami ki, Munsee kii


wegonen

Wegonen wezhitooyan.


iniw

Ingoding igo azhigwa, apane endaso-giizhig igo waabamaad iniw mitigoon.

The time came that she was looking at the trees every day.


aʼaw

Miish miinawaa azhigwa gii-wenda-ginzhizhawizid aʼaw mindimooyenh, miinawaa azhigwa gaa-izhi-desaʼoniked.

The old lady really was industrious and made sleeping platforms.


ingiw

Mii go gaye giizhaa gaa-izhi-manisewaad ingiw ikwewag.


waʼaw

Awenen waʼaw?


iʼiw

Aaniin ezhi-wiindemagak iʼiw oodena.


akina gegoo

akina (all) + gegoo (something, anything)

Akina gegoo gii-onapidood, waabooyaanan miinawaa ge-bi-miijiyaang, mangaanibaajigan gaye gii-ayaamagad i'iw apii.

She tied everything on: blankets, things to eat, and even a shovel that time.


gegoo

Gegoo na gigii-igoo.


gakina gegoo

gakina (all) + gegoo (something, anything)

Mii go gakina gegoo adaawaaged.


akina awiya

all of them (a set of beings or animate things)


ayiʼii

Azhigwa naadoobiiwaad ingiw ikwewag imaa ziiginamowaad, ayi’ii bagiwayaanish imaa ziikoobiiginamowaad i’iw ziinzibaakwadwaaboo.

The women carried the sap and poured it into them, straining the sap through a cloth.


awiya

Maagizhaa awiya gidaa-wiidookawaa.


niinetawind

Niinetawind nigii-kiiyodemin iwidi zhaaganaashiiwakiing.

We were the only ones to travel to Canada.


niineta

Niineta ingii-izhaa zagaswe'iding.


wiineta

Gii-anzhikewabi wiineta.


awenen

head

awenen (plural awenenag, obviative awenenan)

Awenen awedi?


ayaʼii

ayaʼii (plural ayaʼiin, diminutive ayaʼiins)


iʼiwedi

I’iwedi gaa-debinaagwak ningaasimoonan.


anooj gegoo

anooj (“all kinds, various”) + gegoo (“something, anything”)


geniinawind

Ge niinawind ningii'-aanikanootaamin ikidowinan.

Contraction of gaye niinawind (“we/us too, as for us (exclusive)”).