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.


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


giin

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


niinawind

we (we, but not you)


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.


iʼiw

Aaniin ezhi-wiindemagak iʼiw oodena.


waʼaw

Awenen waʼaw?


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)


awiya

Maagizhaa awiya gidaa-wiidookawaa.


giineta

Giineta ina gigii-naadinise?


niineta

Niineta ingii-izhaa zagaswe'iding.


niinetawind

Niinetawind nigii-kiiyodemin iwidi zhaaganaashiiwakiing.

We were the only ones to travel to Canada.


wiineta

Gii-anzhikewabi wiineta.


awenen

head

awenen (plural awenenag, obviative awenenan)

Awenen awedi?


iʼiwedi

I’iwedi gaa-debinaagwak ningaasimoonan.


anooj gegoo

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