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.


giinawind

we (we including you)


ᓂᓇᐎᓐᑦ

we (we, but not you)


wiin

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


ᑭᓇᐎᓐᑦ

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)


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.


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)


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.


niineta

Niineta ingii-izhaa zagaswe'iding.


wiineta

Gii-anzhikewabi wiineta.


niinetawind

Niinetawind nigii-kiiyodemin iwidi zhaaganaashiiwakiing.

We were the only ones to travel to Canada.


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”)