Ojibwemodaa Podcast

S01 E06 Yes or No Questions Na Ina

To make a yes or no question add na or ina as the second word in your sentence. I tend to use ina if the proceeding word ended in a consonant, and na if it ended in a vowel, but you don’t have to worry about that. Some speakers only ever say na, and some always say ina. So: Gimiwan ina? Is it raining?Noodin ina? Is it windy?Waaseayaa na? Is it sunny?You can respond with Eya’ or enh to say yes, and Gaawiin (followed by our conjugations for negative statements).

VIIs this episode:

Refresher words:Gisinaa vii: It is coldAte vii: It is in a certain placeNoondaagwad vii it is heardGimiwan vii it is rainingAwanibiisaa vii It is SprinklingAgoode vii: It is hangingWaaseyaa: vii It is sunnyMichaa: vii It is big.Giizhiitaa: vii it is done, it is readyOnzhishin: vii it is niceWese’an: vii There is a tornadoNoodin: vii It is windyGashkawan: vii there is a thick fogBiinad: vii it is cleanNiiskaadad: vii there is bad weatherMinose: vii it goes well, it is good luckBaswewe: vii it echoesMinopogwad: vii it tastes goodGikendaagwad: vii it is known

New words this week:Minomaagwad: vii It smells GoodAanakwad: vii it is cloudy

Examples:Minomaagwad ina i’iw miijim? Does that food smell good? Enh. Minomaagwad o’ow miijim. Yes. this food smells good.

Gaawiin ina aanakwasinoon imaa? Isn’t it cloudy there?

Conversation:Question: Aanakwad ina? (Is it cloudy?)Answer: Eya’ Anakwad agwajiing. (Yes it is cloudy out.)Answer: Gaawiin Anakwasinoon agwajiing. (No it is not cloudy out)

Question: Onizhishinoon ina gibiizikiganan? (Are your clothes pretty?)Answer: Eya’ onizhishinoon nibiizikiganan. (Yes, my clothes are pretty)Answer: Gaawiin onizhishinzinoonin nibiizikiganan. (No, My clothes are not pretty.)

Quiz:Aaniin ekidong it is not raining outside Ojibwemowin? Gaawiin gimiwanzinoon agwajiingAaniin ekidong Gaawiin ina waaseyaamagasinoon Zhaaganashiimowin? Is it not sunny out?Aaniin ekidong they are clean Ojibwemowin? BiinadoonAaniin ekidong Gaawiin gikendaagwasinoonin Zhaaganashiimowin? They are not known.Aaniin ekidong is it a thick fog outside Ojibwemowin? Gashkawan ina agwajiing?Aaniin ekidong Minomaagwad ina Zhaaganashiimowin? Does it smell good?Aaniin ekidong Are there tornadoes in Bemidji Ojibwemowin? Wese’anoon ina bimijigamaag?

Aaniin ekidong Eya’ Zhaaganashiimowin?Aaniin ekidong Ojibwemowin?Aaniin ekidong Zhaaganashiimowin?

If you want to get in touch with me feel free to email me at [email protected] 

Some Great Online Resources for Learning Minnesota Ojibwe:https://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu/ 

I highly recommend Wendy Makoons Genius’s Ojibwe classes at UW Eau Claire, which she makes available online to everyone:https://www.uwec.edu/academics/college-arts-sciences/departments-programs/languages/academic-offerings/online-ojibwe-language-program/ 

I’ll be reading from and referring back to the Oshkaabewis Native Journal Volume 4 No. 1. The article about VIIs begins on page 121. You can download a PDF here:https://www.bemidjistate.edu/airc/wp-content/uploads/sites/85/2016/03/onj-vol4-num1.pdf  To attend the Language table: The White Earth Tribal and Community College Ojibwe Language Table meets every Tuesday and Thursday starting around 7 and ending between 8 and 9. Zoom Meeting ID: 945 8146 7003Password: 749886

Episode 05 VII Negation and Pluralization: Zinoonin sinoonin

Pluralizing negatives with VIIs is simple, do everything as we did to negate it, and then add in to the end.So Michaa (It is big) becomes Gaawiin Michaasinoonin (they are not big).Agoodemagad (It is hanging) becomes Gaawiin Agoodemagasinoonin (They are not hanging)Onizhishin (It is nice) becomes Gaawiin Onizhishinzinoonin (They are not nice)

VIIs this episode:

Refresher words:Gisinaa vii: It is coldAte vii: It is in a certain placeNoondaagwad vii it is heardGimiwan vii it is rainingAwanibiisaa vii It is SprinklingAgoode vii: It is hangingWaaseyaa: vii It is sunnyMichaa: vii It is big.Giizhiitaa: vii it is done, it is readyOnzhishin: vii it is niceWese’an: vii There is a tornadoNoodin: vii It is windyGashkawan: vii there is a thick fogBiinad: vii it is cleanNiiskaadad: vii there is bad weatherMinose: vii it goes well, it is good luckBaswewe: vii it echoesMinopogwad: vii it tastes goodGikendaagwad: vii it is known

Examples from the Text:Gaawiin minopogwasinoonin gitigaanensan. Vegetables don’t taste good.Gaawiin gikendaagwasinoonin iniw nagamonan imaa. Those songs are not know there.

Quiz:Aaniin ekidong those are not big Ojibwemowin? Gaawiin Michaasinoonin Michaamagasinoonin Aaniin ekidong it is not nice Ojibwemowin? Gaawiin Onizhishinzinoon Aaniin ekidong gaawiin noodinzinoon Zhaganashiimowin? It is not windyAaniin ekidong it is not ready Ojibwemowin? Gaawiin giizhiitaasinoon. Gaawiin giizhiitaamagasinoon. Aaniin ekidong Your moccasins are not finished Ojibwemowin? Gaawiin giizhiitaasinoonin gimakizinan. Gaawiin Giizhiitaamagasinoonin gimakazinan.Aaniin ekidong they taste good Ojibwemowin? Minopogwadoon. 

If you want to get in touch with me feel free to email me at [email protected] 

Some Great Online Resources for Learning Minnesota Ojibwe:https://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu/ 

I highly recommend Wendy Makoons Genius’s Ojibwe classes at UW Eau Claire, which she makes available online to everyone:https://www.uwec.edu/academics/college-arts-sciences/departments-programs/languages/academic-offerings/online-ojibwe-language-program/ 

I’ll be reading from and referring back to the Oshkaabewis Native Journal Volume 4 No. 1. The article about VIIs begins on page 121. You can download a PDF here:https://www.bemidjistate.edu/airc/wp-content/uploads/sites/85/2016/03/onj-vol4-num1.pdf  To attend the Language table: The White Earth Tribal and Community College Ojibwe Language Table meets every Tuesday and Thursday starting around 7 and ending between 8 and 9. Zoom Meeting ID: 945 8146 7003Password: 749886

Episode 4: Negation Gaawiin —-sinoon -zinoon 

This week we begin negating VIIS!There are very slight differences technically to how we conjugate these verbs based on the ending of their root form. The three endings are Vowel endings, N Endings and D endings. All three begin with a Gaawiin though:If the VII Ends in an N, Begin with a gaawiin, then the verb and add zinoon to the end of it.So Onzhishin (It is nice) becomes Gaawiin Onzhishinzinoon (It is not nice)If the VII Ends with a D, Begin with a Gaawiin, subtract the d from the end of the verb and add sinoon.So Biinad (it is clean) become Gaawiin biinasinoon (It is not clean).If the VII ends with a vowel, Begin with Gaawiin then the verb, then add sinoon.So Michaa (it is big) becomes Gaawiin Michaasinoon (It is not big)

VIIs this episode:

Refresher words:Gisinaa vii: It is coldAte vii: It is in a certain placeNoondaagwad vii it is heardGimiwan vii it is rainingAwanibiisaa vii It is SprinklingAgoode vii: It is hangingWaaseyaa: vii It is sunnyMichaa: vii It is big.Giizhiitaa: vii it is done, it is readyOnzhishin: vii it is niceWese’an: vii There is a tornado

New Words this episode:Noodin: vii It is windyGashkawan: vii there is a thick fogBiinad: vii it is cleanNiiskaadad: vii there is bad weatherMinose: vii it goes well, it is good luckBaswewe: vii it echoes

Examples in the Text:Gaawiin biinasinoon jiibaakwewigamig: The kitchen isn’t cleanGaawiin niiskaadasinoon Bemijigamaag noongom: There’s no Bad weather in Bemidji today.Gaawiin minosesinoon ji-waabamind gookooko’oo: It is not good luck to see an owl.Gaawiin Baswewesinoon. Nawaj enigok nagamon: There is no echo. Sing harder!

Quiz:Aaniin ekidong they are big Ojibwemowin? Michaawan Michaamagadoon Aaniin ekidong it is not big Ojibwemowin? Gaawiin Michaasinoon, Gaawiin MichaamagasinoonAaniin ekidong they are finished Ojibwemowin? Giizhiitaawan, Giizhiitaawaamagadoon Aaniin ekidong it is not finished Ojibwemowin? Gaawiin giizhiitaasinoon. Gaawiin Giizhiitaamagasinoon.Aaniin ekidong gaawiin noodinzinoon Zhaganashiimowin? It is not windyAaniin ekidong it is not nice Ojibwemowin? Gaawiin Onizhishinzinoon 

If you want to get in touch with me feel free to email me at [email protected] 

Some Great Online Resources for Learning Minnesota Ojibwe:https://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu/ 

I highly recommend Wendy Makoons Genius’s Ojibwe classes at UW Eau Claire, which she makes available online to everyone:https://www.uwec.edu/academics/college-arts-sciences/departments-programs/languages/academic-offerings/online-ojibwe-language-program/ 

I’ll be reading from and referring back to the Oshkaabewis Native Journal Volume 4 No. 1. The article about VIIs begins on page 121. You can download a PDF here:https://www.bemidjistate.edu/airc/wp-content/uploads/sites/85/2016/03/onj-vol4-num1.pdf  To attend the Language table: The White Earth Tribal and Community College Ojibwe Language Table meets every Tuesday and Thursday starting around 7 and ending between 8 and 9. Zoom Meeting ID: 945 8146 7003Password: 749886

Episode 03: VII pluralization

If a VII ends in a vowel, to pluralize it add -wan, so Ate (It is in a certain place) becomes Atewan (they are in a certain place).If a VII ends in a consonant, to pluralize it add -oon to the end of the verb to pluralize it, so Agoodemagad (it is hanging) becomes Agoodemagadoon (they are hanging).

VII’s 

Refresher words:Gisinaa vii: It is coldAte vii: It is in a certain placeNoondaagwad vii it is heardGimiwan vii it is rainingAwanibiisaa vii It is SprinklingAgoode vii: It is hangingWaaseyaa: vii It is sunny

New Words:Michaa: vii It is big.Giizhiitaa: vii it is done, it is readyOnzhishin: vii it is niceWese’an: vii There is a tornado

Examples from the Reading:Michaa + wan = Michaawan: they are bigMichaawan mazina’iganan= The books are big.

Giizhiitaa + wan = Giizhiitaawan They are ready/finishedGiizhiitaawan gimakizinian: Your Moccasins are ready

Quiz:Aaniin ekidong Michaamagad zhaganashiimowin? It is bigAaniin ekidong it is hanging Ojibwemowin? Agoode, AgoodemagadAaniin ekidong giizhiitaawan zhaganashiimowin? They are finished/ready.Aaniin ekidong they are heard Ojibwemowin? NondaagwadoonAaniin ekidong there are tornadoes Ojibwemowin? Wese’anoon

If you want to get in touch with me feel free to email me at [email protected] 

Some Great Online Resources for Learning Minnesota Ojibwe:https://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu/ 

I highly recommend Wendy Makoons Genius’s Ojibwe classes at UW Eau Claire, which she makes available online to everyone:https://www.uwec.edu/academics/college-arts-sciences/departments-programs/languages/academic-offerings/online-ojibwe-language-program/ 

I’ll be reading from and referring back to the Oshkaabewis Native Journal Volume 4 No. 1. The article about VIIs begins on page 121. You can download a PDF here:https://www.bemidjistate.edu/airc/wp-content/uploads/sites/85/2016/03/onj-vol4-num1.pdf  

To attend the Language table: The White Earth Tribal and Community College Ojibwe Language Table meets every Tuesday and Thursday starting around 7 and ending between 8 and 9. Zoom Meeting ID: 945 8146 7003Password: 749886

Magad can be added to the end of a Verb that is Animate and Intransitive (VAI) into a verb that is Intranistive and Inanimate (VII).Which is to say it makes a verb that would be about an animate object about an inanimate object.

So Wiisinii: vai wiin is eating becomesWiisiniimagad: vii it is eating

You can find the thread of discussion on this link from the Ojibwe Language Table facebook group:https://tinyurl.com/Ojibwemagad 

Here is a link to Charles Lippert’s excellent online dictionary:https://www.freelang.net/online/ojibwe.php

Episode Two: VII Extension -magad

This week's episode doesn't exactly cover a "Conjugation" but an extension. VIIs which end in a vowel can be said as is, or with magad added to the ending, which does not change the meaning of the word at all. It only elongates it. So: Gisinaa becomes Gisinaamagad and they both mean it is cold.

 

VIIs Covered in this Episode:

Refresher Words:Gisinaa vii: It is coldGisinaamagad vii: it is ColdAte vii: It is in a certain placeAtemagad vii: it is in a certain placeNoondaagwad vii it is heardGimiwan vii it is raining

New Words:Awanibiisaa vii It is SprinklingAwanibiisaamagad vii it is sprinklingAgoode vii: It is hangingAgoodemagad vii : It is hangingWaaseyaa: vii It is sunnyWaaseyaamagad vii : It is sunny

Quiz:    Aaniin Ekidong Zhaganashiimowin: How do you say it in English?Aaniin Ekidong Ojibwemowin: How do you say it in Ojibwe?

Question 1: Aaniin Ekidong Zhaganashiimowin Agoodemagad? How do you say Agoodemagad in English? (Answer: It is hanging)Aaniin Ekidong Ojibwemowin it is sprinkling outside? How do you say in Ojibwe It is sprinkling outside? (Answer: Gimiwan agwajiing)Aaniin Ekidong Zhaganashiimowin Gisinaamagad agwajiing: How do you say Gisinaamagad agwajiing in English? (Answer: it is cold outside)  If you want to get in touch with me feel free to email me at [email protected] 

Some Great Online Resources for Learning Minnesota Ojibwe:https://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu/ 

I highly recommend Wendy Makoons Genius’s Ojibwe classes at UW Eau Claire, which she makes available online to everyone:https://www.uwec.edu/academics/college-arts-sciences/departments-programs/languages/academic-offerings/online-ojibwe-language-program/ 

I’ll be reading from and referring back to the Oshkaabewis Native Journal Volume 4 No. 1. The article about VIIs begins on page 121. You can download a PDF here:https://www.bemidjistate.edu/airc/wp-content/uploads/sites/85/2016/03/onj-vol4-num1.pdf  

To attend the Language table: The White Earth Tribal and Community College Ojibwe Language Table meets every Tuesday and Thursday starting around 7 and ending between 8 and 9. Zoom Meeting ID: 945 8146 7003Password: 749886

Ojibwemodaa Podcast:

Episode 1: VII IntroductionsSome Great Online Resources for Learning Minnesota Ojibwe:https://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu/ 

I highly recommend Wendy Makoons Genius’s Ojibwe classes at UW Eau Claire, which she makes available online to everyone:https://www.uwec.edu/academics/college-arts-sciences/departments-programs/languages/academic-offerings/online-ojibwe-language-program/ 

I’ll be reading from and referring back to the Oshkaabewis Native Journal Volume 4 No. 1. The article about VIIs begins on page 121. You can download a PDF here:https://www.bemidjistate.edu/airc/wp-content/uploads/sites/85/2016/03/onj-vol4-num1.pdf  

VIIs Covered in this Episode:

Gisinaa vii: It is coldAte vii: It is in a certain place    Example: Desinaagan ate adoopowining= The plate is on the table.Noondaagwad vii it is heard    Example: Ziibi noondaagwad imaa= The river is heard there.Gimiwan vii it is raining    Example: Gimiwan Agwajiing = It is raining outside

If you want to get in touch with me feel free to email me at [email protected] 

To attend the Language table: The White Earth Tribal and Community College Ojibwe Langauge Table meets every Tuesday and Thursday starting around 7 and ending between 8 and 9. Zoom Meeting ID: 945 8146 7003Password: 749886

To read Jones' Texts on Google Books:

http://books.google.com/books?id=SaEiAQAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=Ojibwa+Texts&hl=en&ei=DPN_TtjNO8TbgQfsrug0&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CEIQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q&f=false

It's on Page 288, and 289.

Journal Of the Early Americas:

http://www.journaloftheearlyamericas.com/

Here's My Cleaned Up Version:

Ningoding Anishinaabeg giipooziwag nandawaabamaawaad Namewan

Anitiin odaayaanaawan miish awaa'igan izhaawag.

Mii idash inaabiwaad anaamiindim ayaapii owaabamaawaan namewan.

Mii I'iw bazhiba'awaad namewan.

Ningoding bezhik anishinaabe madwe-giigido “HO nashke goshaa izhinaagozid wa'aw name!

Wadakani indigo moosok izhinaagozid Wadakani”

Mii Dash gakina giibi-izhaawaad jimaanan jiwabamaawaad izhinaagozid

“Geget Wadakani!” ikidowag. “Mii sa Manidoo Name!”

Mii dash zagaswaawaad, asemaan gaye giiasewaad nibikaang.

Gaye ishkwaa Sagaswaawaad ingoji giianiizhaawag.

Bezhig idash jimaan miinawaa Gii-izhaawag minawaa owaabamaawan. Mii I'iw izhi-odaapinang Odanit a'aw anishinaabe Ogii-pazhiba'awaan ini'iw namewan. Apii Idash mwa'kibwinnat (end note 20) mii'iw wabaamaad migiziwan Agokanid imaa name oshtigwaaning.

Mii dash giikichibaapiwaad gakina anishinaabeg.

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