• Indefinite pronouns are used to identify a member of a gender class, awiiya,
specifying a member of the animate class, and gegoo,
of the inanimate class.
• Note that unlike
most other pronouns in Anishinaabemowin, indefinite pronouns do not have distinct
forms for plurals and obviatives (4th persons).
• The following are some examples
of the usage of interrogative pronouns in sentences:
- Awiiya
na wiishkobi-bakwezhigan? 'Is there any cake?' (C&G)
- Awiiya iidog waaboozoon dazhiikawaad, gii-pitikonidizo.'Someone
working on a rabbit accidentally cut herself.' (MK)
- Gaawiin geyaabi awiiya
madwe-miigaadisiiwag," odigoon giiwenh. 'There is nobody to be heard fighting
any more," she tells her.' (MK)
- Gaawiin gaye awiiya odaa-zhoomiingwetawaasiin,
gaawiin sa go gegoo. 'No
one would smile at her or do anything at all.' (MK)
- Mii go gaye wiin naasaab enaajimod imaa nibaad noondawaad awiiya
gichi-bagidanaamonid. 'But he told the same story about sleeping there, that
he heard someone breathing hard.' (MK)
- Giishpin awiiya izhaad iwidi, mii ezhi-gichi-noodininig.
'If someone goes over there, it gets very windy.' (MK)
- Mino-doodaw gakina awiiya. 'Be kind to everyone.'
(OLS)
- Mii iidog imaa apane ezhaawaad maa'ishkamowaad gegoo
go adaawewaad ozhooniyaamiwaad. 'That's where they always go shopping to buy
things when they have money.' (MK)
- Mii gegoo odayi'iimini ezhi-ganawendang a'aw zhiigaa,
a'aw ikwe. 'The widow, the lady, keeps her husband's belongings.' (MK)