| Vowel Spelling Practice |
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Click on the following English words to hear the pronunciation of equivalent Ojibwe words. Try to spell the Ojibwe words with the appropriate vowels. You can print this page if you want to have a sheet to write on, or you can write the entire word on a separate sheet of paper. The next page contains the full transcriptions.
| foxes | w____g____sh____g |
| some (people) are coming | ____w____y____ b____-____y____w____g |
| window | w____s____ch____g____n |
| my chiefs | ____nd____g____m____m____g |
| milk | d____d____sh____b____ |
| onion | zh____g____g____w____nzh |
| hat | w____w____kw____n |
| necklace | n____b____k____w____g____n |
| shirts | b____b____g____w____y____n____n |
| egg | w____w____n |
| white pine | zh____ngw____k |
| coat | b____b____z____k____w____g____n |
| coat | b____z____k____w____g____n |
| teaspoons | ____m____kw____n____ns____n |
| cat | g____zh____g____ns |
| white pines | zh____ngw____kw____g |
| onions | zh____g____g____w____nzh____g |
| chickens | b____k____'____kw____ny____g |
| fox | w____g____sh |
| cats | g____zh____g____ns____g |
| sugar | z____nz____b____kw____d |
| my chief | ____nd____g____m____m |
| cloud | ____n____kw____d |
| ball | b____kw____kw____d |
| salt | zh____w____t____g____n |
| shirt | b____b____g____w____y____n |
| flowers | w____b____gw____n____ns____g |
| hats | w____w____kw____n____n |
| pipes (smoking) | ____pw____g____n____g |
| deer (singular) | w____w____shk____sh____ |
| pen (writing) | ____zh____b____h____g____n____k |
| pants (plural) | g____b____d____y____gw____z____n____n |
| where ANsg lives | ____nd____d |
| necklaces | n____b____k____w____g____n____n |
| eggs | w____w____n____n |
| house; building | w____k____'____g____n |
| English people | zh____g____n____sh____w____g |
| coot, mudhen | ____j____g____d____ |
| tobacco | ____s____m____ |
| cup | m____n____kw____w____n____g____ns |
| chicken | b____k____'____kw____nh |
| pickerel (walleye) | ____g____ |
| crackers, cookies | b____kw____zh____g____ns____g |
| butter | d____d____sh____b____ - b____m____d____ |
| pants | g____b____d____y____gw____z____n |
| pickerels (walleyes) | ____g____w____g |
| flower | w____b____gw____n____ns |
| rabbit; hare | w____b____z |
| mice | w____w____b____g____n____j____ny____g |
| teaspoon | ____m____kw____n____ns |
| earring | n____b____sh____b____z____n |
| crows | ____nd____gw____g |
| dish | ____n____g____n |
| maple tree | ____n____n____t____g |
| coffee | m____k____d____-m____shk____k____w____b____ |
| rainbow | n____kw____y____b |
| Ojibwe people | ____n____sh____n____b____g |
| mouse | w____w____b____g____n____j____nh |
| English person | zh____g____n____sh____ |
| rabbits; hares | w____b____z____g |
| dress (clothing) | ____k____n____s |
| American | g____ch____ - m____k____m____n |
| fastener | z____g____kw____'____n |
| pens (writing) | ____zh____b____'____g____n____k____g |
| pipe (smoking) | ____pw____g____n |
| dresses (clothing) | ____k____n____s____n |
| crow | ____nd____g |
| bed | n____b____g____n |
| Ojibwe person, human | ____n____sh____n____b____ |
| deer (plural) | w____w____shk____sh____w____g |
| frybread | ____n____sh____n____b____-b____kw____zh____g____n |
| butterfly | m____m____ngw____ |
| beer | zh____ng____b____b____ |
| candy | z____nz____b____kw____d____ns |
| Americans | g____ch____ - m____k____m____n____g |