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| animosh | na dog; Bakade animosh. 'The dog is hungry.' |
| animoshag | na dogs (plural); Bakadewag animoshag. 'The dogs are hungry.' |
| animoons | na little dog (diminutive); Nibaa animoons. 'The puppy/little dog is sleeping.' |
| inday, ninday | na my dog (possessive); Bakade inday. 'My dog is hungry.' |
| ayaa | vai be in a place; Iwidi ayaa mindimooyenh. 'The old woman is over there.' |
| awesiinh | na animal; Wiisini awesiinh. 'The animal is eating.' |
| awesiinyag | na animals (plural); Awesiinyag wiisiniwag. 'The animals are eating.' |
| aapiji | pc really (extremely), very, quite; Aapiji imbakade. 'I'm very hungry.' |
| aawi | vai be (a certain thing or being); Ikwezens aawi. 'She's a girl.' |
| da- | pv future tense, Da-wiisini gwiiwizens. 'The boy will eat.' |
| daa- | pv could, should, would, Indaa-wiisin. 'I should eat.' |
| ga- | pv future tense; Giga-wiisin ina? 'Are you (sg) going to eat?' |
| gaazhagens | na cat; Bakade gaazhagens. 'The cat is hungry.' |
| gaazhagensag | na cats (plural); Bakadewag gaazhagensag. 'The cats are hungry.' |
| gichi-, chi- | pv, pn great, very, big; Gichi-wiisini ikwezens. 'The girl is really chowing down.' Gichi-zhigaag ayaa iwidi! 'There's a big skunk over there!' |
| gii- | pv past tense; ingii-wiisin 'I ate'; gii-wiisini inday 'My dog ate.' |
| giin | pn you (sg.) (second person singular personal pronoun); Giin ina gigii-wiisin? 'Did YOU(sg.) eat?' |
| ikido | vai say (such), speak so; 'Boozhoo,' gii-ikido gwiiwizens. 'The boy said 'Hi.'' Aaniin ekidong 'cat'? 'How does one say 'cat'?' |
| makwa | na bear; Makwa da-bakade. 'The bear will be hungry.' |
| makwag | na bears (plural); Makwag da-bakadewag. 'The bears will be hungry.' |
| makoons | na bear cub, little bear (diminutive); Makoons indaaw. 'I am a cub.' (said by certain rabid fans in Chicago) |
| miinawaa | pc again, also, and; gaazhagens miinawaa animosh '(the) dog and (the) cat'; Miinawaa ingii-wiisin. 'I ate again.' |
| na, ina | pc question particle used with yes/no-type questions; Giwii-wiisin ina? 'Do you want to eat?'; Bakade na animosh? 'Is the dog hungry?' |
| niin | pr I, me, my (first person singular personal pronoun). Niin inday bakade. 'MY dog is hungry'; Ingii-wiisin niin. 'As for ME, I ate.' |
| ozhibii'ige | vai write (things); Inga-ozhibii'ige. 'I'm going to write.' |
| sa | pc emphatic particle; Niin sa, Rand. 'It is I, Rand. (typical ending to a letter if your name happens to be Rand). |
| wii- | pv want to, intend to; Niwii-wiisin. 'I want to eat.' |
| wiin | pr s/he, her/him, hers/his (third person singular personal pronoun); Wiin gii-wiisini. 'As for HER, she ate.' |
| zhigaag | na skunk; Zhigaag nibaa. 'The skunk is sleeping.' |
| zhigaagwag | na skunks (plural) Zhigaagwag nibaawag. 'The skunks are sleeping.' |
| zhigaagoons | na little skunk, baby skunk (diminutive); Zhigaagoons nibaa. 'The little skunk is sleeping.' |
| zhiishiib | na duck; Zhiishiib wiisini. 'The duck is eating.' |
| zhiishiibag | na ducks (plural); Zhiishiibag wiisiniwag. 'The ducks are eating.' |
| zhiishiibens | na duckling, little duck (diminutive) Zhiishiibens nibaa. 'The duckling is sleeping.' |