OJIBWE LANGUAGE
Greetings & Numbers
GREETINGS:

OJIBWAY                              ENGLISH                              PRONUNCIATION
aanii..............................hello.......................aw-nee
miigwech......................thank you...............me-gwech
bi-biindigen...................come on in.............bi-bean-di-gen
kinoomaagegamik.........school....................ki-noo-maw-gay-ga-mik
eskoonwit......................student..................es-koon-wit
ekinoomaaget................teacher.................e-ki-noo-maw-get
kaa................................no..........................kaa
aahaaw.........................yes.........................ah-how
baamaa pii g'waabmin...see you later.........ba-ma-pea g'waab-min
                    

NUMBERS:

bezhig...........................one..................................bay-zhig
niizh..............................two..................................knee-zh
(n)swi............................three...............................(ni)-swi
niiwin.............................four..................................knee-win
naanan..........................five..................................naah-nun
ngodwaaswi..................six....................................n-go-dwah-swi
niizhwaaswi...................seven..............................knee-shwah-swi
(n)shwaaswi..................eight................................shwah-swi
zhaangswi.....................nine.................................zhong-swi
mdaaswi........................ten...................................mi-dah-swi



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