3rd person
wiisini
s/he eats
in-jiibaakwe
i am cooking
you are tired
gid-ayekoz
define gii-
past tense prefix
s/he is not going
gaawiin izhaasii
s/he was ricing in FDL
gii-manoominike nagaajiwanaang
in-giigooyike misi-zaaga'iganing
i am fishing in mille lacs
gi-bakade ina
future tense prefix
wii-
you are not eating
gaawiin gi-wiisinisii
s/he will go leech lake
wii-izhaa gaa-zagaskwaajimekaag
i am shopping in red lake village
ind-adaawe ogaakaaning
giwii-wiidookaage ina chi-minising
will you help in isle?
2 facts about ina
yes/no question, always 2nd word in sentence
i am not sick
gaawiin ind-aakozisii
jiibaakwe mookomaan-onigaming
s/he is cooking in cloquet
i was parching rice in twin lakes
ingii-gaapizige niizhogamaag
gigii-gaandakii'ige gichi-onigaming
you were push poling in grand portage
list the four 1st person prefixes
ni, ind, in, im
i am not shopping at walmart
gaawiin ind-adaawesii waamaating
gii-anokii gikinoo-amaadiiwigamigong
s/he worked at school
i will sleep in onamia
niwii-nibaa eshkwegamaag
you will cook at the restaurant
giwii-jiibaakwe wiisiniwigamigong
what are the two negative suffixes and when do they get used
-zii = after consonants
-sii = after vowels
they are not going to mcdonalds
gaawiin izhaasiiwag mikiidiiz