Awani?
Awanigik?
Tricky Sounds
3..2..1
iglismôniwi... coping skills
From class or Pebonkas 2022 Course Guide
Soundspell Words
100

nia

I, me, my, mine

100

kia ta nia

you and I(me)

100

Hli

Hhlee, "Tell me."

100

Abenaki

ah-BEN-ah-KEE "Abénaki"

100

Name 1 way to practice a new word.

different answers, like, saying "Wliwni, Thank you." at the grocery store.

100

Nosokamawa!

(You singular) follow something of someone!

100

Odana

OH-dah-NAH. "town, village"

200

kia

you(singular), your, yours

200

niona

we (but not you), our, ours

200

Achi

ah-TSEE, "and, also, too"

200

odana

OH-dah-NAH, "town" or "village"

200

Name 1 way to learn how to pronounce a longer word.

Different answers, like: Count the syllables backwards. Make a little tune to practice the sound combinations.

200

...nosokamôgoan...

...when someone follows something/one of/for you

200

Ôda

awn-DAH. "No or not..."

300

Tôni aliwizian?

you (singular), (kia), "How is it that you call yourself?"

300

awanigik

some ones

300

Mijowôgan

me-DZOH-wonh-GAN, "food"

300

Awani

AH-wa-NEE, "someone" or "who"

300

Name 1 thing, in Abénaki, you can say when you say when you haven't understood something.

Different answers; like, "Ida mina?" or, "Ôda k'wawtolo."

300

Nosokamôga!

(Let) something/one of you(singular) be followed by someone.

300

Mili

mee-LEE. "give me (something)."

400

Kd'eliwizi ...

you (singular) (kia), "You call yourself..."

400

kiona

we(including you), our, ours

400

Wigiakw

wee-GYAHKWW, "where you all live"

400

Wliwni

oo-LEE-oo-NEE, "Thank you."

400

Name 1 resource for building vocabulary and practicing skills.

Different answers; like, Abénaki YouTube channel, Nd'akinna classes, Middlebury, Westernabenaki.com, WARadio.

400

K'nosokamawôn sibs alidoit nibenakik?

Are/Do you follow a bird, how they(singular) fly to the southlands?

400

Sata

sa-TAH. "blueberry"

500

Nd'eliwizi .....

I (nia) "I call myself ..."

500

Agmôwô

They (plural)

500

Wigiak

wee-GYAHK, "where we all live."

500

K'nosokamawôn ni

kh-no-so-KAM-ah-WAWHN NEE, "you(singular) follow that thing of/for someone."

500

Name 1 daily activity, in English, that you might want to learn how to "narrate" in Abénaki.

Different answers, like "I wake up."

500

...nosokamawôan...

that/when you(singular) follow something/one of someone/thing

500

N'dep

n(u)-DUP. "my head"

600

Nibenakik alidoian?

you (singular) "Is it the southlands the way that you are flying (to)?"

600

kiôwô

you(plural), your, yours

600

Wijokami

wee-DZOH-ka-MEE, "Help me."

600

kchi

kh-TSEE

600

Yes or No; Will speakers mind if you speak slowly or repeat and correct yourself (seem to stutter)?

No. Speakers do those things, too!

600

K'nosokamawô awani?

Are/Do you(singular) follow something/one of someone?

600

Ôhô

aw-HAWH. "Yes."

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