TRANSLATIONS
(OJIBWE - ENGLISH)
TRANSLATIONS
(ENGLISH - OJIBWE)
RULES
TRANSLATIONS VOCAB
ADDING TENSE-PREVERBS
100
GAAWIIN GIMIWANZINOON
IT IS NOT RAINING.
100
IT IS NOT COLD
GAAWIIN GISINAASINOON
100

TO CHANGE A STATEMENT INTO A QUESTION, WE ADD ________TO THE SENTENCE.

NA

100
GIMIWAN 

IT IS RAINING

100
IT WAS RAINING

__________GIMIWAN 

GII-GIMIWAN
200
ZOOGIPON NA
WILL IT SNOW?
200

IT IS NOT SNOWING

GAAWIIN ZOOGIPONZINOON
200

TO CREATE A QUESTION, WE ADD NA TO THE STATEMENT. WHERE IS "NA" PLACED IN THE SENTENCE? 

SECOND

EXAMPLE: GIMIWAN NA?

GII-GIMIWAN NA?

200

IT IS SNOWING 

ZOOGIPON

200
IT WILL RAIN (100%)
DA-GIMIWAN
300
GII-ZAAGAATE NA?
WAS IT RAINING?
300

IT IS NOT CLOUDY

GAAWIIN NINGWAKWANZINOON
300
TO CREATE A NEGATIVE STATEMENT WITH A WORD ENDING IN A VOWEL, WE ADD _______TO THE END.

+SINOON

300

IT IS SUNNY

ZAAGAATE

300
IT WILL RAIN (NOT 100%)
WII-GIMIWAN
400
GII-GISINAA GAYE OMAA.
IT WAS COLD HERE TOO.
400

IT IS STARTING TO GET WINDY. 

WII-AAZHA-NOODIN.

400
TO CREATE A NEGATIVE STATEMENT WITH A WORD ENDING IN A "N", WE ADD ______TO THE END.

+ZINOON

400

NOODIN 

IT IS WINDY 

400
IT RAINED A LITTLE BIT. 
GII-GIMIWAN BANGII.
500

DA-GICHI-GIMIWAN MIINAWAA.

IT WILL RAINING HARD AGAIN.
500

IT WAS RAINING A LITTLE BIT.

GII-GIMIWAN BANGII.

500
ALL NEGATIVE STATEMENTS START WITH THIS WORD.
GAAWIIN
500

BINESIIKAA

IT IS THUNDERING

500
IT WILL RAIN VERY HARD.
WII-GICHI-GIMIWAN
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