Waji
from [place/reason]; for [purpose]
from [place/reason]; for [purpose]
are you walking from town/village?
Odanak kodosa?
where are you walking from?
tôni wadosaan / tôni kodosa?
why?
kagwi waji?
me and you
nia ta kia
where is your head?
tôni k'dep?
Ôhô, odanak nodosa
yes, I’m walking from town.
I’m walking from my house
n’wigwômek nodosa / wadosaa
that's why
ni waji
travel well
wlipamkanni
touch your nose
nôzna k'jôl
so you’re walking from your house?
Ni k’wigwômek kodosan?
It's my house that I'm walking from
n’wigwômek wadosaa
Kagwi wadosaan wji k’wigwômek?
why (what for) are you walking from your house?
Do you see me?
K'namihi?
where is your ear?
tôni kdawagw?
why are you hungry?
kagwi waji kadopian?
No, I'm walking from Lake Champlain
ôda, Pitawbagok nodosa / wadosaa
I’m hungry, that’s why I’m walking from my house
N’kadopi, ni wadosaa wji n’wigwômek
Are you studying the Abenaki language?
kd'agakimzi Alnôbaôdwawôgan / Alnôbaôdwaan?
please touch the back of your neck
liwlaldamana nôzna k'depskokwa
Why do you help me?
Kagwi waji wijokamian?
walk from your home to get provisions!
Odosa k’wigwômek waji odnigaan!
Why do you teach me?
kagwi wadagakimian? / kagwi kodagakimi?
I'm here when you're here, and/so/therefore you're here when I'm here!
Nd'ai aian, ni kd'ain aia!
when you play I play, when I play you play
papian n'papi, papia k'papi