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7894
I have never hear of a solar month can you describe to me what that is? [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
giwinadisikwe
giwiinadisikwe
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Jun 1, 2008
11:37 am
7895
Solar months are the 12 months in a solar year. The common civil calendar, known as the Gregorian Calendar, uses the solar months. It's correction mechanism is...
Qorach ben Dan
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Jun 11, 2008
10:20 pm
7896
my native language is ottawa, it is however very similar to ojibway, a lot is shared. i have a book of the ottawa language.. and i found it shocking to see...
porkchopcode
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Jun 11, 2008
10:20 pm
7897
That depends on what you mean by "friend" and what your sexual gender is. Take a look at the Freelang Ojibwe dictionary (link at the banner). From there, you...
Qorach ben Dan
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Jun 11, 2008
11:16 pm
7898
As far as I know the word for friend is niijii, or more familiarly "niij" ... From: Qorach ben Dan &lt;cjlippert@...&gt; Subject:...
john lagrew
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Jun 12, 2008
5:14 am
7899
Aaniish naa, niijiidog, I have a question about something other than language...it has more to do with culture, tradition or belief, in the same way that some...
Dany Riopelle
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Jun 21, 2008
12:31 am
7900
aanii, tradescantia ohiensis, anishinaabemong? daga wiidookawishin miigwech...
jolly_madman
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Jun 21, 2008
12:31 am
7901
Thats what is said in Minnesota too. ... From: john lagrew <jhlagrew@...> To: OjibweLanguageSocietyMiinawaa@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, June 11,...
karen may
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Jun 21, 2008
12:31 am
7903
I'm doing the Pimsleur course right now with my friend. I guess the only problem I've found is that aside from the lessons, I have no exposure to the...
sithkittie
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Jun 24, 2008
11:45 am
7904
From my teachings Men do not call women Niijii - and from experience women don't use the word....I have often heard men say niijiikwe...but that is a recent...
giwinadisikwe
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Jun 24, 2008
11:28 pm
7905
You are correct about that,I have never known a woman that I called niijii,though I have known women that I've called friend, I haven't lived among the...
john lagrew
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Jun 25, 2008
12:27 am
7906
We call them by their name or Kwe giwinadisikwe <giwiinadisikwe@...> wrote: From my teachings Men do not call women Niijii - and from experience...
John Irvine
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Jun 26, 2008
8:34 pm
7907
There were, are, terms used by anishinaabe men for women - niwe/je/wah/gun or niwe/ji/ah/gun (phonetic spellings). More specifically, these terms mean "woman...
endasogiizhik
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Jun 30, 2008
6:47 pm
7908
Hello I don't know how to start. Some years ago, i met by true my interest in cultures Mika on the net? Better known as mintaka. He was last actif on october...
joke bonte
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Jun 30, 2008
6:48 pm
7909
Boozhoo How is I am Ojibwe (Chippewa) and French/Canadian on my Father's side written in Ojibwe? Mii gwech Vaughn...
Vaughn Hull
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Jun 30, 2008
11:26 pm
7911
Boozhoo, I was laying on the earth today, looking up at the sky, feeling the breeze, and listening the trees. I remembered that there was a saying in...
Jennifer Engel
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Jul 7, 2008
2:29 am
7912
I know our focus here is language, but  I don't believe the whole men didn't talk to women thing.  Mainly because inlaws traditionally joked around a...
giwinadisikwe
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Jul 7, 2008
2:29 am
7914
Well, how rude. I was so happy to find this group and post my message, I didn't even say ANIN! Glad to be part of the group. Laura...
llmwhiteman
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Jul 15, 2008
11:21 am
7915
Here's a word that was written on an important old document, next to a picture of an old man... "Nabeness". It could be the name of that old man, but even so...
llmwhiteman
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Jul 15, 2008
11:21 am
7917
Wado for passing this on my friend. Wishing you and yours a happy and safe day. donadagohvi.......Cyndi ... com/computer/ virus/postcard. asp Checked with...
cyndi
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Jul 15, 2008
11:21 am
7918
did any hear of the native nations that are getting together and buying a large piece of land?? somewhere by Pakistan or Afghanistan ???????  they are calling...
Marty Cline
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Jul 17, 2008
6:09 pm
7919
you are so full of yourself. There are many people working hard to save the language. You are not one of them. You merely profit from someone else's work....
carol_montana
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Jul 20, 2008
3:12 am
7920
Aaniin, I've got a few questions now that arose while listening to Pimsleur's Essential Ojibwe 1. "I am going to the store" is said a lot of times and always...
Kees van Kolmeschate
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Jul 20, 2008
2:19 pm
7928
Personally, I would put a locative at the end of adaawegamig, but it could be a regional thing, or just missed in the editing process. To me, adaawegamig...
Marjolaine LaPointe
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Jul 23, 2008
2:00 pm
7929
My messages are not getting through...
firekeeper38
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Jul 24, 2008
5:41 am
7931
Aaniin, The Freelang Ojibwe module has been updated. The Ojibwe-English module can be downloaded from the Freelang banner located at the OLS-Miinawaa's...
Qorach ben Dan
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Jul 28, 2008
7:51 pm
7932
Aniin, please explain to young folks in the army that the term Ogichidaa is different from the english term warrior. Because of home videos like this>...
bux_80
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Jul 29, 2008
12:17 pm
7933
Definitely a casm of difference between a person who is an Ogichidaa and a person who is a Zhimaagan (or in the case of that youtube vid, Zhimaaganish) or from...
Qorach ben Dan
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Jul 29, 2008
2:41 pm
7934
As a native american and muslim this video was very upsetting to me. I don't see how people could do this to others, especially if they know their history. ...
Adilah
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Jul 29, 2008
2:44 pm
7935
Sometimes people like to keep their eyes closed to the evils that are going on in the world. This video reminds us that we need to always keep our eyes open...
Jennifer Engel
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