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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...
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...
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...
Thats what is said in Minnesota too. ... From: john lagrew <jhlagrew@...> To: OjibweLanguageSocietyMiinawaa@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, June 11,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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>...
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...
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. ...
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...