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Gego & Goya - Things & People
ziinziibaakadons - candy
dengwe-kaajigaan - face mask
koosman - pumpkin
biinoojiinh - child
ingo-dibik - one more night
kina goya - everyone
jiibay - ghost, spirit
niijaans - child

Ezhichige-ikidowinan - Verbs
miijin - to eat (inanimate)
zaage - to come out
manaajpindizo - to dress crazy
miizinikidaan - to carve it up
zegizi - to scare someone
miizh - to give someone something
ezhichige - do something
debtaagozi - to yell from a distance
noondaagozi - to yell right near someone
gichinendaamo - to be happy
biiskaan - wear it
baatiindoon - to have a lot of something

Aankesijigansan - Connector Words
dash - then
mii - then, so, now
maage - or
chi - very much
geyabi - still
niibina - lots

Pii-ikidowinan - Tenses
daa - indefinite future
wii - definite future
gii - definite past

Sentences:

  1. Niijaansag wii miijinaawaan niibinaa ziinziibaakadonsan.
  2. Jiibayag daa zaagewag.
  3. Kina goya daa chimanaajpindizo.
  4. Koosmanan daa miizinikidaanaa'aan.
  5. Dengwe-kaajigaanan daa biiskaanaa'aan.
  6. Daa zegiziwag.
  7. Gego ina g'wii miizh maage gego daa zhichige.
  8. Jiibayag daa debtaagoziwag.
  9. Mkwa-bmoseag daa zaagewag aaptaa-dibikak.
  10. Biinoojiinhag zegiziiwaad mii ji-noondagoziwaad.
  11. Geyabi ingo-dibik mii ji Taaseong.
  12. Biinoojiinhag daa baatiindonaa'aan ziinziibaakadonsan Maani-giizhigak.
  13. Daa gichinendaamowag dash biinoojiinhag
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