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This lesson involves several types of new
- verbs (one of 4 types of action)
- nouns (a person, place or thing)
- and noun phrases (several words that work together to represent one noun or idea).
Animate Nouns:
| one penny |
bezhig zhoomaankenh |
| two pennies |
niizh zhoomaankenhag |
| five pennies |
naanan zhoomaankenhag |
| seventy five pennies |
niizhwaasmidana-shi-naanan zhoomankenhag |
| nickel |
naanan-zhoomaankenh |
| two nickels |
niizh naanan-zhoomaankenhag |
| three nickels |
swi naanan-zhoomaankenhag |
| one dime |
midaas-zhoomaankenh |
| two dimes |
niizh midaas-zhoomaankenhag |
| quarter |
niizh-shining |
| two quarters |
niizh niizh-shinigag |
| three quarters |
swi niizh-shinigag |
| four quarters |
niiwin niizh-shinigag |
| half a dollar coin |
abitaawaabik |
| swi |
n'dwaag |
bezhig-zhoomaankenhag |
| three |
I have |
pennies |
| midaaswi |
n'dwaag |
midaas-zhomaankenhag |
| ten |
I have |
dimes |
Inanimate Nouns:
| one dollar |
bezhig-waabik |
| two dollar bills |
niizh bezhig-waabikon |
| three dollar bills |
swi bezhig-waabikon |
| five one dollar bills |
naanan bezhig-waabikon |
| a five dollar bill |
naan-waabik |
| a ten dollar bill |
mdaas-waabik |
| a twenty dollar bill |
niizhtana-swaabik |
| a fifty dollar bill |
naanimdana-swaabik |
| a one hundred dollar bill |
igodwaak-swaabik |
Noun Phrases:
| the price of three cents |
swi zhoomaankenh |
| the price of four cents |
niio zhoomaankenh |
| the price of fifteen cents |
midaas-shi-naanan-zhoomaankenh |
| the price of twenty cents |
niizhtana-zhoomaankenh |
| the price of two dollars |
niizh waabik |
| the price of three dollars |
s-waabik |
| midaas-zhoomaankenh |
ina |
g'daa'waa? |
| a dime |
? |
do you have it? |
| enh, |
midaas-zhoomaankenh |
n'daa'waa |
| yes, |
a dime |
I have |
| Midaas-zhoomaankenh |
g'gaa miin'in. |
| A dime |
I will give you. |
| niizhwaasmidana-shi-naanan zhoomankenh |
gii naangde |
zinziibaakadons |
| seventy five cents |
it did cost |
the candy |
| bezhig-waabik |
n'daa'aan |
| one dollar |
I have |
| bezhig |
mishiimin |
n'daawaa |
| one |
apple |
I have |
| swi |
nd'aawaag |
bezhig-zhoomaankenhag |
| three |
I have |
pennies |
| swi |
gd'aawaag |
bezhig-zhoomaankenhag |
| three |
you have |
pennies |
| swi zhoomaankenhag |
jinaagwa |
n'gii awaag |
| three pennies |
yesterday |
I did have |
| swi zhoomaankenh'ig |
jinaagwa |
gaawiin n'gii awaasiig |
| three pennies |
yesterday |
no I did not have |
| wenesh minik zhooniyaa eyaamaan? |
| how much money do you have? |
| wenesh minik zhoomaankenhag? |
| how much money? |
| n'daa'aan |
s-waabik |
| I have |
dollars |
| n'daa'aan-oba* |
s-waabik |
| I had in the past |
three dollars |
| Gaawiin n'daa'aasiin |
swi |
bezhig-waabikon |
| I don't have |
three |
dollar bills |
| Jinaagwa n'gii paa giishnajigemi gaa shkwaa giishnaajigeyaanh gaawiin s-waabikan n'gii daa'aasiin. |
| Yesterday we (just us) did go shopping then after I shopped no three dollars I did not have. |
| s-waabikan |
ina g'daa'aan? |
| three dollars |
? do you have |
| ingodwak |
ina g'gaa daam'in |
| hundred |
? will you loan me |
| kaa gego |
ingodwak |
gegwii'inaamba* |
| not |
one hundred |
I would lend |
| g'daa degwii'in |
| I might lend you |
| bezhig-waabik |
n'gaa daapanaan |
| one dollar |
I will pick up |
| bezhig |
ina mishiimin g'gii daapinaa |
| one |
? apple (you did) pick it up |
| niizh-shinigok |
ndo'maanjii'ag |
| quarters |
I collect |
* - "ba" is sometimes used as a past tense to indicate something that was once present, but is now gone
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