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Simple sentence building

Simple sentence building. Combining what we have learned so far. Gi is past tense Wi is future tense Word order is not very important but in order to sound more like a fluent speaker we will put the item we want to emphasize out front.

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Simple sentence building

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  1. Simple sentence building

  2. Combining what we have learned so far. • Gi is past tense • Wi is future tense • Word order is not very important but in order to sound more like a fluent speaker we will put the item we want to emphasize out front. • If the sentence is a question the ne is usually the second thing in a sentence

  3. Basic Independent pattern with AI verbs • Nmaji- I leave • Gmaji- you leave • Maji- he/she leave • Nmajimen- We (-u) leave • Gmajimen- we all leave • Gmajim- You all leave • Majik- They leave.

  4. Animacy and Inanimacy • Remember Animacy (living) and Inanimacy (non living) are extremely important to the language from pluralizing to which verb to use to which this or that to use. • Also because the verb is so important we are going to highlight the verb yellow and the personal pronoun blue.

  5. Demonstratives • Animate Singular • Ode- this (close) • O- that (a little further away) • Ago- that (far away) Plural • Gode- these ( close) • Gi- those (a little further away) • Egi- those ( far away) Inanimate Singular Ode- this ( close) i- that (further away) E’i- that ( far away) Plural Node- these ( close) Ni- those ( a little further away) E’ni- those ( far away)

  6. Wabek nwi mikchewimen • We are going to work tomorrow. • Nago ne ggikikto? • Did you talk yesterday? • Wabek ne gwi gwedemojge? • Are you going fishing tomorrow? • Nago gi giwsek. • They went hunting yesterday.

  7. Giwe ne o kwe? • Is that woman going home. • Gmikchewim ne ngom? • Are you all working today/ now? • Gbinchegemen ode jo pi. • Lets clean right now. • Yapjeyen gishpen gwi gwedemojgemenngom. • Hurry up and get dressed if we are going to go fishing today.

  8. Giwen bwamshe gwimigadimen • Go home before we get in a fight. • Ahaw nwi giwe. • Ok, I will go home. • Kikton bgeji ga zhechkeyen. • Talk a little about what you did. • Odanek nwizhyamen wabek. • We are going to town tomorrow.

  9. Gwidewegemen ne ode pkonyak? • Are we going to drum this evening? • Wi migadik ne egi nenwik. • Are they going to fight those men over there? • Bzegwik mine Mikchewik. • You all get up and work. • Nimedik ne ibe? • Are they dancing over there.

  10. Practice Practice Practice • When it comes to making sentences this is the bread and butter of the language. The better you become at using the different tenses and forming sentences the quicker you will become proficient enough to start talking in the language. Keep with it you are doing great!!

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