- Ozaamikamig! This is too much! Exaggerated.
- Thought: It has snowed so much that we cannot get out of the driveway! (describing something that is too excessive)
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- Gawesaa! Hawesaa! Oh! My goodness! Expectations failed. To describe failure
- Thought: Our team lost at the end.
We ran out of gas. (something disappointing)
- Yo hooho! Used to express astonishment often disapprovingly, oh my, oh my goodness, goodness gracious
- Thought: Yo hooho! How did you get that black eye?
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- Owa! Owaa! A Wow factor. Expressing admiration, pleased, impressed. Possessing beauty. Appealing.
- Thought: Owa! Great idea! Owa! Looking great!
- Wa wa wa! Astonishing. Inconceivable. Far- fetched. Unimaginable, unthinkable, unbelievable.
- Thought: I lost my homework! I lost all my money at the casino. I forgot my wallet.
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- Naanabaawish! Came too late.
- Thought: The fire truck arrived too late.
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- Ambegish! I wish that….
- Thought: I wish I was done my essay. I wish I had a vacation. I wish I can go, too.
- Babanaadakamig! Disappointment, it didn’t work out. Letdown. What a blow!
- Thought: Hopeful expectations have failed to surface and disrupts positive feeling
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- Gaanaganaa! What if it was so? How I wish…
- Thought: I wish I could take my kids for a vacation at Disneyland.
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- Gagwaanisagikamig! How horrible! A catastrophe. A tragic event.
- Thought: There was a tornado that came by that destroyed homes.
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- Whaa! Impressed with how something looks
- Thought: Admiring a friend’s car going by
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- Awegodogwen igo baakaj? What in the world is happening?
- Thought: a police man came by ( causing alarm)
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- Howa! Very impressive!
- Thought: Admiring someone’s work or talent.
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- Amanj igo! I don’t know. (wondering about….)
- Thought: Response to….Was their baby born yet? Did she receive her gst cheque?
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- Whaa! Impressed with the look of something
- Thought: Look at the nice car driving by. Your dress has a wow factor.
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- Aigee! Duh! Action or statement deemed foolish or stupid absurd
- Thought: He felt foolish when he forgot where he parked.
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- Aigee! No kidding! Annoyed way to express that something said is known or obvious
- Thought: Don’t drive with the shade covering your windshield.
- Beka! Beka! Wait! Wait up!
- Thought: Wait for me!
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- Mii’iwe! That’s all! I am done! Conclusion.
- Thought: When one is done explaining something or discussing something.
- Ashigesh! Something did not pan out as expected negatively Thought: It can be embarrassing but can be expressed in a funny way.
- Magizhaa gaye! Perhaps! Maybe.
- Thought: In response to a matter, you are not sure of
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- Haamsa! Maajitaadaa! Okay! Let’s start!
- Thought: Starting a meeting or activity.
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- Gidaagiinaa! You should have said! Usually to make it sound funny. Or behaving like they know everything
- Thought: Expressing funny or wisecracking comments or cheeky
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- Zhigo! Zhigwa! And so… What’s up?
- Thought: As a ice breaker when starting to chat with someone.
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- Gegoo na! What is happening?
- Thought: Asking what is going on when you get a call.
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- Gangegoo aapiinch! Nothing at all!
- Thought: In response to what is happening.
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- Weweni ‘igo Do it carefully!
- Thought: Do the job with care! Take care!
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- Ayaangwaamizin! Be safe out there!
- Thought: A farewell message to be careful and safe out there.
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- Waawiingezi! Showing great care about details. Precise.
- Thought: S/he does the job meticulously.
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- Weweni debinaak! Lacking proper care. Done any old way.
- Thought: It was done poorly.
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- Noojigo Erratic. Carelessly.
- Thought: The job was done without care hastily.
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- Maamaazhiish! Showing lack of care! Careless and lazy way!
- Thought: Done in a haphazard way.
- Apiichiyaab igo! Hurry up. Do it immediately.
- Thought: Go to bed now. ( scolding a child that should be in bed already but is not)
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- Giga-waabamin minawaa. I will see you again.
- Thought: Farewell statement to family and friends
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- Giga-waabamin naagaj! I will see you later.
- Thought: Farewell statement to your family.
