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Ojibwemodaa PodcastPodcast Update Now with Season one Ojibwemowin Merch!Podcast Update Now with Season one Ojibwemowin Merch!
If you want to pick up some season one merch you can find them here:https://www.bagpipeswag.com/wetootwaag
If you are reading this much after I post it you might have to hunt around to find the Ojibwemodaa merch. Here are links to the specific items:Unisex Shirt:https://www.bagpipeswag.com/product-page/gaawiin-zanagasinoon-ojibwemowin-short-sleeve-unisex-t-shirt Fitted Shirt:https://www.bagpipeswag.com/product-page/gaawiin-zanagasinoon-ojibwemowin-women-s-relaxed-t-shirt Gaawiin Zanagasinoon Ojibwemowin Mug:https://www.bagpipeswag.com/product-page/gaawiin-zanagasinoon-ojibwemowin-white-glossy-mug
You can download the entire Oshkaabewis issue here:https://www.bemidjistate.edu/airc/wp-content/uploads/sites/85/2016/03/onj-vol8-num1.pdf ...
2022-04-1706 minOjibwemodaa PodcastS01 E15 Ten Conjugations Part 2S01 E15 Ten More Conjugations!
Here is the Study Sheet with all the Conjugations in one place:https://docs.google.com/document/d/1512pHiMT_RGts-NCV8iqNDJfx0KYBZ-qhs09KVKfq8I/edit?usp=sharing
Refresher words:Gisinaa vii: It is coldAte vii: It is in a certain placeNoondaagwad vii it is heardGimiwan vii it is rainingAwanibiisaa vii It is SprinklingAgoode vii: It is hangingWaaseyaa: vii It is sunnyMichaa: vii It is big.Giizhiitaa: vii it is done, it is readyOnizhishin: vii it is niceWese’an: vii There is a tornadoNoodin: vii It is windyGashkawan: vii there is a thick fogBiinad: vii it is...
2022-03-0726 minOjibwemodaa PodcastS01 E14 Ten Conjugations Part 1S01 E14 Ten Conjugations Part 1!
Here is the Study Sheet with all the Conjugations in one place:https://docs.google.com/document/d/1512pHiMT_RGts-NCV8iqNDJfx0KYBZ-qhs09KVKfq8I/edit?usp=sharing
Gaawiin OnizhishinzinoonIt isn’t pretty.
Apegish Minogiizhigak WaabangHopefully it is a nice day Tomorrow.
Gisinaamagad ina?Is it cold?
Giishpin waaseyaamagak gaawiin daa-zoogiponzinoonIf it is sunny it should not snow.
Aaniindi waa-nooding waabang?Where will it be windy tomorrow?
Gii-kimiwan ina?Did it rain?
Gii-Onizhishinoon They were Pretty.
Gaawiin zanagasinoonIt isn’t difficult.
Gii-majiitaamagad ina?Did it start?
Ho Wa, minomaagwadoon, apegish minopogwak.Holy cow they smell nice, hopeful...
2022-03-0111 minOjibwemodaa PodcastS01 E13 VII ConclusionS01 E13 VII Conclusion
Here is the Study Sheet with all the Conjugations in one place:https://docs.google.com/document/d/1512pHiMT_RGts-NCV8iqNDJfx0KYBZ-qhs09KVKfq8I/edit?usp=sharing
Refresher words:Gisinaa vii: It is coldAte vii: It is in a certain placeNoondaagwad vii it is heardGimiwan vii it is rainingAwanibiisaa vii It is SprinklingAgoode vii: It is hangingWaaseyaa: vii It is sunnyMichaa: vii It is big.Giizhiitaa: vii it is done, it is readyOnizhishin: vii it is niceWese’an: vii There is a tornadoNoodin: vii It is windyGashkawan: vii there is a thick fogBiinad: vii it is cle...
2022-02-2228 minOjibwemodaa PodcastS01 E12 C Form, Participle, What where When HowS01 E12 C Form, Participle, What where When HowParticiple Formation is B:Form Conjugation and Initial vowel change, we call this C: FormSo: Bimisemagad: vii it is flying turns into Bemisemagak that which flies.To pluralize it, add -in to the ending so:Bemisemagakin: Planes
Question Words
Aaniin: what is it?/ How is it?Aaniindi: Where is it?Aaniish apii: When is it?Awegonen: What is it?
Initial Vowel Change:A —> EAA —>AYAAE —> AYEI —> EII —>AAO —> WEOO —> WAA
Refresher words:Gisinaa vii: It is coldAte vii: It is in a certain placeNoondaagwad vii it is heardGimiwan vii it is rainingAwanibiisaa vii It is Sprink...
2022-02-1535 minOjibwemodaa PodcastS01 E11 B-Form IntroducersS01 E11 B-Form Introducers and 5 W QuestionsRefresher words:Gisinaa vii: It is coldAte vii: It is in a certain placeNoondaagwad vii it is heardGimiwan vii it is rainingAwanibiisaa vii It is SprinklingAgoode vii: It is hangingWaaseyaa: vii It is sunnyMichaa: vii It is big.Giizhiitaa: vii it is done, it is readyOnizhishin: vii it is niceWese’an: vii There is a tornadoNoodin: vii It is windyGashkawan: vii there is a thick fogBiinad: vii it is cleanNiiskaadad: vii there is bad weatherMinose: vii it goes well, it is good luckBaswewe: vii it echoesMinopogwad: vii it tastes goodGikendaagwad: vii it is knownMinomaagwad: vi...
2022-02-0823 minOjibwemodaa PodcastS01 E10 B-Form Negation -sinok -zinokS01 E10 B-Form Negation -sinok -zinok
In B form you don’t use a Gaawiin for negation, it is just built into the conjugation. There are slight differences between the 3 verb endings, but as usual their is a recognizable pattern:VII with Vowel Ending: Add sinok to endingAgoode: Agoode + sinok Agoodesinok: When they aren’t hanging…VII with D Ending: -d add sinok to endingNoondaagwad: Noondaagwa-d + sinok: Noondaagwasinok: When it isn’t heard…VII with an N Ending: add zinok to endingNoodin: Noodin+zinok Noodinzinok: When it isn’t windy…
Refresher words:Gisinaa vii: It is coldAte vii: It is in a certain pl...
2022-02-0114 minOjibwemodaa PodcastS01 E09 B-Form Singular and PluralS01 E09 B-Form Singular and PluralB-form or Dependent form (also known as Conjunct) is a useful way in Ojibwe to make more complex ideas, where one word in your sentence is dependent on something else to make a complete thought. This is achieved in VII’s by either getting rid of the d at the end of the verb, or adding a g. Note that this is the same for singular and plural.So: Aabadad: Aabadad+k Aabadak: When/as it is used… Zoogipon: Zoogipon+g Zoogipong: When it is snowing…Gisinaa: Gisinaa+g Gisinaag: When it is cold…
Refresher words:Gis...
2022-01-2517 minOjibwemodaa PodcastS01 E08 VII A- Form Conjugation ReviewS01 E08 A- Form Conjugation refresher
Here is a link to a google doc I have made for the class so far that you can download and open on your own:https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XS4qAEe9A-nKgUyi74q_FSu6zckXtvZY9exnEnG025w/edit?usp=sharing
For quick reference to all these Conjugations I have always found the Table at the Back of the Articles of Oshkaabewis Native journal to be helpful.I make one for myself omitting an example word, and just having the conjugation components. For you though, especially as you are learning you may find t...
2022-01-2016 minOjibwemodaa PodcastS01 E07 Tenses Gii, Wii, Da, DaaS01 E07 Tenses Gii, Wii, Da, DaaTo change the time an event takes place with VIIs (and all other verb groups) add prefixes to the verb. Gii-, Wii-, da-, daa-.
Gii- is the past tense prefix. Ate (it is in a certain place) becomes Gii-ate (It was in a certain place)
Wii- is the desiritive future tense, translated as will or want to, so:Waaseyaamagad (it is sunny) becomes Wii-waaseyaamagad (it will be sunny)
Da- is the future tense marker in the even is certain to happen so:Gisinaamagad (it is cold) becomes Da-gisinaamagad (it shall be cold)Daa- is t...
2022-01-1829 minOjibwemodaa PodcastS01 E06 Yes or No Questions Na InaS01 E06 Yes or No Questions Na Ina
To make a yes or no question add na or ina as the second word in your sentence. I tend to use ina if the proceeding word ended in a consonant, and na if it ended in a vowel, but you don’t have to worry about that. Some speakers only ever say na, and some always say ina. So: Gimiwan ina? Is it raining?Noodin ina? Is it windy?Waaseayaa na? Is it sunny?You can respond with Eya’ or enh to say yes, and Gaawiin (followed by our conjugations for negat...
2022-01-1117 minOjibwemodaa PodcastS01 E05: VII Negation and Pluralization: Zinoonin sinooninEpisode 05 VII Negation and Pluralization: Zinoonin sinoonin
Pluralizing negatives with VIIs is simple, do everything as we did to negate it, and then add in to the end.So Michaa (It is big) becomes Gaawiin Michaasinoonin (they are not big).Agoodemagad (It is hanging) becomes Gaawiin Agoodemagasinoonin (They are not hanging)Onizhishin (It is nice) becomes Gaawiin Onizhishinzinoonin (They are not nice)
VIIs this episode:
Refresher words:Gisinaa vii: It is coldAte vii: It is in a certain placeNoondaagwad vii it is heardGimiwan vii it is rainingAwanibiisaa vii It is SprinklingAgoode vii: It is hangingWaaseyaa: vii It is sunnyMichaa: vii...
2022-01-0414 min
Wetootwaag's Bagpipe and History PodcastS5 E35: Season Finale Cape Breton Tunes and Eliza Ross ManuscriptS5 E35: Season Finale Cape Breton Tunes and Eliza Ross Manuscript
From Gathering of the Clans:
Brenda Stubbert, Colonel MacBain’s Fancy, The Dun Petticoat, Go Immediately, The Sound of Mull, Mary Jane Kelly, The Night We had the Goats, The Grey Old Lady of Raasay.
Eliza Ross: Dun Coloured Tailor, The Night We Had the Goats, The Grey Hag of Raasay, Big Foot of the Deceitful One.
My Setting: Reel of Tulloch, Mio’s Tune.
Straight and Skillern: Cave of Enchantment, Exeter Change.
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2021-12-3157 minOjibwemodaa PodcastOjibwemodaa Podcast Season 01 Epiosde 04 VII Negation Gaawiin -sinoon -zinoonEpisode 4: Negation Gaawiin —-sinoon -zinoon
This week we begin negating VIIS!There are very slight differences technically to how we conjugate these verbs based on the ending of their root form. The three endings are Vowel endings, N Endings and D endings. All three begin with a Gaawiin though:If the VII Ends in an N, Begin with a gaawiin, then the verb and add zinoon to the end of it.So Onzhishin (It is nice) becomes Gaawiin Onzhishinzinoon (It is not nice)If the VII Ends with a D, Begin with a Gaawiin, subtract the d from the end of...
2021-12-2822 minOjibwemodaa PodcastOjibwemodaa Podcast: Season 01 Epiosde 03 VII Pluarlization -wan -oonEpisode 03: VII pluralization
If a VII ends in a vowel, to pluralize it add -wan, so Ate (It is in a certain place) becomes Atewan (they are in a certain place).If a VII ends in a consonant, to pluralize it add -oon to the end of the verb to pluralize it, so Agoodemagad (it is hanging) becomes Agoodemagadoon (they are hanging).
VII’s
Refresher words:Gisinaa vii: It is coldAte vii: It is in a certain placeNoondaagwad vii it is heardGimiwan vii it is rainingAwanibiisaa vii It is SprinklingAgoode vii: It is hangingWaaseyaa: vii It is sunny
New Words:Mic...
2021-12-2119 minOjibwemodaa Podcasts01 E02.5 Magad Auxiliary powersMagad can be added to the end of a Verb that is Animate and Intransitive (VAI) into a verb that is Intranistive and Inanimate (VII).Which is to say it makes a verb that would be about an animate object about an inanimate object.
So Wiisinii: vai wiin is eating becomesWiisiniimagad: vii it is eating
You can find the thread of discussion on this link from the Ojibwe Language Table facebook group:https://tinyurl.com/Ojibwemagad
Here is a link to Charles Lippert’s excellent online dictionary:https://www.freelang.net/online/ojibwe.php
2021-12-1806 minOjibwemodaa PodcastOjibwemodaa Podcast: Season 01 Epiosde 02 VII Extension -magadEpisode Two: VII Extension -magad
This week's episode doesn't exactly cover a "Conjugation" but an extension. VIIs which end in a vowel can be said as is, or with magad added to the ending, which does not change the meaning of the word at all. It only elongates it. So: Gisinaa becomes Gisinaamagad and they both mean it is cold.
VIIs Covered in this Episode:
Refresher Words:Gisinaa vii: It is coldGisinaamagad vii: it is ColdAte vii: It is in a certain placeAtemagad vii: it is in a certain placeNoondaagwad vii it is heardGimiwan vii it is raining
New Words:A...
2021-12-1408 minOjibwemodaa PodcastOjibwemodaa Podcast Episode 1: VII IntroductionsOjibwemodaa Podcast:
Episode 1: VII IntroductionsSome Great Online Resources for Learning Minnesota Ojibwe:https://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu/
I highly recommend Wendy Makoons Genius’s Ojibwe classes at UW Eau Claire, which she makes available online to everyone:https://www.uwec.edu/academics/college-arts-sciences/departments-programs/languages/academic-offerings/online-ojibwe-language-program/
I’ll be reading from and referring back to the Oshkaabewis Native Journal Volume 4 No. 1. The article about VIIs begins on page 121. You can download a PDF here:https://www.bemidjistate.edu/airc/wp-content/uploads/sites/85/2016/03/onj-vol4-num1.pdf
VIIs Covered in this Episode:
Gisinaa vii: It is coldAte vii: It is in a certain...
2021-12-1017 min
Wetootwaag's Bagpipe and History PodcastEpisode 1: Season 3 episode 1I'd like to think Calling it a new season is a pass on not having a show for several months, I mean it works for tv shows...
Opening with Tappit Jig from angus Mackay and McGuire's Jig, not from MacKay, but a rockin tune that I thought flowed well. ooh ooh I found where I recognized McGuire's Jig, it's on Pooridge men's Planet Pooridge album, I'll try to play that track next episode. Next is one of my New Favorite Neil Dickie book tunes, Callum and the Princess written by Scott MacAulay. Followed by the long lost...
2011-12-0826 min
Ojibwemodaa PodcastEpisode 4: Horned Sturgeon Story
To read Jones' Texts on Google Books:
http://books.google.com/books?id=SaEiAQAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=Ojibwa+Texts&hl=en&ei=DPN_TtjNO8TbgQfsrug0&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CEIQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q&f=false
It's on Page 288, and 289.
Journal Of the Early Americas:
http://www.journaloftheearlyamericas.com/
Here's My Cleaned Up Version:
Ningoding Anishinaabeg giipooziwag nandawaabamaawaad Namewan
Anitiin odaayaanaawan miish awaa'igan izhaawag.
Mii idash inaabiwaad anaamiindim ayaapii owaabamaawaan namewan.
Mii I'iw bazhiba'awaad namewan.
Ningoding bezhik anishinaabe madwe-giigido “HO nashke goshaa izhinaagozid wa'aw name!
Wadakani indigo moosok izhinaagozid Wadakani”
Mii Dash gakina giibi-izhaawaad jima...
2011-09-2603 min