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Ojibwe Language Immersion Program
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"Indebweyendizomin niinawind Anishinaabewiyaang."
"We believe in oursleves as Anishinaabeg." 



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Aaniin (weweni) ekidong _______ anishinabemong?
(How do you say _____________in Ojibwe?)


Aaniin ezhinikaadeg (in) anishinaabemong?
(What is it called? (object not alive)


Aaniin ezhinikaazod anishinabemong?
(What is it's name in Ojibwe? (something alive)


Daga miinawaa ikidon!
(Please say that again.)


Miinawaa ina gidaa-ikid?
(Could you say that again?)


Weweni ina gidaa-ikid?
(Could you say that slower / more carefully please?)


Gawiin ninisidotanziin.
(What are you saying?)


Gawiin ginisidotoosinoon.
(I don't understand you.)


Mii ina gwayak?
(Is that the way?)


Niwanendaan ekidong.
(I forgot how it's said.)


Daga gagwejim!

(Please ask him.)


Gidaa-gagwejimaa.

(You should ask him.)


Daga wiindamaw!

(Please tell him.)


Daga gidaa-wiindamawaa.

(You should tell him.)


Wiindamawishin awengonen I'iw
(Tell me what that is.)


Gawiin ingikendaziin
(I don't know.)



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