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Potawatomi Language

vocab and grammar

vocab and grammar

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This set of flashcards helps learn the Potawatomi language at an intermediate level, focusing on vocabulary and expressions related to daily activities, objects, and nature. Key terms include "eye," "Pow Wow," and "gamble-building," with the platform supporting backward learning from the target language to the source language. Ideal for students and anyone improving fluency, these vocabulary flashcards offer a practical way to expand language skills.
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going (somewhere) → vai

zhyé

cooking → vai

wjanda

walking → vai

bmosé

running → vai

bmëpto

entering → vai

bidgén

eating → vai

wisnë

see (something) → vti

wabdan

eat (something) → vti

mijën

see (someone) → vta

wabma

eat (someone) → vta

mwa

walking the (good) path

mno-bmadzen

Hiearchy:

gin trumps         therefore: I see you

nin trumps                          you see me

win trumps

nin & win          gwabmën

win                   gwabëm

4th person

What indicates a 4th person?

n

he hears a bear (is bear inside or outside?)

(w)nodman i mkon (outside)

I hear a bear (is bear inside or ouside of the circle?)

(n)nodma o mko

you hear the bear (inside or outside?)

gnodma o mko (inside)

you hear me

gnodëm

I hear you

gnodmën

he hears a bear

wnodman o mko

we all see the box but not you

nwabdamen i këk

all of us see the box

gwabdamen i këk

I am called Franto

Franto ndezhëkaz

you (guys) see the box, as opposed to

you (guy) see the box

gwabdam i këk

gwabdan i këk

you all

we all

ginwa

winwa

bear is looking at Richard

Richard is looking at the bear

(and put it in different word order!)

o mko (w)wabman i Richarden

o Richard (w)wabman i mkon → denotes 4th person

i mkon (w)wabman o Richard 

we (but not you) see the bear

nwabmamen o mko

Richard (inside) sees the bear

The bear (inside) sees Richard

o Richard (w)wabman i mkon, or, i mkon (w)wabman o Richard

o mko (w)wabman i Richarden 

we (but not you) see the bear

now all of us see the bear 

nwabmamen o mko

gwabmamen o mko

what is your name?

Franto. And you?

nijë           é             zhnekaz      yen?

what    specifically     called         gin 

Franto ndezhnekaz.  Gin je?

Class 1) vii: raining

          2) vai: going, cooking, walking, running, entering, eating

          3) vti: see s.t., eat s.t.

          4) vta: see s.o., eat s.o.

vii;  gmowën

vai:  zhyé, wjanda, bmosé, bmëpto, bidgén, wisnë

vti:  wabdan, mijën

vta:  wabma, mwa

 

 

he hears a bear (outside of circle)

I hear a bear (inside of circle)

you hear a bear     -"-

(w)nodma        n                         i mkon

               indicates a 4th person     

(n)nodma o mko

gnodma o mko 

leaves

maji

sleeps

mba

says s.t.

këdo

talks

kikto

goes home

giwé

comes toward you (here)

byé

sits

jibdëbè

hunts

giwsé

sees s.t.a.

wabman

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