Potawatomi Language

vocab and grammar

vocab and grammar


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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)nodmai 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