Indoojibwem!

Indoojibwem!

When I set out to look for learning materials on the web, I was initially excited to find so many search results for the language. This excitement quickly faded with the number of 404 - Not Found messages I kept getting on each click of a link. So I've created this space as a repository of resources for learning Anishinaabemowin, or more specifically, Ojibwemowin. With time, I hope it can be of use not just to me, but to others.

Counting in Ojibwe

Ojibwe numbers are quite regular, and once you learn a handful of words, you can easily count.

Gaawiin-gegoo - Zero
Bezhig - One
Niish - Two
Niswi - Three
Niiwin - Four
Naanan - Five
Ningodwaaswi - Six
Niishwaaswi - Seven
Nishwaaswi - Eight
Zhaangaswi - Nine
Midaaswi - Ten

Niizhdana - Twenty
Nisimidana - Thirty
Nimidana - Forty
Naanimidana - Fifty
Ningodwaasimidana - Sixty
Niizhwaasimidana - Seventy
Nishwaasimidana - Eighty
Zhaangasimidana - Ninety
Ngodwaak - One Hundred
Midaaswaak - One Thousand

Number 11-19, 21-29, 31-39, etc. are easy to create. All that is needed is a "shi" between the 10 and (1-9) for number 11-19, or between 20 and (1-9) for 21-29, etc.

Examples:

midaaswi shi baanan - 15,
nimidana shi Niish - 47,
and so on.

15 comments:

  1. AnonymousFebruary 11, 2014 at 10:36 AM

    What would 1,000,000 be?

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    1. UnknownDecember 11, 2015 at 6:11 AM

      midaaswaak dasing midaaswaak
      (Baraga's dictionary)
      (or)
      gichi midaaswaak
      (Wilson's dictionary)

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    2. AnonymousJune 16, 2021 at 9:44 AM

      fuck

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  2. AnonymousFebruary 18, 2017 at 9:22 PM

    According to our dialect:
    2 is Niizh
    7 is Niizhwaaswi
    You can look it up on The Ojibwe People's Dictionary http://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu/

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    1. AnonymousFebruary 9, 2021 at 12:40 PM

      a lot of typos in this blog

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    2. UnknownNovember 7, 2021 at 12:10 PM

      Not typos... Different dialects. We are split between two nations and multiple bands. Lol

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  3. AnonymousJanuary 31, 2019 at 6:18 AM

    doodoodoodooodoododododododododoodo

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  4. AnonymousDecember 13, 2019 at 1:04 PM

    and I sAY hEY YAe HeY

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  5. UnknownFebruary 9, 2020 at 4:42 PM

    hi

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  6. UnknownMarch 4, 2020 at 6:45 AM

    How do you say 2000

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  7. UnknownSeptember 23, 2020 at 3:06 PM

    how do u say sixteen

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  8. UnknownOctober 9, 2020 at 10:00 AM

    hi

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  9. UnknownOctober 9, 2020 at 10:01 AM

    wassup

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  10. UnknownOctober 23, 2020 at 7:28 AM

    boozhoo

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  11. UnknownMay 19, 2021 at 7:54 AM

    finally.... this actually helped me!

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