Lesson 12 of 18 · Unit 5: Dependent clauses, negated · Checkpoint 2
Checkpoint 2 — The VII So Far
Four practice days, twelve new words, and a checkpoint across everything since the chart began.
By the end of this lesson you'll be introduced to
- Twelve real new words — the only genuinely new material in these four class days
- A look at the chart with four of its six rows now yours
- Checkpoint 2: sorting, plurals, negatives, the B Form and conversation, measured
Four class days sit behind this lesson, and none of them taught a new rule — the course spent this stretch practising. So will you.
The first of these class days restarted the running notes document after the midterm, which re-flagged four old topics as new. Nothing here is new grammar — every topic below is one you have already learned, back for measurement.
Twelve words the grammar rest brought
NewSmall, useful words — places, times, particles people drop into real talk.
- View entry →Gaye niin
me too
- View entry →Aaniish apii
when, at what time
- View entry →Baanimaa
later
- View entry →GegoGrammar Word
don't!
- View entry →GegooGrammar Word
something
Needs review — the sources give more than one meaning for this word.
- View entry →GiniwNoun
golden eagle
- View entry →Niibowa/niibiwa
a lot, much, many
- View entry →Omaa
here
- View entry →WaabigwanNoun
Flower
- View entry →BizaanGrammar Word
without protest, quietly
- View entry →IgoGrammar Word
(emphasis particle)
- View entry →MaanooGrammar Word
let it be
Try it
Three of the new words are little interjections. Which one means “don't!”?
Seen before
Review- Aandi
- Aaniindi
- Aaniindi dash
- Aaniindiish
- Anishinaabe-inini
- Anishinaabe-inini na a'aw
- biinak
- Dash
- Gaa
- gaawiin aabadasinoon
- gaawiin agoodesinoon
- gaawiin onizhishinzinoon
- Giga-waabamin baanimaa
- Giga-waabamin miinawaa
- gimiwang
- Indoonjibaa (indoonjii)
- Iwidi
- Mii omaa
- minopogwadoon
- minosewan
- Niin
- Oshkibagi-ziibiing
- Wiin
- Zhaaganaashi aawi
- Zhaaganaashi-inini aawi
The chart so far
Four of the six rows are yours: the whole independent A Form, and the B Form that leans on its sentence. One row remains — the B Form's own negative, coming next.
The highlighted row is your newest; tap any learned cell to revisit its rule.
- A Form PluralAlready covered
- A Form Negative SingularAlready covered
- A Form Negative PluralAlready covered
B Form Singular & Plural
This lesson
Also on the chart — later in the course
- B Form Negative Singular & Plural
Same three groups, different endings. Those rows come in later lessons.
Chart: Anton Treuer, Oshkaabewis Native Journal, Vol. 4 / No. 1, Spring 1997. Explanation of the form labels: Anton Treuer, SPPS Ojibwe Curriculum, Spring 2009.
Checkpoint 2
Everything since the chart began, area by area. At the end you'll see exactly where a little practice would help most.
Preparing your checkpoint…
Finish this lesson
Work through the lesson's activities, then mark it complete. Your quiz score doesn't have to be perfect.
- Meet the new words — not yet done
- Finish Checkpoint 2 — not yet done
Source
This lesson draws on four class days — the post-midterm notes restart, a dense vocabulary day, its near-verbatim repeat, and a particle day. The checkpoint's review questions take their prompts and answers from this course's own Quiz 4 answer key. Every Ojibwe word and sentence on this page comes from the material cited above; the English explanations were written for this app.
More from this stretch
This lesson covers several class days from the original course. The extra vocabulary and documented examples those days brought are here — try each example before its English shows.
Class day: October 25
New vocabulary this day (8)
Examples from this day
Aaniin danaa?
What does it say?
Aaniindi wenjibaayan?
What does it say?
Aaniindi zaaga'igan?
What does it say?
Aaniish apii waa-wiisiniyan?
What does it say?
Apegish wii-minomaagwak.
What does it say?
Binaakwe-giizis niishtanagonagizi ashi naanan.
What does it say?
Gaawiin aditesinoonin.
What does it say?
Gaawiin Anishinaabe aawisii.
What does it say?
Class day: October 29
Review dayThis class largely repeats Oct 25's material (99% vocabulary overlap, same grammar topics).
Examples from this day
Aaniin danaa?
What does it say?
Aaniindi wenjibaayan?
What does it say?
Aaniindi zaaga'igan?
What does it say?
Aaniish apii waa-wiisiniyan?
What does it say?
Apegish wii-minomaagwak.
What does it say?
Binaakwe-giizis niishtanagonagizi ashi zhaangaswi.
What does it say?
Gaawiin aditesinoonin.
What does it say?
Gaawiin ingikendanziin giizhpin zanagak.
What does it say?
From memory
You've met all of these. Place each one from memory before peeking.
Aandi
What does it say?
Aaniindi dash
What does it say?
Aaniish apii
What does it say?
Baanimaa
What does it say?
Class day: October 31
New vocabulary this day (3)
Examples from this day
Aaniin endaso-diba'iganek?
What does it say?
Aaniindi wenjibaayan?
What does it say?
Aaniindi zaaga'igan?
What does it say?
Aaniish apii waa-wiisiniyan?
What does it say?
Aditewan miinan.
What does it say?
Apegish biiwang.
What does it say?
Apegish wii-gizhaateg.
What does it say?
Apegish wii-minopogwak o'ow naboob.
What does it say?