Lesson 15 - What Are You Doing?

Aaniin ezhichigeyan? - What are you doing?
Aaniin endoodaman? - What are you doing?
Wegonen endoodaman? - What are you doing?
Nimbimose - I am walking.
Nimbimibatoo - I am running.
Ningiigid - I am talking.
Ninagam - I am singing.
Niwiisin - I am eating.
Gibimose na? - Are you walking?
Gibimibatoo na? - Are you running?
Ginagam na? - Are you singing?
Gigii-giigid na? - Did you speak?
Geyaabi na giwiisin? - Are you still eating?
Gaawiin niwiisinisii - I am not eating.
Aaniin gaa-izhichigeyan bijiinaago? - What did you do yesterday?
Aaniin gaa-doodaman bijiinaago? - What did you do yesterday?
Wegonen gaa-doodaman bijiinaago? - What did you do yesterday?
Ningii-nibaa - I slept.
Ningii-anokii - I worked.
Niwii-nibaa - I am going to sleep.
Gaawiin ningii-nibaasii dibikong - I didn't slept last night.
Gii-nibaa na gigozis? - Did you son sleep?
Gaawiin gii-nibaasii - He didn't sleep.
 
 

New Words:

izhichige - he does something
doodam - he does something
bimose - he walks
bimibatoo - he runs (by); bimi- means "by the speaker".
nagamo - he sings
giigido - he talks
nibaa - he sleeps
 
 

Note.

Both izhichge and doodam are used when speaking about doing something. There is no difference in meaning between them.

Verbs, ending in a consonant (e.g.: doodam), in B form take a little bit different suffixes.
Suffix -an is added to them for 'you' instead of -yan:

gidizhichige (you do, A form) - ezhichigeyan (you do, B form)
gidoodam (you do, A form) - endoodaman (you do, B form)

Word doodam also take en- at the beginnig in B form. But only if there is no tense (past and future) prefix:

wegonen endoodaman? - what are you doing?
wegonen gaa-doodaman? - what did you do?

Personal prefix ni- (i, me) could also look like nin- or nind-. It depends on a first letter of a verb, to which it is added. It looks like:

ni- before w, z, n, m
nin- before d, g, j
nim- before b
nind- before any vowel: a, aa, i, ii, e, o, oo.

Personal prefix gi- (you) changes into gid- before any vowel.
 
 

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Grammar Note.

A form of endoodang - doodam. In B form this word takes en- before the stem, but only if does not take prefixes and preverbs.

 

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