Ojibwe Verb Paradigms

VAI, INDEPENDENT PRETERIT DUBITATIVE POSITIVE*

Vowel Stems
He	minikwegoban
He (obv.)	minikwenigoban
One (X)	minikwemigoban
They	minikwewaagoban

minikwe - he drinks

* Randolf Valentine for Odaawaa ("Nishnaabemwin Reference Grammar")

 

VAI, ALTERNATIVE INDEPENDENT PRETERIT DUBITATIVE POSITIVE**

Vowel Stems
I	minikwewaambaan
You	minikwewamban
He	minikwegoban
He (obv.)	minikwenigoban
One (X)	minikwemigoban
We (excl.)	minikwewaangiban
We (incl.)	minikwewangoban
You (pl.)	minikwewegoban
They	minikwegwaaban

 

minikwe - he drinks

** Randolf Valentine for Odaawaa and Baraga for Ojibwe

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