Ojibwe Verb Paradigms

VAI, CONJUNCT PRETERIT POSITIVE

Vowel Stems			Consonant Stems
I	minikweyaambaan		I	dagoshinaambaan
You	minikweyamban		You	dagoshinamban
He	minikwepan		He	dagoshingiban
He (obv.)	minikwenipan		He (obv.)	dagoshininipan
One (X)	minikwengiban		One (X)	dagoshiningiban
We (excl.)	minikweyaangiban		We (excl.)	dagoshinaangiban
We (incl.)	minikweyangiban		We (incl.)	dagoshinangiban
You (pl.)	minikweyegoban		You (pl.)	dagoshinegoban
They	minikwewaapan		They	dagoshinawaapan

minikwe - he drinks
dagoshin - he arrives

 

Sources:
R. Valentine, "Nishnaabemwin Reference Grammar"
F.Baraga "Theoretical and Practical Grammar Of The Otchipwe Language"

 

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