Ojibwe Verb Paradigms

VTI, CONJUNCT PRETERIT POSITIVE

Class 1 Consonant Stem			Class 2 Vowel Stem
Singular & Plural Object			Singular & Plural Object
I	waabandamaambaan		I	biidooyaambaan
You	waabandamamban		You	biidooyamban
He	waabandamangiban		He	biidooyangiban
He (obv.)	waabandamanipan		He (obv.)	biidooyanipan
X	waabandamingiban		X	biidoowingiban
We (excl.)	waabandamaangiban		We (excl.)	biidooyaangiban
We (incl.)	waabandamangiban*		We (incl.)	biidooyangiban*
You (pl.)	waabandamegiban*		You (pl.)	biidooyegiban*
They	waabandamowaapan		They	biidoowaapan

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waabandan - see it
biidoon - bring it

 

* Baraga suggests:
-angoban for 'we (incl.)': waabandamangoban, biidooyangoban;
-egoban for 'you (pl.)': waabandamegoban, biidooyegoban.

Source: R. Valentine, "Nishnaabemwin Reference Grammar."

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