Gego ina g'wii miizh maage gego daa zhichige (Trick or Treat!)

Taaseong Ikidowinan (Halloween Words)

[Courtesy of Meg Noori, Howard Kimewon, & Alphonse Pitawanakwat, U-M Ojibwe Instructors.]

Gego & Goya - Things & People

ziinziibaakadons - candy

dengwe-kaajigaan - face mask

koosman - pumpkin

biinoojiinh - child

ingo-dibik - one more night

kina goya - everyone

jiibay - ghost, spirit

niijaans - child

Ezhichige-ikidowinan - Verbs

miijin - to eat (inanimate)

zaage - to come out

manaajpindizo - to dress crazy

miizinikidaan - to carve it up

zegizi - to scare someone

miizh - to give someone something

ezhichige - do something

debtaagozi - to yell from a distance

noondaagozi - to yell right near someone

gichinendaamo - to be happy

biiskaan - wear it

baatiindoon - to have a lot of something

Aankesijigansan - Connector Words

dash - then

mii - then, so, now

maage - or

chi - very much

geyabi - still

niibina - lots

Pii-ikidowinan - Tenses

daa - indefinite future

wii - definite future

gii - definite past

For some fun Halloween phrases in Ojibwe & recordings for correct pronunciation, visit:

http://www.umich.edu/~ojibwe/lessons/semester-one/halloween/

Hand Drum Making Workshop with Dr. Meg Noori

We look forward to seeing everyone who registered at the hand drum making workshop this Saturday at 10 AM @ Trotter Multicultural Center. For those of you who were not one of the first 25 people to register, you are invited to come to our feast on Sunday. More details to follow.