APWAD - A Potawatomi Word a Day

Ngyé             My Mother

Ggyé             Your Mother

Wgyéyen       His/Her Mother

Ngyénan        Our Mother (not yours)

Ggyénan       (all of us) Our Mother

Ggyéwa         Y’all’s Mother

Wgyéwan       Their Mother

N’os                 My Father

G’os                 Your Father

W’osen             His/Her Father

N’osnan            Our Father (not yours)

G’osnan            (all of us) Our Father

G’oswa             Y’all’s Father

W’oswa             Their Father

Mamogosnan       The Greatest Father of All of Us

Nokmis - My Grandmother

Gokmis - Your Grandmother

(w)okmisen - His/her grandmother

Nokmesnan - Our grandmother (not yours)

Gokmesnan - (all of us) Our grandmother

Gokmeswa - Y’all’s grandmother

(w)okmeswan - Their grandmother

Nokmeskignan - Our Grandmother Earth

Meshomes - Grandfather

Nmeshomes           My grandfather

Gmeshomes           Your grandfather

Wmeshomsen         His/Her grandfather

Nmeshomsenan       Our grandfather (but not yours)

Gmeshomsenan       (all of us) Our grandfather

Gmeshomsewa         Y’all’s grandfather

Wmeshomsewan      Their grandfather

We are about to launch 8 short children’s books called the Potawatomi First Series.  These books are written entirely in Potawatomi, with a glossary for translation help.  They will come with audio CDs. 

To preview these books, check out this link for a 16 minute interactive presentation:  http://www.neaseno.org/flash/wegnijeode/wegnijeode.html (You must use Flash to view the preview). 

These books will be going on sale within the next few weeks…

Noshé - Maternal Aunt

Nnoshé                       My Maternal Aunt

Gnoshé                     Your Maternal Aunt

Wnoshéyen                His/Her Maternal Aunt

Gnoshém                   You all’s Maternal Aunt

Ngenoshénan              Our Maternal Aunt (not yours)

Genoshénan                (all of us) Our Maternal Aunt

Wnoshéwan                 Their Maternal Aunt

Shegwes - Paternal Aunt

Nshegwes                      My Paternal Aunt

Gshegwes                      Your Paternal Aunt

Wshegwesen                  His/Her Paternal Aunt

Gshegwesewa                 You all’s Paternal Aunt

Nshegwesenan                Our Paternal Aunt (not yours)

Gshegwesenan                (All of us) Our Paternal Aunt

Wshegwsewan                Their Paternal Aunt

Zheshé - Uncle

Nzheshé        My Uncle

Gzheshé        Your Uncle

Wzheshéyen        His/Her Uncle

Nzheshémenan    Our Uncle (not yours)

Gzheshémenan    (All of us) Our Uncle

Gzheshémwa       You all’s Uncle

Wzheshéwan       Their Uncle

Dé’h - Heart

Dé’wégen                Drum

Dé’wégenatek          Drumstick

Dé’men                   Strawberry

Dé’bwéwen              Truth

Dé’banawen             Love

Nim’edi - He/she is dancing

Nwi nim’edi                 I will dance

Ngi nim’edi                 I danced

Nde nim’edi                I am dancing

Nda nim’edi                I can/could/should dance

Gwi nim’edi ne?           Will you dance?

Ggi nim’edi ne?            Did you dance?