APWAD - A Potawatomi Word a Day

Pen - Potato

Penyék or Penik - Potatoes

Ngom nwi wjandak gi penyék - I will cook these potatoes today

Nwi wjandak gi penyék ngom - I will cook these potatoes today

Nwi wjandak ngom gi penyék - I will cook these potatoes today

Gi penyék ngom nwi wjandak - I will cook these potatoes today

Gi penyék nwi wjandak ngom - I will cook these potatoes today

Mko - Bear

Ngi wabma o mko wnago - I saw a bear yesterday

Mko ngi wabma wnago - I saw a bear yesterday

Wnago o mko ngi wabma - I saw a bear yesterday

Ngi wabma wnago o mko - I saw a bear yesterday

Wnago ngi wabma o mko - I saw a bear yesterday

Wébiwé - To run away

Nwi wébiwé - I will run away

Ngi wébiwé - I ran away

Ggi wébiwé - You ran away

Gwi wébiwé ne? - Are you going to run away?

Gda wébiwé - You should run away

Wébiwén!/Wébiwék! - Run Away!!!

Gégo wébiwéken!/Gégo wébiwékék! - Don’t run away! 

Ndebendagwes - I am enrolled (I belong at)

Mshkodeniyek ndebendagwes - I am enrolled at Prairie Band

Shishibeniyek ndebendagwes - I am enrolled at Citizen Band

Ksenyaniyek ndebendagwes - I am enrolled at Forest County

Hannahville ndebendagwes - I am enrolled at Hannahville

Pokagenek ndebendagwes - I am enrolled at Pokagon Band

Nottwasepiniyek ndebendagwes - I am enrolled at Huron Band

Ni pi je éndebendagziyen? - Where are you enrolled?

Ni pi je éndebendagziyék? - Where are you all enrolled?

Debanawen - Love

Ndebanen                            I love you

Ndebana o kwé                     I love that woman

Ndebana o nene                   I love that man

Ndebana o ndekwéyom             I love my wife

Ndebana o ndeniyem                I love my husband

Ndebana o ngwes                     I love my son

Ndebana o ndanis                     I love my daughter

Tadiwgemek - Casino

Tadiwgemek ndezhya.  I’m going to the casino.

Tadiwgemek ndezhyamen.  We (not you) are going to the casino.

Tadiwgemek gdezhyamen.  We all are going to the casino.

Tadiwgemek gdezhya ne?   Are you going to the casino?

Tadiwgemek ggi zhya ne?   Did you go to the casino?

Tadiwgemek gwi zhya ne pkonyak?  Will you go to the casino tonight?

Wéni je o?  Who is that?

Wéni je o kwé?  Who is that woman?

Wéni je o nene?  Who is that man?

Wéni je gi gigyagoyek?   Who are those girls?

Wéni je gi gigabéyek?   Who are those boys?

Wéni je o kewézi ibe?   Who is that old man over there?

Wéni je ago kewézi?   Who is that over there old man?

Bkedé - He/she is hungry

Mbekdé - I am hungry

Gbekdé ne - Are you hungry?

Bkedéwak - They are hungry

Nbektémen - We/not you are hungry

Gbektémen - We all are hungry

Gi bkedé - He/she was hungry

Cho mbektési - I’m not hungry

Égme- - Every (Prefix only)

Égmegishek - Every day

Égmepon - Every winter

Égmeniben - Every Summer

Égmewaben - Every Morning/Dawn

Égmedbeket - Every Night

Égmenawkwék - Every Noon

Shkwaj Ngotgishek - Last Monday

Shkwaj Nishgishek - Last Tuesday

Shkwaj Aptegishek - Last Wednesday

Shkwaj Nyéwgishek - Last Thursday

Shkwaj Nyanogishek - Last Friday

Shkwaj Odankégishek - Last Saturday

Shkwaj Nemé’gishek - Last Sunday