Verb Type 1 – A Second Way to Say Something Is Happening
Verb Type I is used when something is happening. As you learn these words you may want to use them as part of a story or after a question or in a phrase that is connected to another thought. To do that, you use the second ending.
First Ending |
Second Ending |
Translation |
| izhiwebad | izhiwebag | it happens |
| debwemagad | debwemigag | it is true |
| maamakaadendaagwad | maamakaadendaagwak | it is amazing |
| gimiwan | gimiwang | it rains |
| aabaate | aabaateg | it is warm |
| zoogipo | zoogipog | it is snowing |
| ziigwan | ziigwang | it is spring |
| niibin | niibing | it is summer |
| dagwaagin | dagwaagig | it is fall |
| biboon | biboong | it is winter |
| biidaaban | biidaabang | it is dawn |
| gigizhebaawagad | gigizhebaawagak | it is morning |
| minogizhebaawagad | minogizhebaawagak | it is a good morning |
| naawakwe/naakwe | naawakweg/naakweg | it is noon |
| onaagoshin/naagoshi | onaagoshig/naagoshig | it is evening |
| bangishimon/bangishmo | bangishimog/bangishmog | it is sunset or moonset |
| dibikad | dibikak | it is dark night |
Aanikanootan (Translate It)
Read and translate the following story with multiple examples of Verb Type 1 Second Endings.
Dagwaagig mii madweyaanimag Binaakwe-giizisong miinawaa zhaawanong
animwewebizowaad nikag epiichi ozhiitaawaad wii nibaawaad makwag
jibwaa zoogipog. Endaaso biidaabang miinawaa dibikak ikidoyaang “miigwechwigooyeg
maanidoog” onji maamakaadendaagwak minobimaadiziwin.
Note: In some areas the term for “ensa” is the same as “endaaso” and the term for living is simply “maadizi” which would make “minomaadizi” be the way to say “living well.”