Ojibwe Language
Ojibwemowin = Ojibwe Language
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Hearing the language is the first step in learning the language.
Listening to Ojibwe
To develop your listening skills for the Ojibwe language: Listen to this video to get used to hearing Ojibwe. Hearing the language is the first step in learning to speak and understand Ojibwemowin (Ojibwe language).
Length: 10:13 minutes
Audience: all ages
Listen to this video to get used to hearing Ojibwe.
Length: 5:11 minutes
Audience: all ages
Listen to Ojibwemowin.
Length: 3:04 minutes
Audience: all ages
Develop your listening skills by playing this video. Learn how to say and use "tobacco" (asemaa). We offer tobacco to show thanks. Even when smoking a pipe, we don't inhale. Anishinaabe tobacco is different from commercial tobacco.
Length: 14:03 minutes
Audience: High School and Adult (recommended for older students only because of the length of the video.
Speaking Ojibwe
A few basic words in Ojibwemowin
Length: 1:40 minutes
Audience: All grades
Learn how to say "Good morning." Or, a simple "Aaniin" will do.
Minogigizheb, Minogigizhebaa
Length: 4:00 minutes
Audience: All grades
Learn greetings and animals in Ojibwemowin.
Length: 5:56 minutes
Audience: All grades
Counting to 10 in Ojibwe
(1) bezhig (6) ningodwaaswi
(2) niizh (7) niizhwaaswi
(3) niswi (8) (n)ishwaaswi
(4) niiwin (9) zhaangaswi
(5) naanan (10) midaaswi
Length: 1:16 minutes
Audience: All grades
Giving thanks to the four directions.
Length: 5:22 minutes
Audience: All grades
Short lesson on weather sentences.
Length: 2:50 minutes
Audience: All grades
Read with Me: Aaniin ezhiwebak agwajiing? What's happening outside?
Length: 1:30
Audience: All ages