Anishinaabemowin Word Parts

Ep 9: Alan Corbiere (Part 1)

Anishinaabemowin Word Parts: Interview with Alan Corbiere on Preverbs, Directionality, and Learning Resources   Hosts Rochelle and Dené introduce their interview with Alan Corbiere (Anishinaabe from M’Chigeeng), who explains how preverbs placed before verb initials help convey direction, process, and nuance, sharing examples about movement toward/away from places and how speakers differ from learners, especially when it comes to abstract verbs like knowing. Alan discusses how breaking words into parts sparked his interest in morphology and describes using audio resources and picture-based drills for teaching. Rochelle and Dené reflect that since English lacks these motion markers it can be challenging for learners to incorporate them effectively.    Note Basil Johnston recordings and resources are available at winterspiritcreations.com

Ep.8 Word Parts with Friends

Learning Moments, Corrections, and Summer Language Inspiration Rochelle and Dené emphasize they are not authorities, they share a few corrections from previous episodes and announce their podcast was selected as one of 16 projects in the Indigenous Screen Office podcasting program. They highlight that summer is a great time for language learning and share clips from several inspiring friends on their favorite word parts and words, including... Alicia Corbiere from Maajiibizadaa https://www.facebook.com/people/Maajiibizadaa/61574405190568/ [https://www.facebook.com/people/Maajiibizadaa/61574405190568/] Jojo Kewayosh-Deleary Miss Potawatomi ⁠https://www.instagram.com/miss.potawatomi.2526/ [https://www.instagram.com/miss.potawatomi.2526/] Esbikenh from ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@barbara_nolan [https://www.youtube.com/@barbara_nolan] Miigwanaabiikwe (Jess) from The Language (podcast) ⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/the-language/id1626000171 [https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/the-language/id1626000171] Gaagige Ganawendamaang Anishinaabemowin ⁠https://gaagige.ca [https://gaagige.ca]

Ep 7: Conditions of the Body

Conditions of the body is a pattern built from three parts: a descriptive initial, a body-part medial (nose, foot, etc.) and a final -e. They describe how this pattern helps learners understand Anishinaabemowin’s verb-based descriptiveness, leverage familiar body-parts, and describe animals, family members, and medical situations.  Quizlet - https://tinyurl.com/2h29e56z [https://tinyurl.com/2h29e56z]  Aaniin Gaa-izhiseyan? will be available online https://www.wakingupojibwe.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Digital-Edition-Aaniin-Gaa-izhiseyan-What-Happened-to-You.pdf [https://www.wakingupojibwe.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Digital-Edition-Aaniin-Gaa-izhiseyan-What-Happened-to-You.pdf] through https://www.wakingupojibwe.ca/ [https://www.wakingupojibwe.ca/] Talking Gookom's Language (book) by Patricia M. Ningewance Book Gookom’s Language: Learning Ojibwe - Mazinaate [http://mazinaate.com/product/gookoms-language-learning-ojibwe/] Rochelle held up was made by Ogimaagwanebiik (Nancy Jones) with OOG https://ojibwemotaadidaa.weebly.com [https://ojibwemotaadidaa.weebly.com]/

Ep 6: What are Medials? ( -aabiig)

In this episode Dené and Rochelle explore medials—middle word parts that can be hard for English speakers to recognize—and discuss how medials create more specific, “elegant” expressions. They outline some categories including: classifiers, incorporated nouns, environmental medials. They focus on -abiig- (string-like), sharing a clip from an interview with Alan Corbiere and give practical examples involving yarn, cords and cables, and even body parts.

Ep 5: More on finals and laughing (-aapi)

Continuing the discussion of Anishinaabemowin finals this episode focuses on the final -aapi, used for many kinds of laughing. Guest Co-hosts Kay and Norman introduce us to a variety of words, such as laughing happily, bursting out laughing, giggling, falling over laughing, and farting from laughing. Dené and Rochelle discuss when they use these words and encourage everyone to do some laughing this week and try out a new -aapi word. Rochelle recorded at https://www.ziibiinglab.org/