PRAYER: (said with daycare kids)

1. Kchi-niweskʷ (great spirit)
Wəliwəni nəbi (thank you water), wəliwəni wskitkamikʷ (thank you earth),
wəliwəni wəjawsən (thank you wind), wəliwəni skʷəde (thank you fire)
Məzitte nədalαgomak (all my relations)

IMPORTANCE:

“our language is not a thing, it’s not a life form, it doesn’t breath and therefore it cannot die. It is instead a verbal expression of our intergenerationally established thought patterns that represent for us today a viable epistemological knowledge system. But languages can be ceased to be spoken and when that happens it’s a reflection of community change. Revitalizing language therefore is also about community change.” –Daryl Baldwin

USEFUL TERMS:

“I don’t understand you”  “Say it again”

“speak slowly/ lower voice”
2. ahtα gəwewtolo
Penobscot		 4. mina idamən
Penobscot		 6. menənədonke
Penobscot
3. made knustolo
Passamaquoddy		 5. apch idamon
Passamaquoddy		 7. menagadawest
Passamaquoddy

TENSES:

GIZI (past)

DALI (present)

GADI (future)
8. nəgizi-zəgi —  I peed 9. nədali-zəgi — I am peeing 10.  nəgadi-zəgi — I’m going to pee
11. nəgizi-bigədi — I farted 12. nədali-bigədi — I am farting 13. nəgadi-bigədi — I’m going to fart
14. nəgizəjagohke — I pooped 15. nədalijagohke — I am pooping 16. nəgadawəjagohke — I’m going to poop
17. gizəlαn — it rained 18. dalαn — it’s raining 19. gadawəlαn — it’s going to rain
20. gizi-psαn — it snowed 21. dali-psαn — it’s snowing 22. gadi-psαn — it’s going to snow
23. gizəlαmsən — it was windy 24. dalαmsən — it’s windy 25. gadawəlαmsən — it’s going to be windy
26. nəgizihpi I ate 27. nədalihpi  I am eating 28. nəgadi-nαjihpi I’m going (somewhere) to eat
29. nəgizəssəmi I already drank 30. nədaləssəmi  I am drinking 31. nəgadawəssəmi I am thirsty