Category Lessons

Piikishkweetaak Lesson 7 Guide

Piikishkweetaak Lesson 7 audio: listen to this first to learn the words and grammar! Vocabulary taande – where oota – here neetee – there anima – that (inanimate) oschi – from niiya – I kiiya – you oschii- – to be from somewhere (VAI) nihtaawiki- – to be born (VAI) miichisho- – to eat (VAI) miichi- – […]

Piikishkweetaak Lesson 6 Guide

Piikishkweetaak Lesson 6 audio: listen to this first to learn the words and grammar! Vocabulary mitoni – very, a lot meegwaach – now kekwee – something ma/no kekwee – nothing enn/la maezon – a/the house kimiwan- – it is raining (VII) yootin- – it is windy (VII) kiishikaaw- – it is day (VII) tipishkaaw- – it […]

Piikishkweetaak Lesson 5 Guide

Piikishkweetaak Lesson 5 audio:  listen to this first to learn the words and grammar! Vocabulary kwayesh – correct, good kishkeyiht- – to know it peht- – to hear it miichisho- – to eat it (inanimate) ee- – that (conjunct prefix) kii- – past tense prefix iyer – yesterday daañ – in kayaash – a long time […]

Piikishkweetaak Lesson 4 Guide

Piikishkweetaak Lesson 4 audio: listen to this first to learn the words and grammar! Vocabulary nishtoht- – to understand waapaht- – to see it miyweyiht- – to like it ooma – this (inanimate) neetee – over there enn/la taab – a/the table enn/la sez – a/the chair enn/la port – a/the door aeñ/li maañzhii – a/the […]

Piikishkweetaak Lesson 3 Guide

Piikishkweetaak Lesson 3 audio: listen to this first to learn the words and grammar! Piikishkweetaak Lesson 3 practice audio: after you finish the lesson, listen to this to practice what you’ve learned. Vocabulary awa – this (animate) piikishkwee- – to speak atoshkee- – to work pimohtee- – to walk peeitohtee- – to come pimbahtaa- – to run […]

Piikishkweetaak Lesson 2 Guide

Piikishkweetaak Lesson 2 audio: listen to this first to learn the words and grammar! Piikishkweetaak Lesson 2 practice audio: after you finish the lesson, listen to this to practice what you’ve learned. Vocabulary api- – to sit niipawi- – to stand ishinihkaasho- – to be called nagamo- – to sing miyoayaa- – to be well nipaa- – […]

Piikishkweetaak Lesson 1 Guide

Piikishkweetaak Lesson 1 audio: listen to this first to learn the words and grammar! Piikishkweetaak Lesson 1 practice audio: after you finish the lesson, listen to this to practice what you’ve learned. Vocabulary taanshi – how, hello taanshi kiya? – how are you? ma nandaaw – everything’s okay, nothing the matter maaka – but kiya […]

Michif audio lessons

Michif audio lessons Taanshi mii zamii, nimihtaaten kaaya ee-kii-tootamaan ooma li blog. I’m sorry I haven’t updated in a while, I am hoping to do more Michif stuff soon. I just wanted to point your attention to these Michif podcasts by Muskwatch. They’re probably the best resources for learning the grammar of Michif out there […]

#2: What is that?

In this lesson: Gender and articles Animacy and demonstratives Yes-No Questions In Michif, nouns have two qualities: gender and animacy. The first comes from French and is shown in the article. There are definite articles (THE shirt) and indefinite articles (A shirt), and a masculine and feminine gender. The Michif articles are as follows: la […]

#1: Intro to Michif

This is the first of the Michif lessons that I am making. They are intended mostly to present the grammar and a basic vocabulary in a way that can be understood by non-linguists, since most existing Michif resources are either extremely basic and phrase-based or extremely academic. A written course will never make you fluent […]