Cultural Awareness Translation of ‘Welcome to here, [you(plural)].’


  • Gchi-piitendaagwad wmaandi yaayeg.

Gchi-piitendaagwad wmaandi yaayeg. ~ Welcome to here, [you(plural)].


  • Gchi-piitendaagwad ~ “it is appreciated”
    • Gchi- ~ “very”, “quite”
    • piitendaagwad ~ “it is valued so high”, “it ranks so high”
  • wmaandi ~ “here”
  • yaayeg ~ “…that you(plural) are (in a certain place)”
    • yaa ~ “be (in a certain place)”
    • yeg ~ “that you(plural)…”

  • It is quite highly valued that you(plural) are present here.

  • It is appreciated that you(plural) are here.