Cultural Awareness Translation of ‘[You(plural)] listen!’
Translation into Biigtigong’s dialect of Nishnaabemwin:
- Bzindmoyok!
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Morphemes (building blocks of each word):
- bzind ~ “listen”
- moyok ~ “You(plural)…[no object]/it/them(inanimate)!”
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A rough translation of the inner-meaning:
- [You(plural )] listen!, [You(plural )] listen to it!, [You(plural )] listen to them (inanimate)!
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A plainer, more free-form, inner-meaning translation:
- [You(plural )] listen!, [You(plural )] listen to it!, [You(plural )] listen to them (inanimate)!
How to cite this publication:
Montano, J. P. “Facilitating Cultural Awareness with Biigtigong’s Dialect” biigtigong.com. Biigtigong Nishnaabeg, 21 Jun 2018. Web.
