Cultural Awareness Translation of ‘[You(singular)] come in!’
Translation into Biigtigong’s dialect of Nishnaabemwin:
- Bi-biindgen!
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Morphemes (building blocks of each word):
- Bi- ~ “this way”, “hither”
- biindgen ~ “[You(singular)] enter!”, “[You(singular)] go inside!”
- biind ~ “in”, “into”, “inside”
- ge ~ “acts in relation to a dwelling”
- n ~ “You(singular)…!”
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A rough translation of the inner-meaning:
- [You(singular)] this-way enter!
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A plainer, more free-form, inner-meaning translation:
- [You(singular)] come inside!
How to cite this publication:
Montano, J. P. “Facilitating Cultural Awareness with Biigtigong’s Dialect” biigtigong.com. Biigtigong Nishnaabeg, 21 Jun 2018. Web.
