Living Our Language_ Ojibwe Tales & Oral Histories - Anton Treuer [49]
[50] Mii sa go noongom i’iw, noongom igo wenji-minwendaagozing iwidi. Mii sa go wenji-gikending a’aw dewe’igan nagishkodaadiyang igo gaye ongow owidi weshki-maajiitaayaang iwidi gii-kikinoo’amawagwaa iniw nagamonan. I’iw nakweshkodaadi-nagamon ayaamagad gaye, nakweshkodaadi-nagamon weshki-ayaawaad oshki-nakweshkodaadiwaad igo. Mii a’aw akiwenzii ge-izhi-gikinoo’amawid i’iw. Gaawiin igo aapiji indaa-izhi-mikwendanziin igo. Naagaj igo inga-mikwendaan sa go i’iw. Indaa-mikwendaan miinawaa, miish i’iw nakweshkodaadi-nagamon ezhinikaadeg. Gaawiin igo indaa-izhi-mikwendanziin azhigwa i’iw. Ayaa. Indayaan igo imaa. Niwenda-igoomin i’iw. Gaawiin indaa-gikendanziin i’iw niin. Mii nitam iwidi, nitam iwidi oshki-ayaad a’aw dewe’igan, oshki-maajiishkawangid sa go.
[51] Mii o’ow apii i’iw gii-waabamaawaad ingiw gichi-aya’aag iniw migiziwan niiwin gii-izhibaashkaanid imaa gii-asangidwaa, gii-asangidwaa sa debendaagozijig o’ow omaa dewe’iganing akina go. Mii imaa gii-waabamaawaad niiwin iniw migiziwan gii-izhibaashkaanid imaa Gaa-waababiganikaag zaaga’igan ezhinikaadeg. Mii imaa gaa-tazhi-niimi’idiiyaang nitam gii-wiidookawagwaa sa. Niin ingii-namadabi’aa a’aw niigaani-ogimaa booch ezhichigewaad o’ow ge-namadabi’aawaad iniw. Mii ge-ishkwaa-namadabi’ag, miish akina gaye gaa-paa-izhi-namadabi’aawaad gii-kikinoo’amawangidwaa. Miish megwaa go baa-gikinoo’amawagwaa baa-asaawaad iniw ge-dibendaagozinid o’ow apii. Mii imaa gii-izhi-baabasowaad ingiw niiwin, ingiw migiziwag. Gaye gii-shawendaagoziwag ongow anishinaabeg iwidi eyaajig. Ingoding igo gaa-izhi-maamaajaawaad waasa iwidi wending akeyaa izhaawag niiwin igo wending gaye gaa-onji-izhichigewaad. Gaye iwidi akeyaa wendaabang, mii iwidi niigaani-manidoo eyaad, mii a’aw. Mii ingiw migiziwag, mii iwidi dibishkoo go ingiw binesiwag, ingiw binesiwag. Mii gii-paa-wiindamaagewaad; dewe’igan aandi eyaad. Mii gaa-onji-maamaajaawaad i’iw manidoon iwidi gii-paa-wiindamawaawaad dibishkoo go oshkaabewisag gii-paa-wiindamaagewaad imaa gii-waabamaawaad iniw imaa gii-oshki-bakite’wind a’aw dewe’igan; gegoo gaa-izhiwebak dash iwidi sa gaa-chawaazhendamaan gii-chi-minwendamaan sa go gii-maajiishkaayang a’aw dewe’igan gii-wiidookaazoyaan ji-maajiishkaayang iwidi dewe’igan. Mii go noongom igo gichi-apiitendamaan i’iw gii-wiidookawagwaa gwiiwizensag sa go iwidi ji-maajiishkaawaad iniw dewe’iganan o’ow apii jibwaa-giizhiikawangid