Shishibaniyek Mawjeshnowen Bodewadmimwen Kenomagewen
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Transcript Shishibaniyek Mawjeshnowen Bodewadmimwen Kenomagewen
Numbers
Numbers in Potawatomi
Numbers
are very easy to do after you
know 1-10. After that to say 11 you say 10
and one. We are going to use our objects
from last time to count with
Objects
ngot
Dopwen- one table
Nish jiptebwenentwo chairs
Nswe’ notakchegenen
Three radios
Neyew wabnotakchegenen- four tv’s
Appliances
Nyanen mkom kekosenfive fridges
Ngot watso gzhapkesgenen- six ovens
Noek wawabmowenen- seven mirrors
Shwatso mzenegenen- eight books
Shak biwabkosen
nine phones
Mdatso
dewegenen
Ten drums
D
20,30,40
Nishwabtek-
20
Nswabtek- 30
Neyewabtek- 40
Nishwabtek
shech ngot watso- 26
Neyewabtek shech shak- 49
Nswabtek shech nish- 32
It changes a little with
50,60,70,80,90
Mtene
is added to the number
Nyanomtene-
50
Ngot watsomtene- 60
Noek somtene- 70
Shwatsomtene- 80
Shaksomtene- 90
100 and beyond
Ngot
wak- one hundred
Ngotosek- one thousand
Nishosek- two thousand
Ngotwatsosek- six thousand
Je’sh- lots
Manek- A lot of something animate
Maneton- a lot of something inanimate.