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gina'amaw vta rg
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forbid h/ to, warn h/ against

ingina'amawaa 1s - 3s ind; ningina'amawaa 1s - 3s ind; nigina'amawaa 1s - 3s ind; ogina'amawaan 3s - 3' ind; gina'amawaad 3s - 3' conj; gena'amawaad 3s - 3' ch-conj; gina'amaw 2s - 3 imp; Stem: /gina'amaw-/

Audio for Basic Forms

ningina'amawaa	1s - 3s ind	rg Listen
ogina'amawaan	3s - 3' ind	rg Listen
gina'amawaad	3s - 3' conj	rg Listen
gena'amawaad	3s - 3' ch-conj	rg Listen
gina'amaw	2s - 3 imp	es Listen

Sentence Examples

Ingina'amaagoomin ji-niminaawa'oyaang -- onzaam gichi-nooding. They told us not to go out on the lake because it was too stormy.	es Listen
Mii go bizaan gaa-izhi-maajidaabii'iwed aana-gii-gina'amawind He start driving anyway when he was told not to.	es Listen

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John D. Nichols, Founder and Linguistic Editor

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