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ingwana pc disc

it was just so; it turns out that...; so it was that



Mii 'i ingwana gaa-izhiwebak.

So that's what happened.
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Biitawaya'ii ingwana gii-agoode iwe ninibewayaan gaa-kwiinawaabandamaan.

It turned out that my pajamas that I was looking for for were hanging in between other items.
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Gegaa ingii-bichi-nisidawinawaa awe ikwe. Bakaanizi ingwana.

I almost mistook that woman for someone else. It turns it was somebody different.
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The Ojibwe People's Dictionary is developed and maintained by:
Nora Livesay, Editor
John D. Nichols, Founder and Linguistic Editor

with support and collaboration from the University of Minnesota's Department of American Indian Studies and University Libraries.

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