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mayagwe vai lw
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s/he speaks a strange way, speaks a foreign language



nimayagwe 1s ind; mayagwe 3s ind; mayagwed 3s conj; meyagwed 3s ch-conj; Stem: /mayagwe-/

nimayagwe1s ind lw
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es
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mayagwe3s ind lw
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es
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mayagwed3s conj lw
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es
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meyagwed3s ch-conj lw
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es
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Mayagwewag aapiji igiweg zhaaganaashiiwakiing gaa-o-ganawaabamagwaa anishinaabeg.

Those people I went and saw in Canada have a strange dialect.
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mayagwe /mayagwe-/: /mayag-/
strange
; /-we/
s/he sounds, makes a noise
Reduplicated Form: mamaayagwe

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