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minjimendan vti nj
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keep it in h/ mind, remember it

Paired with: minjimenim vta



niminjimendaan 1s - 0s ind; ominjimendaan 3s - 0s ind; minjimendang 3s - 0 conj; menjimendang 3s - 0 ch-conj; minjimendan 2s - 0 imp; Stem: /minjimend-/

niminjimendaan1s - 0s ind nj
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ominjimendaan3s - 0s ind nj
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minjimendang3s - 0 conj nj
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menjimendang3s - 0 ch-conj nj
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minjimendan 2s - 0 imp es
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nj
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ogii'-minjimendaan3s - 0s pst nj
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Gagwe-minjimendan inagakeyaa gaa-pi-izhaaying. Mii go 'iw ji-wanishinang giishpin.

Try to remember which way we came or we're going to get lost.
 es
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Ogii'-minjimendaan mewinzha gii-wiiji-gikinoo'amawagiban.

She remembered that I went to school with her long ago.
 nj
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Ingoji go ningii'-izhi-waabamaa John. Gaawiin dash niminjimendanziin aandi go gaa-gii'-izhi-waabamag.

I've seen John someplace but I can't remember where where I saw him
 nj
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Wiindemagad sa go aanawi iwidi gaa-izhaaying. Gaawiin-sh niminjimendanziin.

That place where we went has a name, but I don't remember what it is.
 es
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minjimendan /minjimend-/: /minjim-/
hold down
; /-end/
act by thought on it; perceive it by thought; feel in the mind
Reduplicated Form: maminjimendan

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