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niinawind pron per es
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we, us [exclusive]

See also: geniinawind pron per ; gaye niinawind pron per

Note:
first person exclusive plural pronoun not including the person or persons spoken to



niinawind ;

niinawind es
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nj
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A FIRST PERSON EXCLUSIVE PLURAL in Ojibwe involves the speaker (first person) and one or more others (third person), but excludes the person spoken to (second person). A FIRST PERSON INCLUSIVE PLURAL involves the speaker (first person) and possibly one or more others (third persons), but includes the person spoken to (second person). 

Ningii-maniwiigwaasemin iko niinawind nimaamaayiban.

My mother and I used to gather birch bark.
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Niinawind iko nimisenyiban ingii-agoodinasabiimin.

It was my older sister and me who used to dry the nets.
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Gaye niinawind ingii-izhaamin endanataading.

We went to the contest too.
 es
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The Ojibwe People's Dictionary is developed and maintained by:
Nora Livesay, Editor
John D. Nichols, Founder and Linguistic Editor

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Word Family

niinawind pron per we, us [exclusive]
niinetawind pron per only we, only us; just us [exclusive] niinitamawind pron per our turn, us next [exclusive]

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