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niinetawind pron per rg
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only we, only us; just us [exclusive]

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



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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). 

Niinetawind nigii-kiiyodemin iwidi zhaaganaashiiwakiing.

We were the only ones to travel to Canada.
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Niinetawind ningii-andomigoomin ji-izhaayaang iwidi odaakewigamigong.

We were the only ones they asked to go to the government building.
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