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May 14, 2025 60 mins
  • Ozaamikamig! This is too much!  Exaggerated.
  • Thought: It has snowed so much that we cannot get out of the driveway!  (describing something that   is too excessive)
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  • Gawesaa! Hawesaa! Oh! My goodness!  Expectations failed.  To   describe failure
  • Thought: Our team lost at the end.

  We ran out of gas. (something disappointing)

  • Yo hooho! Used to express astonishment often   disapprovingly, oh my, oh my goodness,   goodness gracious
  • Thought: Yo hooho! How did you get that black eye?
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  • Owa! Owaa! A Wow factor. Expressing admiration,   pleased, impressed.  Possessing beauty.   Appealing.
  • Thought: Owa! Great idea! Owa! Looking great! 
  • Wa wa wa! Astonishing. Inconceivable.  Far-  fetched.    Unimaginable, unthinkable,   unbelievable.
  • Thought: I lost my homework! I lost all my money at   the casino.  I forgot my wallet.
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  • Naanabaawish! Came too late.
  • Thought: The fire truck arrived too late.
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  • Ambegish! I wish that….
  • Thought: I wish I was done my essay. I wish I had a   vacation.  I wish I can go, too.
  • Babanaadakamig! Disappointment, it didn’t work out. Letdown.    What a blow! 
  • Thought: Hopeful expectations have failed to surface and disrupts positive feeling
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  • Gaanaganaa! What if it was so? How I wish…
  • Thought: I wish I could take my kids for a vacation at Disneyland.
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  • Gagwaanisagikamig! How horrible! A catastrophe. A tragic   event.
  • Thought: There was a tornado that came by that destroyed homes.
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  • Whaa! Impressed with how something looks
  • Thought: Admiring a friend’s car going by
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  • Awegodogwen igo baakaj? What in the world is happening?
  • Thought: a police man came by ( causing alarm)
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  • Howa! Very impressive!
  • Thought: Admiring someone’s work or talent.
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  • Amanj igo! I don’t know. (wondering about….)
  • Thought: Response to….Was their baby born yet? Did she   receive her gst cheque?
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  • Whaa! Impressed with the look of something
  • Thought: Look at the nice car driving by. Your dress has a wow   factor.
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  • Aigee! Duh! Action or statement deemed foolish or stupid   absurd
  • Thought: He felt foolish when he forgot where he parked.
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  • Aigee! No kidding! Annoyed way to express that   something said is known or obvious
  • Thought: Don’t drive with the shade covering your windshield.
  • Beka! Beka! Wait! Wait up!
  • Thought: Wait for me!
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  • Mii’iwe! That’s all! I am done! Conclusion.
  • Thought: When one is done explaining something or discussing something. 
  • Ashigesh! Something did not pan out as expected negatively  Thought:  It can be embarrassing but can be expressed in a   funny   way.
  • Magizhaa gaye! Perhaps! Maybe.
  • Thought: In response to a matter, you are not sure of
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  • Haamsa! Maajitaadaa! Okay! Let’s start!
  • Thought: Starting a meeting or activity.
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  • Gidaagiinaa! You should have said! Usually to make it   sound funny. Or behaving like they know   everything
  • Thought: Expressing funny or wisecracking comments or cheeky
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  • Zhigo! Zhigwa! And so…   What’s up?
  • Thought: As a ice breaker when starting to chat with someone.
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  • Gegoo na! What is happening?
  • Thought: Asking what is going on when you get a call.
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  • Gangegoo aapiinch! Nothing at all!
  • Thought: In response to what is happening.
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  • Weweni ‘igo Do it carefully!
  • Thought: Do the job with care! Take care!
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  • Ayaangwaamizin! Be safe out there!
  • Thought: A farewell message to be caref
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