Episode 9B - Giigidowinan

• 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 careful and safe out there.
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• Waawiingezi! Showing great care about details. Precise.
• Thought: S/he does the job meticulously.
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• Weweni debinaak! Lacking proper care. Done any old way. 
• Thought: It was done poorly.
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• Noojigo Erratic. Carelessly.
• Thought: The job was done without care hastily.
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• Maamaazhiish! Showing lack of care! Careless and lazy way!
• Thought: Done in a haphazard way.

• Apiichiyaab igo! Hurry up. Do it immediately.
• Thought: Go to bed now. ( scolding a child that should be in bed already but is not)
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• Giga-waabamin minawaa. I will see you again.
• Thought: Farewell statement to family and friends
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• Giga-waabamin naagaj! I will see you later.
• Thought: Farewell statement to your family.