Animate Inanimate nouns in Ojibwe

What are the two types of nouns in Ojibwemowin?

• Singular and Plural

• Visible and Invisible

• Masculine and Feminine

• Animate and Inanimate

What is the word for bear?

• Ikwe

• Makwa

• Waboose

• animosh

What is a plural ending for animate object?

• oon

• in

• wag

• aag

What does Ikwe mean?

• Bear

• Woman

• girl

• boy

What does inini mean?

• woman

• man

• girl

• child

What does ikwezens mean?

• bear

• woman

• clan

• girl

What does gwiiwizens mean??

• woman

• man

• girl

• boy

Which of the following nouns is considered animate? Animate means something is living.

• A broom

• A desk

• Makwa

• A chair

What does " inanimate" object mean?

• Something that is alive

• deer

• bear

• Something that is not alive

What is this - bikwaakwad?

• A football

• A baseball

• soccer ball

• basketball