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In this lesson, you will discover vocabulary words related to traditional medicine, nature, and plants. You will also learn acknowledgment and gratitude expressions
| English | Animate (A) or inanimate (I) | Singular | Plurial |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tobacco | (I) | ‘Tomawey  |
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| Cedar | (A) | Kakskus |
Kakskusiyik |
| Pine | (A) | Kuwes |
Kuwesok |
| Sage | (I) | ‘Sec or pehkihtikon |
‘Secol or pehkihtikonol |
| Fire | (I) | Sqot |
Sqotiyil |
| Matches | (I) | Psqolehtikon |
Psqolehtikonol |
| Birch | (A) | Masqemus |
Masqemusiyik |
| Black ash | (A) | Wikp |
Wikpiyik |
| Trees | (A) | Opos |
Oposiyik |
| Mother earth | (A) | ‘Kikuwosson-Skitkomiq |
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| Medicine | (I) | ‘Pisun |
‘Pisunol |
| Sweetgrass | (I) | Welimahask |
Welimahaskil |
| Fiddlehead | (I) | Mahsus |
Mahsusiyil |
| Pearly everlasting | (I) | Ehpit utomawey |
Ehpit utomaweyal |
Question: Tama ote ‘tomawey ? / Where is the tobacco?
Answers: ‘Tomawey ote neqiw possiyanteskik. / The tobacco is under the window.
‘Tomawey ote lamiw wikuwamok. / The tobacco is in the house.
The endings «ik» and «ok» indicate a location (locative).
Question: Keq yut ? / What is this?
Answer: Mahsusiyil. / Fiddleheads.
Question: Wen wot ? / Who is this?
Answer: Masqemus. / Birch.
Question (singular): Kpawatomon welimahask ? / Do you want sweetgrass?
Question (plural): Kpawatomonol welimahaskil ? / Do you want sweetgrass?
Answer (singular): Aha, npawatomon welimahask. / Yes, I want sweetgrass.
Answer (plural): Ontama, ma-te npawatomunol welimahaskil. / No, I don’t want sweetgrass.
Question: Kpawala kakskus ? / Do you want cedar?
Answer (positive): Aha, npawala kakskus woliwon. / Yes, I want cedar thank you.
Answer (negative): Ontama, ma-te npawalaw kakskus, npawala kuwes. / No, I don’t want cedar, I want pine.
Write the words in Wolastoqey that designate each of the presented objects, in singular and plural
| Singular | Plural | |
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 Birch tree(s) |
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 Match(es) |
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 Fiddlehead(s) |
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 Sage |
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 Tree(s) |
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 Black ash tree(s) |
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 Sweetgrass |
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 Pine tree(s) |
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 Cedar tree(s) |
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Classify each term in the list according to whether their noun is animate or inanimate.
Provide the Wolastoqey equivalents for the following statements
| 1. | Where is the sage? |
| 2. | The sage is under the window. |
| 3. | Do you want a match? |
| 4. | Do you want matches? |
| 5. | Yes, I want a match. |
| 6. | No, I don’t want matches. |
| 7. | Do you want black ash? |
| 8. | Yes, I want black ash. |
| 9. | No, I don’t want black ash. |
Find the Wolastoqey words that correspond to each of the elements on the list.
How it works: Click on the first letter of the word, then on the last to validate a word.
Words can overlap and go in these directions: → ↘ ↓.
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