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    In order to indicate the past tense in Potawatomi we add gi behind the pronoun and before the verb. Ngi zhya I went Ggi maji I left. Ggiwawijgemen We read. Gi nebyegek they wrote. Gi binchege o nene. He cleaned. In the conjunct form we use ga for the past and wa for the future.

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    In order to indicate the past tense in Potawatomi we add gi behind the pronoun and before the verb. Ngi zhya I went Ggi maji I left. Ggiwawijgemen We read. Gi nebyegek they wrote. Gi binchege o nene. He cleaned. In the conjunct form we use ga for the past and wa for the future.

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    Past Tense and Future Tense

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    In order to indicate the past tense in Potawatomi we add gi behind the pronoun and before the verb. Ngi zhya I went Ggi maji I left. Ggiwawijgemen We read. Gi nebyegek they wrote. Gi binchege o nene. He cleaned. In the conjunct form we use ga for the past and wa for the future.

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    Past tense and Future tense

    In order to indicate the past tense in Potawatomi we add gi behind the pronoun and before the verb.

    Ngi zhya
    I went

    Ggi zhya ne?


    Did you go?

    Ngi maji I left.

    Ggiwawijgemen We read.

    Gi nbyegek They wrote.

    Gi binchege o nene.
    He cleaned.

    In order to indicate the future tense in Potawatomi we add wi behind the pronoun and before the verb. Also wi can be used to indicate a desired action. He wanted to clean.

    Nwi zhya
    I will go.

    Gwi zhya ne?


    Are you going to go?

    Nwi maji I will leave.

    Gwiwawijgemen We are going to read.

    Wi nbyegek They will write.

    Wi binchege o nene.
    He will clean.

    In the conjunct form we use ga for the past and wa for the future.
    Ni je pi wa je majiwat?
    When are they leaving?

    Ni je wi ga je majit?
    Why did he leave?

    Ni je pi wa wawijgeyen?
    When are you going to read?

    Ni jet so bmadzejek ga giwsewat?


    How many people went hunting? This form will be covered more extensively in a later section.

    Ggimajimen nago.
    We left yesterday.

    Wabek nwi maji.


    I am leaving tomorrow.

    Ggizhyam ne nago? Did you all go yesterday? Gwi bodwe ne ibe?


    Are you going to build a fire over there?

    Wawijge- he/she reads


    Ngiwawijge- I did read Ggiwawijge - you did read Gi wawijge- he/she did read Ngiwawijgemen- We(-u) did read Ggiwawijgemen - We all did read Ggiwawijgem- You all did read Gi wawijgek- They did read

    Mbwachewe- he/she visits


    Ngi mbwachewe- I did visit. Ggi mbwachewe- You did visit Gi mbwachewe- He/she did visit Ngi mbwachewemen- We(-u) did visit Ggi mbwachewemen- We all did visit Ggi mbwachewem- You all did visit Gi mbwachewek- They did visit

    Gwedemojge- he/she fishes


    Nwi gwedemojge- I will fish. Gwi gwedemojge- You will fish Wi gwedemojge- he/she will fish Nwi gwedemojgemen- we (-u) will fish Gwi gwedemojgemen- We all will fish Gwi gwedemojgem- You all will fish. Wi gwedemojgek- They will fish.

    Mikchewi- he/she works


    Nwi mikchewi- I will work Gwi mikchewi- You will work Wi mikchewi- He/she will work Nwimikchewimen- we(-u) will work Gwimikchewimen- We all will work Gwimikchewim- You all will work Wi Mikchewik- They will work

    Remember
    Gi is the past tense marker Wi is the future tense marker.
    Continue to use the verbs you have been given from previous lessons to run through the patterns. The more you do this the easier it will be to remember. It will start to become second nature after awhile.

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