Category:Ojibwe personal prefixes

Personal prefixes may appear before nouns, verbs and even before certain preverbs. They denote the first (n-), second (g-) or third person (o-/w-). The precise form that the prefix takes is determined by regular rules, based on the first letter of the stem it is prefixed to:

Ojibwe personal prefixes

	stem begins with...	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
Consonants	p t k h ch m n s sh w y	ni-	gi-	o-
	d g ' j z zh	nin-
	b	nim-
Vowels	o	nindo-	gido-	odo-
	a aa e i	nind-	gid-	od-
	oo	n-	g-	od-
	ii	n-	g-	w-

See also the personal pronouns as they appear independently:

Ojibwe personal pronouns

	singular	plural
1st person	niin, ᓃᓐ	niinawind, ᓃᓇᐎᓐᑦ (exclusive) giinawind, ᑮᓇᐎᓐᑦ (inclusive)
2nd person	giin, ᑮᓐ	giinawaa, ᑮᓇᐙ
3rd person	wiin, ᐐᓐ	wiinawaa, ᐐᓇᐙ

Pages in category "Ojibwe personal prefixes"

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Category:Ojibwe personal prefixes

Pages in category "Ojibwe personal prefixes"

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