Shishibaniyek Mawjeshnowen Bodewadmimwen

Numbers
Numbers in Potawatomi
 Numbers
are very easy to do after you
know 1-10. After that to say 11 you say 10
and one. We are going to use our objects
from last time to count with
Objects


ngot
Dopwen- one table
Nish jiptebwenentwo chairs

Nswe’ notakchegenen

Three radios
Neyew wabnotakchegenen- four tv’s
Appliances
Nyanen mkom kekosenfive fridges
Ngot watso gzhapkesgenen- six ovens
Noek wawabmowenen- seven mirrors
Shwatso mzenegenen- eight books
Shak biwabkosen
nine phones
Mdatso
dewegenen
Ten drums
D
20,30,40
 Nishwabtek-
20
 Nswabtek- 30
 Neyewabtek- 40
 Nishwabtek
shech ngot watso- 26
 Neyewabtek shech shak- 49
 Nswabtek shech nish- 32
It changes a little with
50,60,70,80,90
 Mtene
is added to the number
 Nyanomtene-
50
 Ngot watsomtene- 60
 Noek somtene- 70
 Shwatsomtene- 80
 Shaksomtene- 90
100 and beyond
 Ngot
wak- one hundred
 Ngotosek- one thousand
 Nishosek- two thousand
 Ngotwatsosek- six thousand
 Je’sh- lots
 Manek- A lot of something animate
 Maneton- a lot of something inanimate.

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