Week 19: What Time is it?

Aaniin endaso-diba’iganek? - What time is it?



For more time audio, click on Kaagegaabaw's Telling Time in Ojibwe and/or Dennis Jones' Aaniin endaso diba'iganek.

Wiindamawishin endaso-diba’iganek.
Tell me what time it is.

1:00------------------------------ningo-diba’iganed
2:00------------------------------niizho-diba’iganed
3:00------------------------------niso-diba’iganed
4:00------------------------------niiyo-diba’iganed
5:00------------------------------naano-diba’iganed
6:00------------------------------ningodwaaso-diba’iganed
7:00------------------------------niizhwaaso-diba’iganed
8:00------------------------------nishwaaso-diba’iganed
9:00------------------------------zhaangaso-diba’iganed
10:00-----------------------------midaaso-diba’iganed
11:00-----------------------------ashi-bezhigo-diba’iganed
12:00-----------------------------ashi-niizho-diba’iganed

For example: Niizho-diba’iganed means, “It’s two o’clock.”
Niizho-diba-iganek means, “at two o’clock”
(notice that when you change the suffix from a -d to a –k it changes the meaning slightly)

naawakwe (present) It’s noon.
naawakweg (future) at noon
nayaawakweg (past) at noon
aabita-dibikad (present) It’s midnight.
aabita-dibikak (future) at midnight
ayaabita-dibikak (past) at midnight

5 minutes naano-diba’igaans
10 minutes midaaso-diba’igaans
15 minutes ashi-naano-diba’igaans
20 minutes niizhtana daso-diba’igaans
25 minutes niizhtana ashi-naano-diba’igaans
half past ashi aabita
before jibwaa
after ishkwaa

It’s a quarter to three (2:45). Ashi-naano-diba’igaans jibwaa niso-diba’iganed.
It’s ten minutes after three (3:10). Midaaso-diba’igaans ishkwaa niso-diba’iganed.

Some games to play using the More Basic Vocab List:
Flashcards 1, Study Stack, Study Table, Matching, Crossword, Word Scramble

Take the More Basic Vocab Quiz and the More Basic Vocab Test.