• Ozaamikamig! This is too much! Exaggerated.
• Thought: It has snowed so much that we cannot get out of the driveway! (describing something that is too excessive)
• Gawesaa! Hawesaa! Oh! My goodness! Expectations failed. To describe failure
• Thought: Our team lost at the end.

We ran out of gas. (something disappointing)

• Yo hooho! Used to express astonishment often disapprovingly, oh my, oh my goodness, goodness gracious
• Thought: Yo hooho! How did you get that black eye?
• Owa! Owaa! A Wow factor. Expressing admiration, pleased, impressed. Possessing beauty. Appealing.
• Thought: Owa! Great idea! Owa! Looking great!
• Wa wa wa! Astonishing. Inconceivable. Far- fetched. Unimaginable, unthinkable, unbelievable.
• Thought: I lost my homework! I lost all my money at the casino. I forgot my wallet.
• Naanabaawish! Came too late.
• Thought: The fire truck arrived too late.
• Ambegish! I wish that….
• Thought: I wish I was done my essay. I wish I had a vacation. I wish I can go, too.
• Babanaadakamig! Disappointment, it didn’t work out. Letdown. What a blow!
• Thought: Hopeful expectations have failed to surface and disrupts positive feeling
• Gaanaganaa! What if it was so? How I wish…
• Thought: I wish I could take my kids for a vacation at Disneyland.
• Gagwaanisagikamig! How horrible! A catastrophe. A tragic event.
• Thought: There was a tornado that came by that destroyed homes.
• Whaa! Impressed with how something looks
• Thought: Admiring a friend’s car going by
• Awegodogwen igo baakaj? What in the world is happening?
• Thought: a police man came by ( causing alarm)
• Howa! Very impressive!
• Thought: Admiring someone’s work or talent.
• Amanj igo! I don’t know. (wondering about….)
• Thought: Response to….Was their baby born yet? Did she receive her gst cheque?
• Whaa! Impressed with the look of something
• Thought: Look at the nice car driving by. Your dress has a wow factor.
• Aigee! Duh! Action or statement deemed foolish or stupid absurd
• Thought: He felt foolish when he forgot where he parked.
• Aigee! No kidding! Annoyed way to express that something said is known or obvious
• Thought: Don’t drive with the shade covering your windshield.

• Beka! Beka! Wait! Wait up!
• Thought: Wait for me!
• Mii’iwe! That’s all! I am done! Conclusion.
• Thought: When one is done explaining something or discussing something.
• Ashigesh! Something did not pan out as expected negatively Thought: It can be embarrassing but can be expressed in a funny way.

• Magizhaa gaye! Perhaps! Maybe.
• Thought: In response to a matter, you are not sure of
• Haamsa! Maajitaadaa! Okay! Let’s start!
• Thought: Starting a meeting or activity.
• Gidaagiinaa! You should have said! Usually to make it sound funny. Or behaving like they know everything
• Thought: Expressing funny or wisecracking comments or cheeky
• Zhigo! Zhigwa! And so… What’s up?
• Thought: As a ice breaker when starting to chat with someone.
• Gegoo na! What is happening?
• Thought: Asking what is going on when you get a call.
• Gangegoo aapiinch! Nothing at all!
• Thought: In response to what is happening.
• Weweni ‘igo Do it carefully!
• Thought: Do the job with care! Take care!
• Ayaangwaamizin! Be safe out there!
• Thought: A farewell message to be careful and safe out there.
• Waawiingezi! Showing great care about details. Precise.
• Thought: S/he does the job meticulously.
• Weweni debinaak! Lacking proper care. Done any old way.
• Thought: It was done poorly.
• Noojigo Erratic. Carelessly.
• Thought: The job was done without care hastily.
• Maamaazhiish! Showing lack of care! Careless and lazy way!
• Thought: Done in a haphazard way.

• Apiichiyaab igo! Hurry up. Do it immediately.
• Thought: Go to bed now. ( scolding a child that should be in bed already but is not)
• Giga-waabamin minawaa. I will see you again.
• Thought: Farewell statement to family and friends
• Giga-waabamin naagaj! I will see you later.
• Thought: Farewell statement to your family.