By Justin Neely, CPN Language Department Director
Bozho Jayek, (Hello everyone),
Gi gshatemget mine gzhenamdek zhi Shishibeniyek mawjeshnowen.
It was hot and humid there at the Citizen Potawatomi Nation Festival.
Gi mdagwayemget mine mjésh bemadzejek gi byek.
It was a good time and lots of people came.
Gnebech yewagwén ngot wak bemadzejek zhi Bodewadmimwen Bingo zhenkadek mine wabmegwa manek bémadzejek echikemwat nech chikaswen.
Perhaps 100 people were at Potawatomi bingo and I saw lots of people playing hand games.
Shkwach gishget Master Apprentice zhenkadek zhi apte nibne gises nyanen.
The last day of our master apprentice summer program was July 5.
Nde-shpenmak jayek gode bemadzejek egi pabmadzewat shode mine dneswat nish gizsok epich bye-kkendemwat i zheshmowen.
I am proud of the people who traveled here and hung around for two months while studying the language.
Bgeji ngi-yekwes ga gish gishtamgek nesh je medagwendeman egi mbwach’egwa mjesh Shishibeniyek.
I am a little tired but I enjoyed visiting with a bunch of Citizen Potawatomi people.
Gaga she nwi-wzhitamen ewi pabmadzeyak wech ksenyak zhi bodewadmimwen mawjeshnowen mine Bodewadmj Mawjeshnowen.
Soon we are going to be getting ready to travel north for the Potawatomi language conference and gathering.
Nwi-wébtamen i shke kenomagewen zhi tasomkekosek. Shak dbegnék gme Ngot gishek nash Nyew Gishek.
We started a new class online starting at 9 a.m. Central time every Monday-Thursday.
Nwi-wzhetomen I meznatesek mzenegen Winnie Pooh zhenkadek.
We are creating a video book of Winnie the Pooh.
Winnie Pooh Mzodbéndemwen odew jo pi yawek.
Winnie the Pooh is in the public domain now.
Anet Niben kedwnen
Niben — Summer (nee-bin)
Gshatemget — It is hot. (gshot damget)
Skabimget I mbes — The lake is dried up. (skah beem get)
Gi gmowen nago. — It rained yesterday. (geek mowin nahgo)
Zamate ngom. — The sun is unbearably hot today. (zahmahtay ngome)
Wabek nwi-basdeke. — I am going to lay out in the sun tomorrow.
Gé-o-mbwachamen o gokmesnan ngom. — Let’s go visit our grandmother. (Gae oh mbwach ah men oh gokemisnahn)
Gbe-gishget Ngi-shemegok. — They fed us all day. (guh bay geesh get ngee shim eh goke)
Abdek nwi-gishkzhegé gaga she. — I am going to have to mow soon. (Ahb duck nwee geeshk zheh gay gah gah sheh)
Answers to our riddles part one
Nijetso dbegnék iw pi Wedapege jiptebdot i shkakwajgen?
What time is it when an elephant sits on the fence? Time to fix it.
Nene bidek wde-ye o dabyan egi wabdek I zaw-shkwadém, shonyawabek-shkwadém mine mskwabek shkwadém. Ni je ye shkwadém nétem ga bakbdot?
A man inside a car sees a yellow door, silver door and copper door. Which door does he open first? The car door.
Wégni je bokbdoyen bwamshe eyoyen?
What do you break before you use it? Egg/glowstick
Nene gashkbazo mégwétsek gme-gishget nesh je megwa mishdonet. Ni je ezhewébzet?
A man shaves several times every day but still has a beard. What’s happening with him? He is a barber.
Gnwa epich wshkeyak mine dkwa epich géteyak. Wégni je eyawek?
It’s long when it’s new and short when it’s old. What is it? Waskonénjegenatek. A candlestick.
Wégni je nkwebdoyen nesh je bwa pegdoyen?
What do you catch but don’t throw? A cold.
Pene shena témget nigan igwan mine Cho wika shkwéyak. Wégni je eyawek?
What is always in front of you and never behind? Wje nigan ji igwan. The future.
Nzewanek nde-ton mine nshtegwan nesh je bwa toyan niyow? Wégni je eyawek?
What has a tail and a head but no body? What is it? Coins. Shonyas.