How old are you?
In this lesson, as you learn how to say how old you are, notice one thing: the word you might expect for 'ten' has been replaced with an older one with the same meaning.
Keep an eye out for this older word: you will see it pop up in a few other places in Mi'gmaq.
Vocab 1
Ta'si-puna'n? |
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How old are you? | |
Newti-puna'i. |
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I am one. (year old) | |
Tapui-puna'i. |
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I am two. (years old) | |
Ne'si-puna'i. |
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I am three. (years old) |
Vocab 2
Ta'si-puna'n? |
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How old are you? | |
Newi-puna'i. |
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I am four | |
Nani-puna'i. |
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I am five | |
Asugom te'si-puna'i. |
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I am six. |
Vocab 3
Ta'si-puna'n? |
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How old are you? | |
Lluigneg te'si-puna'i. |
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I am seven. | |
Ugumuljin te'si-puna'i. |
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I am eight. | |
Pesgunateg te'si-puna'i. |
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I am nine. |
Vocab 4
Ta'si-puna'n? |
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How old are you? | |
Metla'si-puna'i. |
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I am ten. | |
Metla'si-puna'i jel newt. |
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I am eleven. (ten + one) | |
Metla'si-puna'i jel ta'pu. |
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I am twelve. |
Vocab 5
Ta'si-puna'n? |
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How old are you? | |
Tapuisgegi-puna'i. |
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I am twenty. | |
Tapuisgegi-puna'i jel newt. |
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I am twenty-one. |
Vocab 6
Ta'si-puna'n? |
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How old are you? | |
Ne'sisgegi-puna'i jel ne'w. |
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I am thirty-four. | |
Newisgegi-puna'i. |
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I am forty. |
Vocab 7
Ta'si-puna'n? |
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How old are you? | |
Asugom te'sisgegi-puna'i jel si'st. |
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I am sixty-three. | |
Ugumuljin te'sisgegi-puna'i jel newt. |
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I am eighty-one. |