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How old is your mother?

Here is a short conversation we can have about ages. There are two important points to notice.

First, the word me' is used a lot in Mi'gmaq. Here it means 'still___'. You will see it later on also meaning 'more___, ___-er'.

Second, look at the last word, tapuisgegi-puna'p. When you replace the usual -t for 's/he' with -p, it changes the meaning from 'she IS twenty years old' to 'she WAS twenty years old'.

Dialog

Ta'si-puna't 'ggij?
How old is your mother?
'Ngij newisgegi-puna't jel ne'w.
My mother is forty-four.
Ta'si-puna't gujj?
How old is your father?
Nujj newisgegi-puna't jel ta'pu.
My father is forty-two.
O', me' maljewe'juijig!
Oh, they are still young!
E'e, me' maljewe'juijig. Ugs'tqamuianeg, 'ngij tapuisgegi-puna'p.
Yes, they're still young. When I was born, my mother was twenty.