| Spoken Ojibwe for Beginners contains one audiocassette, a 36-page learner's manual, and a laminated "tenses" card. The package was produced by Ojibwe Mekana of Duluth, Minnesota, an Ojibwe language program. The booklet begins with basic greetings that Ojibwe Elders insist must be learned first. The next section introduces beginning tenses. These 21 beginning sounds must be learned in order to show who is speaking, at what time, questions, negatives, simple commands, and plurals. The next section deals with root sentences and how the leaner can increase vocabulary by learning root words and basic tenses. The remaining sections cover questions, weather vocabulary, time of day, and an appendix of root words, additional vocabulary terms for animals, relatives, and simple sentences. The accompanying audiocassette contains the voice of Ojibwe speaker Norman John Clark. The speaker repeats each term and sentence twice and only once speaks out of sequence. Side one of the tape covers pages 1 to 19; side two covers pages 19 to the appendix. Learners should know basic English grammar terms so that they can see the connection to the Ojibwe examples. This package is the first level of Ojibwe language materials produced by Ojibwe Mekana. This audiocassette and booklet is still available in a CD (booklet) edition. |
