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(71) Justifying function of aaniish
a) (Kegg 1991:106)
“Aaniish naa indanokiimin gaye dapaabiyaan, “ ikido.
DM DM we are working also that I look out she says
‘“Well, it was because we were working, and I looked out,” she said.’
b) (Kegg 1991:136)
Aanish naa mashkawizii a’aw biindaakwaan iidog, biindaakweng…
DM DM be strong that snuff must be taking a pinch of snuff
‘[After all] How strong that snuff must be taken in a pinch.’
c) (Clark 1998:54-56, audio)
a) Aanish ingagwejimigoog.
DM they ask me
b) Mii gaa-izhi-wiindamawagwaa, “Mii-go izhi-boonitoog,” ingii-inaag.
DP and so I told them leave it alone I told them
a) ‘Well, they asked me.
b) That’s when I told them, “Leave it alone”, I told them.’
In (71a), a woman had stated that the “drunks” were keeping her up all night, and when it
had become calm, she looked out of her window early in the morning and saw a
mysterious tall figure walking around at someone’s house. It is then that she uses aaniish
naa to accent the statement it was because we were working in (71a) where she appears
to justify why she was looking out of her window. In short, she was checking on the
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