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(24) inashke (Clark 2003:50, audio)
a) Gaawiin ige gidaa-gashkitoosiimin weweni ji-ikidoyang i'iw ge-ikidoyangiban.
not also we wouldn’t be able to carefully for us to say that what we would say
b) Shke ojibwemoyang gigikendaamin waa-ikidoyang.
DM when we speak Ojibwe we know what we want to say
a) ‘We also would not be able to say correctly what we would say.
b) You see, when we speak Ojibwe, we know what we want to say.’
The distinction being drawn here is the one between the use of the English language and
the Ojibwe language by a bilingual speaker. In short, an Ojibwe speaker could not be
exactly sure of what s/he is saying when using English, but would know were they to use
Ojibwe. The use of shke in (24b) allows the speaker to draw special attention to the use
of Ojibwe so as to make the distinction more salient in relation to prior text.
Sometimes inashke may precede the exposition of examples, having roughly the
force of the English expression for example. In such cases, upcoming text highlighted by
inashke usually represents a a real life example of a description given in prior text. This
example giving function is given below.
(25) inashke in providing examples (from Clark 2003:55, audio)
a) Mii dash bebakaan weweni ogii-kikendaanaawaa awegonen o’ow enaabadak
then and each different carefully they knew it what this how utilized
o-mashkiki.
this medicine
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