Conjugator
1. Find a word that you want to work with from the Nishnaabemwin Online Dictionary nmadbi 'sit' has the part of speech 'vai', while waabmaa 'see someone' has the part of speech 'vta'.
This is case-sensitive, so make sure the capitalization matches the dictionary.
Dictionary entry:
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1.1 If there are several possible parts of speech for your word, select the one you want below. You may also select your desired spelling pattern.
Part of Speech (in this menu and elsewhere, somebody='smb.', something='sth.'):
Default (the best guess as stated above)
NA (smb. alive, exe: aamoo 'bee')
NI (sth. not alive, exe: jiimaan 'boat')
NAD (smb. that must be "owned", exe: noos 'my father')
NID (sth. that must be "owned", exe: ndahiim 'my thing')
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VAI (action done by smb., exe: nmadbi 's/he sits')
VII (action done by sth., exe: biidaasin 'it sails here')
VTI (action done to sth., exe: naadin 's/he fetches it')
VTA (action done to smb., exe: naagaa'aan 's/he delays him/her')
VAIO (action done by smb. to sth/smb. exe: noopon 's/he takes it for lunch')
Spelling pattern:
Nishnaabemod (Eastern Ojibwa-Chippewa-Ottawa Dictionary style)
Nishnaabemat (Nishnaabemwin Online Dictionary style)
Anishinaabemod (Nishnaabemwin with dropped vowels restored)
2. Select how you want to conjugate the word.
Noun options:
Who owns it (possessor):
No one
Your
Your guys's
My
Our (niinwi 'ours but not yours')
Our (giinwi 'ours and yours')
His/Her/It's ([Aan'kot] woosan 'Aan'kot's father')
Someone else's (Aan'kot [woosan] danmoshniwan "Aan'kot's father's dog")
Their
Unspecified
Are there several/is it less important/is it a place:
No
There are several (aamoog 'bees' - plural)
Less important (Aan'kot daamoon "Aan'kot's bee" - obviative)
Precise place (aamoong 'on the bee' - locative)
General area (aamookaang 'all over the bee' - distributed locative)
Is it little or something you might call "ole":
No
Little (jiimaanens 'little boat' - diminutive)
"Ole" (jiimaanenh 'ole boat' - contemptive)
Is it broken or in a group you are calling to:
No
-ba(n) form (jiimaanba 'broken boat' - preterit)
-dig form (jiimaandig 'O boats!' - vocative plural)
-m form (nbizhkiim 'my cow' - possessive) -ish form (mkiznish 'darn shoe' - pejorative)
Verb options:
Sentence type:
Main clause in a sentence (nmadbi 's/he sits' - independent)
Subordinate clause or Who/What/Where question (nmadbit 'if/that s/he sits' - conjunct)
Command (nmadbin! 'sit!' - imperative)
Who did it/who has the property described by the verb (subject, you must select an option for all verbs):
You
You guys
I
We (niinwi 'us but not you')
We (giinwi 'us with you')
He/She (noos nmadbi 'my father sits')
Smb. else (woosan nmadbiwan 'his/her father sits')
They
^The above options do not work if the verb is VII^
It (jiimaan mchaa 'the boat is big')
Sth. else (jiimaanan mchaani 'the other boat is big' - VII only)
Those (jiimaanan mchaawan 'the boats are big')
Sths. else (jiimaanan mchaanwan 'the other boats are big'- VII only)
^The above options only work if the verb is VII/VTA^
Unspecified/Passive (naagaa'aa 's/he gets delayed' - only for VAI/VTA)
Who was it done to (object, only for VTA, VTI, VAIO):
No one (verb is VII or VAI)
You
You guys
Me
Us (niinwi 'us but not you')
Us (giinwi 'us with you')
^The above options only work if the verb is VTA^
Him/Her (gnaagaa'aa Aan'kot "you delay Aan'kot")
Smb. else (naagaa'aan Aankodoon "s/he delays Aan'kot")
Them
^The above options do not work if the verb is VTI^
It
Those
^The above options do not work if the verb is VTA^
-ba(n) form (nmadbiwba 's/he has sat' - action is finished, preterit) -dig form (nmadbiwdig 's/he sits, I suspect' - statement is inferred/doubted, dubitative) -sii form (nmadbisii 's/he doesn't sit' - negation; if command: "don't do it!") "Do it in a bit" (delayed imperative, cannot be combined with -sii form option)
3. Click this button:
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Feeling confident? Tired of clicking? Want to generate something beyond the options above?
NB: the spelling style here is what is set in step 1 above.
Narrow analysis:
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Last updated: 01/30/2026 14:24