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  • Ep 16: To be or become (-wi & -wan)

    October 13, 2026 · 36 min

    Using -wi and -wan finals that turn nouns into verbs, to be or become a certain kind of being or thing. This week we focus on the animate final -wi. It is added to nouns to create VAI verbs meaning “to be” a certain kind of person/being…

  • Ep 15: Colour Medials and Finals

    September 29, 2026 · 38 min

    Anishinaabemowin Word Parts: Color with Medials and Finals Rochelle and Dené continue their colour series by expanding on finals (and medials) that you can be add to colour initials to form more expressive verbs. Examples of finals…

  • Ep 14: Colour Initials

    September 15, 2026 · 35 min

    Rochelle and Dené introduce how Anishinaabemowin expresses colors through word parts and initials in particular. Recording in person for the first time and learning more about podcasting with support from the Indigenous Screen…

  • Ep 13: Making and harvesting (-ike)

    September 1, 2026 · 38 min

    Turning Nouns into Verbs with the Anishinaabemowin Final -ike Rochelle and Dené reconnect after the summer. With classes and community programs starting up for the fall, they encourage teachers and learners to keep going, support others…

  • Ep 12: Alan Corbiere (part 4)

    August 18, 2026 · 42 min

    Anishinaabemowin Word Parts: Alan Corbiere on Plant and Bird Names   In the fourth summer-session episode of Anishinaabemowin Word Parts, hosts Rochelle and Dené conclude their interview series with Alan Corbiere. Alan explains his…

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  • Ep 11: Alan Corbiere (part 3)

    August 4, 2026 · 36 min

    Morphology, Adult Immersion, and Intergenerational Transmission In this, the third episode of the interview series with Alan Corbiere, Alan discusses how Anishinaabemowin’s descriptiveness comes from morphology, but the language is still…

  • Ep 10: Alan Corbiere (part 2)

    July 21, 2026 · 36 min

    Episode 10: Alan Corbiere on Morphology, Word Parts, and Learning Anishinaabemowin Rochelle and Dené celebrate the 10th episode of Anishinaabemowin Word Parts and continue part two of their interview with Alan Corbiere from M’Chigeeng…

  • Ep 9: Alan Corbiere (Part 1)

    July 7, 2026 · 36 min

    Anishinaabemowin Word Parts: Interview with Alan Corbiere on Preverbs, Directionality, and Learning Resources   Hosts Rochelle and Dené introduce their interview with Alan Corbiere (Anishinaabe from M’Chigeeng), who explains how preverbs…

  • Ep.8 Word Parts with Friends

    June 23, 2026 · 42 min

    Learning Moments, Corrections, and Summer Language Inspiration Rochelle and Dené emphasize they are not authorities, they share a few corrections from previous episodes and announce their podcast was selected as one of 16 projects in the…

  • Ep 7: Conditions of the Body

    June 9, 2026 · 31 min

    Conditions of the body is a pattern built from three parts: a descriptive initial, a body-part medial (nose, foot, etc.) and a final -e. They describe how this pattern helps learners understand Anishinaabemowin’s verb-based…

  • Ep 6: What are Medials? ( -aabiig)

    May 26, 2026 · 37 min

    In this episode Dené and Rochelle explore medials—middle word parts that can be hard for English speakers to recognize—and discuss how medials create more specific, “elegant” expressions. They outline some categories including…

  • Ep 5: More on finals and laughing (-aapi)

    May 12, 2026 · 24 min

    Continuing the discussion of Anishinaabemowin finals this episode focuses on the final -aapi, used for many kinds of laughing. Guest Co-hosts Kay and Norman introduce us to a variety of words, such as laughing happily, bursting out…

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About the show

Looking for someone to share your Anishinaabemowin learning journey with? Join Dené and Rochelle as they share stories from their experience as adult Anishinaabemowin learners, and follow along as they work to better understand Anishinaabemowin word parts (initials, medials, finals and more). Whether you call it Nishnaabemwin, Anishinaabemowin, Saulteaux, Nakawemowin, or Ojibwe - We can all get closer to our learning goals if we work together.