These short videos are created to assist you with learning the Potawatomi language. Whether you are a beginning student just taking things one step at a time, or an advanced student looking for review and reinforcement, these lessons are just the right size.
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| Lesson | Theme | Difficulty Level | Video Length |
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Greetings and Introductory Phrases |
Easy |
4:08 min |
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Phrases for Beginning a Conversation |
Easy |
5:51 min |
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A Sample Conversation for folks who have just met |
Medium |
5:03 min |
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Phrases for talking about the weather |
Easy |
3:41 min + quiz |
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Numbers 1 - 10 and how to use them |
Easy |
5:38 min + quiz |
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Basic Requests for Eating |
Easy |
4:49 min + quiz |
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Some basic Potawatomi Commands |
Easy |
2:37 min + quiz |
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Introduction to Common Adjectives and Adverbs |
Medium |
6:18 |
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Sewing Verbs |
Medium |
8:13 min |
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Sewing Vocabulary and Sentences |
Medium |
6:20 min |
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More Sewing Sentences |
Medium |
4:27 min |
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Money Terms and Sentences |
Hard |
7:02 min |
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Example Sentences |
Hard |
5:37 min |
| Lesson | Theme | Difficulty Level | Video Length |
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The Seven Who's of Potawatomi |
Easy |
4:27 + Quiz |
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Illustrated explanation of Pronoun Meanings |
Easy |
2:54 |
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Animate and Inanimate Demonstratives |
Medium |
6:12 + Quiz |
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Demonstratives used in Context |
Medium |
6:08 + Quiz |
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Independent Verb Forms |
Easy |
5:39 + Quiz |
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Independent Verb Tense Markers |
Medium |
4:22 + Quiz |
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Conjunct Verbs |
Medium |
4:44 + Quiz |
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Forming Questions with Conjunct Verbs |
Medium |
3:33 + Quiz |
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Introduction to Transitive Verbs |
Medium |
7:20 min |
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Forming Negative Verbs |
Easy |
6:24 + Quiz |
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Other types of negatives |
Easy |
5:50 min |
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More negative statements |
Medium |
5:32 + Quiz |
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Introduction to Common Adjectives and Adverbs |
Medium |
6:18 min |
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A look at Potawatomi Sentence Structure |
Medium |
8:05 min |
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A Detailed Look at some Basic Potawatomi Sentences |
Hard |
10:21 min |
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Ode Bodewadmi Zheshmowen |
.m4v (for ipod) (4.60 mb) |
.wmv (for other players) (1.92 mb) |
Weather |
.m4v (for ipod) (4.48 mb) |
.wmv (for other players) (1.84 mb) |
Numbers |
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Table Gestures |
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Commands |
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Verbs I - Independent Verbs |
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Verbs II - Tense Markers |
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Verbs III - Conjunct Verbs |
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Verbs IV - Conjunct Questions |
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Time Words (only 30 seconds!) |
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