Indicating location

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Indicating location
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• Nam igwan- down below
• Shpemek- up above
• Wje igwan- towards a particular location
• Ibe- over there
• Ezhi- over there(another)
• Zhi- there
• Shote- here

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• Poji- left ( slang)
• Menenji- right (literally the good hand)
• Tbase- straight
• Azho- across often added to nouns.
• Azhokne- across the road.
• Kwej igwan- on top of something
• Beshoch- close

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• Wase far away
• Depi- far
• Bke igwan- towards the side
• Igwan or yegwan tends to be used often times when
  indicating a particular location.
• Kwed igwan- on top (another)
• Bidek- inside

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Jig is another way to indicate something is close
to. It is put in front of the noun.

• Bij igwan- inside (another)
• Zagech- outside
• Naw igwan- it is in the center
• Jig byek- by the river/ shore
• Jig mtek- by the tree.

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Locative

• We have something in Potawatomi called locative.
  Its a way to indicate something is at on or near
  something.
• We indicate this by simply adding a k or ek to a
  noun.
• Dopwen- table Dopwenek- at, on, or near the table

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Directions

• We are not going to deal with directions in this
  lesson but we will in a future lesson. Directions
  tend to be descriptive to the direction.

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Keep in mind

• There are a number of different ways to indicate
  an item or persons location.
• Locative by adding a k or ek to a noun.
• Adding jig to a noun to indicate it is close to
  this.
• Or being more specific with kwej igwan- on top of
  something or nam igwan below something.