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aapiji adv deg nj
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very, quite

See also: gaawiin aapiji adv deg



Aapiji gigizhebaawe.

He gets up very early in the morning.
 es
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Aapiji go nisidawimaagozi awe zhigaag.

The skunk is very recognizable by its odor.
 es
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Aapiji mashkawiziiwag indayag.

My team (of horses) is very powerful.
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Aapiji ozaagi'aan ookomisan.

She really loves her grandma.
 nj
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Gaawiin indaa-gashkitoosiin ji-izhaayaambaan. Gaawiin aapiji indoozhooniyaamisii.

I wouldn't be able to go. I don't have very much money.
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Mayagwewag aapiji igiweg zhaaganaashiiwakiing gaa-o-ganawaabamagwaa anishinaabeg.

Those people I went and saw in Canada have a strange dialect.
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