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You entered the Burns dialect of Numu (Northern Paiute)

nemmi, pro.

we, us, our (exclusive)

Examples

  • Oo'no nemmi ka una'yuna u yaduicai'yakwi.
    At the time, when we were out there, (we) would talk to it.
    (Spoken by Nepa Kennedy)
  • Nemmi ka oo iwa'yuna owi nokadenna [m]i piano su i mu'a.
    We were out there, camping out there as a group with my mother and maternal grandmother.
    (Spoken by Nepa Kennedy)
  • Nemmi...owi yongo'yainna me'na'wi nemmi owi yaisi ka tehonagaakwesi nemmi amamu'a.
    We, out there we would camp for quite awhile, and then we would go root-digging in the morning.
    (Spoken by Nepa Kennedy)
  • Yodziu'yainna mi pia miiu mi nitama, "Paano'o!" mii mi nima'i'yakwi yaisi tewau nemmi...
    (We) all would get up when our mother told us, "Get water!" so (she) would also tell us to do...
    (Spoken by Nepa Kennedy)
  • Tenoonna nemmi himma tekabadu tenoonna neme dekaba tenoonna yaisi tewau himma piikana a naumakwai tuhunanna, uuniku nemmi tenoonna sesema tewau tewematse'a.
    And we packed something for lunch, bread, Indian bread (we) packed for lunch and also in between put some bacon, and sometimes that kind, jam, we prepared.
    (Spoken by Nepa Kennedy)

Related words

objective clitic  ni

Other pronunciations

mi

Examples

  • Unau ka mi tehona una'yu sawanaga'yu yaganna naka'yakwi.
    Out there when we're digging roots, we'd hear it calling out from among the sagebrush.
    (Spoken by Nepa Kennedy)
  • "Yaisi tiwau kai tenimayusi, yaisi ee tiwau u yaduisi tiwau," mii mi nitama.
    "Then, when it quiets down again, then you talk to it again," she told us.
    (Spoken by Nepa Kennedy)
  • Ha'u sapa ga umeu u supidakwatuna tabeana; miu ni tenicui.
    I don't know how they knew about it; that's what they were teaching us.
    (Spoken by Nepa Kennedy)
  • Noo'yuna, mi togo'o.
    Everyone, our maternal grandfather.
    (Spoken by Nepa Kennedy)
  • Yodziu'yainna mi pia miiu mi nitama, "Paano'o!" mii mi nima'i'yakwi yaisi tewau nemmi...
    (We) all would get up when our mother told us, "Get water!" so (she) would also tell us to do...
    (Spoken by Nepa Kennedy)