What is polysynthetic morphology? (1)
Polysynthetic morphology is a highly synthetic morphology where the language is highly inflected and words are composed of many morphemes.

What is synthetic morphology? (1)
Synthetic morphology is where the language has a higher morpheme-to-word ratio because it uses inflection and agglutination to denote how words relate to one another in a sentence.

What is agglutination? (1)
Agglutination is the morphological process of making words by stringing together morphemes.

What is morphology? (1)
Morphology is the study of words, the way they are formed, and how they relate to one another in a language.

What are the pieces that make up words called? (1)
The pieces that make up words are morphemes. They are the smallest units which have independent meaning in a language.

What do agglutinative languages rely on? (1)
Agglutinative languages rely on discrete particles, like prefixes, suffixes, and infixes, for inflection.

What are animate nouns typically?
Animate nouns are typically living things, things which have a "spirit," or things that have great spiritual significance according to the Ojibwe.

What things have a spirit, generally?
Things which are able to move typically have a spirit.

What are inanimate nouns typically?
Inanimate nouns are typically nonliving things.

What can be either singular or plural?
In Ojibwe, nouns and pronouns can either be singular or plural.

How do plural forms differ from word to word?
Plural forms differ from word to word depending on the gender, root, and historical stress.

What can you determine by examining the plural form of a word?
By examining the plural form of a word, you can determine the word's gender and root.

What do animate plurals end in?
Animate plurals end in -g.

What do inanimate plurals and obviate nouns end in?
Inanimate plurals and obviate nouns end in -n.

What determines the "linking vowel" between the root of the word and the plural suffix?
The underlying form of a root determines the "linking vowel" between the root of the word and the plural suffix.

Do verbs inflect for number?
Yes, in Ojibwe verbs inflect for the number of their subject and object.

Do some nouns and verbs lack a singular form?
Yes, in Ojibwe some nouns and verbs lack a singular form.

What is the proximate third person?
The proximate third person is the traditional third person.

What is the obviative third person?
The obviative third person is used to denote a less important third person if more than one third person is mentioned.

What is the inclusive first person plural pronoun?
The inclusive first person plural is giinawind and means "we including you."

What is the exclusive first person plural pronoun?
The exclusive first person plural is niinawind and means "we excluding you."

What is the subject of the verb?
The subject of the verb is the one performing the action.

What is the object of the verb?
The object of the verb is the one who is affected by the action being performed.

What does it mean for a verb to be transitive? (1)
A verb is transitive when the action transfers from something performing it to something being affected by it.

What are the prefixes for marking tenses in Ojibwe?
The prefixes for marking tenses in Ojibwe are:

When is the independent order used?
The independent order is used when simply stating a fact.

What is the conjunct order?
The conjunct order is used in subordinate clauses, questions (other than yes-no questions), and participles.

What are participles in Ojibwe?
Participles are verbal nouns, which mean something along the lines of "someone who is (the verb)" or "does (the verb)."

What is the imperative order?
The imperative order is used when issuing commands.

What are the three different imperatives in Ojibwe?
The three different imperatives in Ojibwe are the:

• Immediate imperative - The action must be done right away.
• Delayed imperative - The action should be done eventually.
• Prohibitive imperative - The action is not allowed.

How are negative forms created generally?
Generally, negatives are formed by adding a particular suffix after the root but before the other suffixes. The particular suffixes are:

• sii after a vowel for independent order.
• zii after a n for independent order.
• si after a vowel for conjunct order.
• zi after a n for conjunct order.

What are the exceptions for using the negative form suffixes?
The exceptions for using the negative form suffixes are that in some words:

• The final constant is dropped and sii or si is added to the remaining vowel.
• The final m is converted to an n before adding zii or zi.
• A linking vowel i or aa is added after the final consonant and then sii or si is added.

How are the prefixes organized and ranked?
Prefixes are organized into four classes and ranked by six degrees:

• Class 1 - Tense, aspect, mode, or syntactic prefix appearing on verbs.
  • e-, gaa-, waa- (subordinator).
  • ga[d]-, da-, daa-, ji-, ge[d]- (modal).
  • a'- [e'-], gii'- [gaa'-], wii'- [waa'-] (tense).
  • aano-, bwaa- (negativity).
• Class 2 - Directional prefix occurring on verbs.
• Class 3 - Relational prefix occurring on verbs (and on some nouns and particles).
  • ako- [eko-], onji- [wenji-], izhi- [ezhi-], apiichi- [epiichi-], dazhi- [endazhi-], daso- [endaso-].
• Class 4 - Lexical prefix occurring on verbs, nouns, or particles.
  • Aspectual.
  • Manner, degree, quality / evaluative, quantitative / numeric.

What are preverbs called when they occur before a noun?
Preverbs are called prenouns when they occur before a noun.

How are preverb class units written?
Preverb class units are written separated by a hyphen except for class 4 preverbs indicating manner, degree, quality / evaluative, or quantitative / numeric.

How are several preverbs of the same class written?
Several preverbs of the same class are written as a single block in order of rank of importance, with the most import preverb closest to the word.

Where are pronomial prefixes written?
Pronomial prefixes are written directly at the beginning of the word group.