Tawnshi/Meena Kawapimitin!

Clare,

This site (http://www.learnmichif.com/language) was not hard to find, in fact, it was too easy. Learn some Michif words and then you can quiz UN VYEU MECHIF to see how much knowledge he has of the language.

But again, regions, locales and family background play a big part in the language. Even I wouldn't spell some words the way Norm Fluery does. So a lot of it is in respect to your family background.

Standing On The Side
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Dear Standing:

Tawnshi!

Thank you for writing. What a great little site! It has four categories of words and short phrases built around greetings, family, weather and dining. So now when we post an article of interest to our many Metis readers it will be Tawnshi (Hello) and Meena Kawapimitin (See you soon). Gone forever is Tansi! We were about to give up using any Michif because it seemed so hard to get agreement on use of the proper term. How we doing UVM?

It appears the site is jointly sponsored by the Metis Nation of British Columbia and Canadian Heritage (federal government).

Meena Kawapimitin,

Clare L. Pieuk