VIRGINIA ALGONQUIAN LANGUAGE LEARNER

Virginia Algonquian (Powhatan) Sentence Builder

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Create Virginia Algonquian Sentences

This tool will help you build sentences in Virginia Algonquian (Powhatan) using reconstructed vocabulary and grammar. You can create sentences in multiple ways:

Remember that this is a reconstruction based on limited historical sources and comparative linguistics. The sentences reflect our best understanding of how Virginia Algonquian might have been spoken in the early 17th century.

Sentence Templates

Select a template to quickly create common sentence types:

Simple Statement
Ne-pomiteyouqh
"I walk"
Transitive Action
Ne-nummêchamen yehawkan
"I see a house"
Command
Peyagh-sh!
"Come!"
Question
Kekoy kenummêchamen?
"What do you see?"
Location Statement
Ne-yehawkan-ing nepomiteyouqh
"I walk in my house"
Negative Statement
Mat-ne-mecitchêh-wi
"I do not eat"

Custom Sentence Builder

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Subject

ne-
I
ke-
you
nemarough
man
cusses
woman
attum
dog
nameeth
fish
nekaupot
child

Verb

nummêching
see
mecitchêh
eat
pomiteyouqh
walk
nattewowan
hunt
kettorauog
speak
asapan
sleep
peyagh
come
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