Category Archives: Language Lessons

Ready to learn something useful right now? There are lessons of every size in our archive: learn a new word or whole set (vocabulary); learn how words work together (grammar); learn what to say to another speaker (conversation). Explore at your own pace.

Stay home: Learn Cree – 18. Wayne Jackson: Syllabics Song

Posted on April 6, 2020 by Arden Ogg

If you’re ready to learn more about Cree syllabics and how they compare with SRO spelling, here’s a link to a recent blog post from the Government of Canada’s “Our Languages” blog. (You might recognize the names of its authors!) … Continue reading →

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Stay home: Learn Cree – 17. Dolores Greyeyes Sand, Classics in Cree

Posted on April 4, 2020 by Arden Ogg
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Stay home: Learn Cree – 19. Social Distancing

Posted on April 3, 2020 by Arden Ogg

(About Sol’s shirt: https://creeliteracy.org/2020/03/17/awas-go-away-most-dialects/)

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Stay home: Learn Cree – 16. Dorothy Thunder Introduces Animate and Inanimate

Posted on April 2, 2020 by Arden Ogg
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Stay home: Learn Cree – 15. Colours

Posted on April 1, 2020 by Arden Ogg
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Stay home: Learn Cree – 14. A little prayer (y- and th-dialects)

Posted on March 31, 2020 by Arden Ogg
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Stay home: Learn Cree – 13. Daily Activities

Posted on March 30, 2020 by Arden Ogg
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Stay home: Learn Cree – 12. itwêwina Click-in-text Reading Tool

Posted on March 28, 2020 by Arden Ogg
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Stay home: Learn Cree – 11. About Smudging

Posted on March 28, 2020 by Arden Ogg
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Stay home: Learn Cree – 10. Numbers

Posted on March 27, 2020 by Arden Ogg
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