Well, I came down to be here with boyfriend John on the 16th of November/06' . And I am sure it was probably a few days after being here in Longueuil, Quebec then John's daughter Tina called up and wanted Papee' John ( Grandpa) to go and meet with the Grandchildren and take them to the corner store and then to the park. So I was happy to know that I was going with him to meet with the Grandchildren which are four of them. The oldest being Marie-piere ( Girl 10 yrs.) Roxanne (Girl 8yrs.) Kevin (Boy 7 yrs.) and then of course Little Lily-Jane ( Girl 3 yrs.) Who all four children to me are very dear.
Was very pleased to meet with them all. They all are very nice and cute Grandchildren of John's , little later on while we were at the park playing with the children on the swings and other playground equipment John then said to his Grandchildren in French. Dorothy is Ojibway , Meaning Native person.
The Grandchildren were happy to know that about me. Very anxious to learn there first ever word in Ojibway Language . So , then John says to me say "Hi" to them in Ojibway , so that they can learn cause they are wanting to learn different languages . So I said to them Kwa-Kwa , They looked up at Grandpa and smiled , then there Papa as they call "John" said to them there now each one of you take your turns and say to Dorothy Kwa-Kwa , so then they all each took there turns of looking at me and saying to me Kwa-Kwa , Which was such a good feeling to hear and look at them taking each their turn to say "Hello" me to in a different language to them . They all done very well, saying it I told John . I was so proud of them to say that to Me , especially being the first time meeting them in person.
Just goes to show the appreciation each and all of them had to learn to say something in a language that was new to all of them.
Was very pleased to meet with them all. They all are very nice and cute Grandchildren of John's , little later on while we were at the park playing with the children on the swings and other playground equipment John then said to his Grandchildren in French. Dorothy is Ojibway , Meaning Native person.
The Grandchildren were happy to know that about me. Very anxious to learn there first ever word in Ojibway Language . So , then John says to me say "Hi" to them in Ojibway , so that they can learn cause they are wanting to learn different languages . So I said to them Kwa-Kwa , They looked up at Grandpa and smiled , then there Papa as they call "John" said to them there now each one of you take your turns and say to Dorothy Kwa-Kwa , so then they all each took there turns of looking at me and saying to me Kwa-Kwa , Which was such a good feeling to hear and look at them taking each their turn to say "Hello" me to in a different language to them . They all done very well, saying it I told John . I was so proud of them to say that to Me , especially being the first time meeting them in person.
Just goes to show the appreciation each and all of them had to learn to say something in a language that was new to all of them.
Later on down the road we were walking with them back home to there Mother's place from the visit with us that they enjoyed so much for that afternoon. They had known that earlier at the corner store I had bought some gum . So, as I was walking down the street and playing with the two younger kids of the bunch , I guess one of them asked their Papa if they could ask me for a gum and then John comes to me and asks me so, that he could tell them how to say "Thank-You "I told him it is "Meegwetch" So then he told the kids before they had asked me earlier on how to say "Thank-You" which is "Meegwetch" and therefore on the way walking home with the kids they had asked me for a gum each. And they had all asked for a gum then Kevin the boy comes out and surprises me by saying to me "Meegwetch" meaning "Thank-You" Well, right there and then when Kevin said that to me it just grabbed me by the heart and made me feel so good. It was so nice to hear that coming from a young boy he was also so proud that he had said that to me .
Well, as we almost reached their Mother's place where we had walked them home to , we stopped on the corner on the side of the street close by the house . Their Grandpa was saying to them all in French , now before you go in each of you take your turns and say something to Dorothy in her Language , so then they all took their turns to look at me , and say something to me even though it was just one word each , it was the fact that they all were very proud to learn a new word or two in a different Language "Ojibway" was a big thing to them all.
So they all finished and when each of them said something to me it was all different words that which they had learned that day on our first day of meeting . When they were all done we had walked them to the door and then John said we are going in to Meet with Tina , Dorothy come on in and I will introduce you to my Daughter okay. So then John and I with the children walked in and The children all started to talk French to their Mom saying I guess that they had learned some new words in a different Language , So then John told Tina his Daughter that I was an Ojibway person . And that the children had learned some words in my Native language , So then the kids starting saying "Teme Augama Anishinabae" Which is one of the words they learned while out that day. Which means "Deep water People" . Which said because, my reason I think it is said alot is because, I was raised near the Lake ..Which is called Lake Temagami, which is a deep water lake.
But, yes the children kept on saying Teme-Augama Anishinabae from the time we got in the door until the time we had left to go out the door.
And apparently all during that day were repeatedly saying that new word they learnt that day. Which I guess was something new for them and something for them to be proud of learning which is good for them to learn. There Grandpa says they have the knowledge of learning new Languages .
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