#aaniin

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[alexandra-odemin]

Aaniin

Mino giizhigad

That mean

I see your light (hello)

Today is a great day to have the sun (Good Morning)

[retailinsidercanada]

Indigenous Retailer Aaniin Returns to CF Toronto Eaton Centre

Indigenous Retailer Aaniin Returns to CF Toronto Eaton Centre. Aaniin brings more than 40 Indigenous brands to its Eaton Centre pop up, expanding its impact on Indigenous retail and entrepreneurship in Canada.

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Ojibwe Words of the Day are Aaniin (Aw-neen) and Boozhoo (Boo-joe). Aaniin is a familiar hello and Boozhoo is a hello for when you don't know someone well.

The "j" in the phonetic spelling of Boozhoo sounds like the j in the French "Jean" or "je"

[artisticaction]

Aaniin?...Boozhoo?...Hello?

So this kept popping up in my life so I might as well address it.

Aaniin and Boozhoo in Lac du Flambeau are used interchangeably to say hello in Ojibwe.

Which one is the more correct term to use?

It's aaniin. Boozhoo is a "whitened" form of hello, learned from the French when they came to Lac du Flambeau (Lac du Flambeau is french for "Lake of the Torches" due to the torches at the end of our canoes when we went spearing for fish) 

You can tell because of how similar it sounds to Bonjour. Aaniin is the actual ojibwe word for hello.