Songs
Ni'n na Mi'kma'ji'j
Song, Lyrics & Performance © 2002 Dr. Bernie Francis.
Ni'n na Mi'kma'ji'j
I'm a little Mi'kmaw child
Apje'ji
I am small
Te'sikiskîk sku'lewi
Everyday I go to school
Kekinu'tmasiann klusuaqnn
I learn words
Mi'kmawe'l metu'teskl
The Mi'kmaw words are difficult
Apoqnmuit na ntti'jrem
My teacher helps me
Menaqa l'nui'sin
To speak my Native tongue correctly
Kulaman nike' msîkilan
So that when I grow big
Wli-l'nui'sites
I will speak my language well
English
What is it that your teacher helps you with?
To speak native correctly.
So that what?
So that I will speak native correctly.
Slow Phonetics
Koqoey apoqnmask kti'jjrem?
Menaqa l'nui'sin.
Kulaman koqoey?
Kulaman wli-l'nui'sites.
