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ta'n
Recordings:
Recording by dmm
Recording by ewm
Recording by jnw
Part of Speech:
particle
Pronunciation Guide:
daan
Translation:
When
Meanings:
when
where
Example of word used in a sentence:
Text:
Ge' tlimi ta'n eteg?
Translation:
Please tell me where it is?
Recording:
Recording by jnw 🔉
Alternate Grammatical Forms:
ta'nug --
when will it be?
-- (temporal)
Related entries for category "time"
ajipuna't
: birthday
amgwes
: first / first time / in the past
amgwes_elugutimg
: Monday / first work day
apangitatimg, apankitatimk
: pay day
apignajit, apiknajit
: February
apjiw
: always / each time / every time
apoqonmatimg, apoqnmatimk
: assistance / help / assisting time / helping time
apugjig, apukjik
: soon / after a while
aqantie'umg, aqantie'umk
: Sunday
aqantie'uti
: week
aqantie'wit
: observe Sunday
aqtatpa'q, aqtatpa'q
: midnight
atel
: just now / a while ago
awisiw
: seldom / only once in a while
egel
: occasionally / once in a while / now and then
egsitpu'g
: morning
egsitpu'gowei
: breakfast / item pertaining to morning / event pertaining to morning
egsitpu'gwewulgw
: morning train, boat, etc. / morning vessel
egsitpu'nug
: tomorrow morning
egsitpugwatalg
: eat breakfast
egsitpugwiet
: early riser
enmiaq
: goes home / goes onward / when (it comes to pass)
enmilugweg
: works until...
enmilugwet
: work until...(midnight)
esgipa'tl
: wait / expect
ga'l
: one quarter (of time, etc.)
galqwasiet
: sunset
gaqawa's'g
: go by quickly
gaqi'sg
: often / frequently / many times
gaqi'sisgegipuna'q
: so many years old
gaqi'sisgegipuna't
: so many years old
gasg'ptnnaqanipuna't
: one hundred years old
ge's
: while / during
ge's_mu
: before
ge's'g
: just a minute! / hold on!
geget
: soon / almost
gejigow
: recently / short while ago
gept'gewigu's
: November
gesgmnaq
: before
gesgute'g
: catch on time / get in time
gesgutesg'g
: just in time / get there on time before it departs / get there on time just before it starts
gesgutesgmat
: on time (for) / just in time
gesgutesguatl
: caught in the act / catch by surprise / catch on time
gesigewigu's
: December / winter moon
gesp'teg
: Saturday
gespiaqantie'uti
: weekend
gi's_sa'q
: long ago / once upon a time
giaspiaq
: result / end / last
giaspigisg'g
: last day
giaspilugwet
: last time worked
giaspiw
: since
gisgug
: today
gisigwegewigu's
: August
glapis
: finally / eventually
gne'g
: soon / shortly in time / later
gsin
: past winter
gsinug
: next winter / forthcoming winter
gtiginipn
: summer before last
gtigipug
: last winter
gtigipun
: last year
gtigisapo'nug
: day after tomorrow
gtigiwela'gwe'g
: night before last / other night
gtigulagu
: day before yesterday / other day
iapjiw
: forever
iapjiwowei
: pertains to forever
jensi
: suddenly / before you know it / all of a sudden
jijuaqa
: sometimes
jiniw
: suddenly
jiptuege'l
: from time to time
lnu_a'sutmamg
: Native mass / Native language mass
maqatewei
: temporary replacement / temporary replacement
maqatewei
: temporary replacement / temporary replacement
matntimg, matn'timk
: war / battle
me'
: still / yet / more / anyway
mejit_newt
: one more time
mes'tesg'g
: miss / miss a connection / arrive too late for
mes'tesgmat
: miss a connection / miss / arrive too late for
mes'tesguatl
: arrive late and miss someone entirely / miss meeting someone because of timing
messa'latl
: miss making a connection with / miss appointment / miss rendez·vous
messa'toq
: miss making a connection with / miss appointment / miss rendez·vous
metla'sipunqeg
: ten years
metuigisg'g
: bad weather
mewlia'gweg
: noon / midday
mi'soqo
: up to / as for as / until
miawitpa'q
: middle of night
miawna'gweg
: midday / noon / middle of day
na_tujiw
: at that time / then
na'gu'setewei
: clock / watch
na'gweg
: day / daylight / day
nangmiw
: immediately / right away
nanipunqeg
: five years
nanuguna'q
: five days
naqsilugweg
: works quickly
naqsilugwet
: work quickly
ne'wowei
: Thursday / fourth one
nespilugwet
: work while also... / work at same time as...
nespiw
: also / while / at the same time / including
newisgegipunqeg
: forty years
newte'
: one / still / yet / continues
newtigisg'g
: all day long / all day
newtipug
: all winter / one winter
newtipunqeg
: one year / year
newtitpa'q
: all-night / all-night long
nige'
: now
nipaqteget
: sails at night
nipia'sutmamg
: midnight mass / Christmas
nipn
: last summer
nipnigu's
: June
nipnug
: next summer
nnu_a'sutmamg
: Native mass / Native language mass
Nuelewumg
: Christmas Day / Christmas time
nugu'
: so now / then / any more (no longer) / all ready / come on now!
oqonitpa'q
: dark (night)
oqonitpaqamugwiaq
: getting dark
Pa'gewumg
: Easter
panianug
: next spring
paniaq
: end of the snow period
pe'
: hold on! (interjection)
pe'l
: for now / for the time being / while
pe'l_ap_ta'n_tujiw
: wait until some other time / wait until the next time / until some other time
pe'l_tmg
: first of all
pegije'g
: long time
pegijiesgmalatl
: wait long time for
pegijiesgmatg
: wait long time for
pegijipnet
: suffers from long term illness
pegitapegsig
: long lasting / take a long time to unfold
pegitapematl
: useful for a long time
pegitapetg
: useful for long time
pegitapit
: stay up late
pegitawsit
: live long life
pegitewo'gwet
: talk long time
pegitqatg
: stay long time
pegittemit
: cry long while
pegittoq
: is taking a long time to return / is taking a long time
pejipug
: winter arrives
pempisgiaq, pem'piskiaq
: become twilight
penatmuigu's
: April
pesgiaq
: get dark / night-falls
pile'sm
: novice / rookie
pilei
: new / new
pilei
: new / new
piligan
: new house / new camp
piluamugwiaq
: become dusk / change color
pisgiaq
: get dark / night-falls
pnamujuigu's
: January
poqjin'timg
: beginning of war
ps'guigu's
: July
Pusu'_Puna'ne
: Happy New Year!
Pusu'l_Puna'ne
: Happy New Year!
sa'q
: long ago
sa'qawei
: old / old
sapo'nug
: tomorrow
sepei
: this morning
si'gewigu's
: March
si'gowigu's
: March
si'stewei
: Wednesday / third one
siggw
: spring / springtime
siggwe'l
: about or toward spring
sigun
: last spring
sigunug
: next spring
sipeliw
: seldom / rarely / often (Listuguj)
smtug
: right away / immediately
sqoljuigu's
: May
sune'wimg
: fasting / time of fasting / fast day
ta'n
: when / where
ta'n_telinqase'g
: as soon as
ta'n_tlipgije'g
: as long as
ta'n_tujiw
: when / whenever / at that time
ta'nug
: when (in the future)
ta'puowei
: Tuesday / second one
ta's_ajiet
: what time is it?
ta'sitpa'q
: how many nights?
ta'sugunit
: on what date / what is the date?
tale'g
: at what time? / what is wrong with...? / how is he/she?
tapuguna'q
: two days
tapuipuna't
: two years old
tapuipunqeg
: two years
tapuitpa'q
: two nights
te's
: every time / every
te'sigisg'g
: every day / daily
te'sipug
: every winter
te'sipuna't
: so many years old
te'sipunqeg
: annually / so many years
te'sitpa'q
: every night
te'sitqwa'q
: every fall / every autumn
telipgitqatg
: stay such length of time
tepgig
: night
tepgunset
: moon / month
tepgunsetewei
: calendar
tmg
: first / before
toqosi'p
: and then / then
tqo'nug
: next fall
tqoq
: last fall
tujiw
: at that time
ulagu
: yesterday
Ulnuelewi
: Merry Christmas!
ulo'nug
: this evening / tonight
wapg
: dawn / daylight
wapn
: first light / daylight
wapnamugwiaq
: dawning / daybreak
wapnapit
: stay up all night / see break of dawn
wapngusit
: sleep until dawn
wapnintoq
: sing until dawn
wapntesing
: dance until dawn
we'gow
: until / all along / during
weja'tegemg
: from there on / from now on
weja'tegemgeg
: from that time on
wejgwa'tegemg
: in the past
wejgwa'tegemgeg
: in the past until now
wejgwapniaq
: daybreak
wejgwitpa'q
: approach or come nightfall
wejigs'gutesg'g
: try to catch on time
wejigsugutesguatl
: try to catch on time
wela'gw
: evening / dusk / night
wela'gwe'g
: last night
wela'gwe'l
: toward evening
weliegsitpu'g
: nice morning
welinqana'mat
: has a good time drinking
welitpa'q
: nice evening or night
weloqotalg
: eat supper / have supper
weltamultimg
: Friday
wigewigu's
: October
wigumgewigu's
: September
wisqipgising
: arrive suddenly
Related entries for category "location"
a'jela's'g
: hinderance / in the way
a'jela'sit
: be a hinderance / hinderance / in the way
a'jelising
: lie in way
a'jelpit
: sit in way
a'jelpuguig
: stands in way
a'jelpuguit
: stand in way / hinderance
a'jelteg
: in the way / hinderance / in an odd place
a'se'g
: on the other side / in the next room
a'sei
: other room / other side
a'sispit
: sit over / sit across
ala
: that / there
allugwet
: work in different locations / work at odd jobs
Almamgug
: Memramcook
alqatg
: stay here and there
amase'jijg
: quite far / some distance
amaseg
: far
anapiw
: by the side / beside
anapo
: on one side / a side
antaguejue'gati, an'takuejue'kati
: New Carlisle
apaqt, apaqt
: sea / off shore
apaqtu'jg, apaqtu'jk
: inshore / short distance offshore
aplugwet
: return from work / back from work
aqamoqwe'gati
: white ash grove
aqjigateg, aqjikatek
: shade
aquoqomqeg, aquoqomqek
: at bend / at turn
aqupit, aqupit
: hidden and sitting
aquteg, aqutek
: hidden / hidden area
awti
: road / trail
awti'j
: path / trail
e'tmapuguit
: stand at the forefront
e'tmateg
: is (set) at forefront / in front
eig
: present / be there / be there (sicknesses, days)
eig
: present / be there / be there (sicknesses, days)
ejinpit
: low
ejinteg
: low
elangu'sit
: go somewhere to peddle / go somewhere to sell
Elsipugtug
: Big Cove
emittugwatg
: visits it
Enmigtaqamu'g
: Nova Scotian mainland
enmipgowe'g
: along edge of cliff
enqanapit
: beneath surface
enqanateg
: beneath surface
Epegwitg
: Prince Edward Island / calm water
epune'g
: below / downstairs
Esg'soqonig
: Eskasoni
Esgigewa'gi
: Third Mi'gmaq district
esiamgeg
: Campbellton, New Brunswick
eteg
: be at / situated / placed / located
etllugwet
: working / work there / place of work
etuiw
: on both sides
ewt'pa'sitl
: sits on / sit down atop
ewt'pa'sualatl
: sit on top of / sit atop
ewt'pa'suatg
: sit on top of / sit atop
ewt'pasguatl
: sit on
g'p'ta'q
: up / above / overhead
g'p'tai, kîpîtay
: ceiling / top
Gaggnawa'gi
: Caughnawaga
Galla'ing
: New Carlisle, QC
gamso'q
: Canso, NS
Ganata
: Canada
gapsgu'j
: little waterfall
gapsguji'j
: tiny waterfall
gapsgw
: waterfall
gapsgwamgitg
: rapid water / rapid water preceeding a waterfall
ge'gupa'latl
: put on top / place atop
ge'gupn
: hilltop
ge'guteg
: on the top
ge'gwa'latl
: place on the top
ge'gwa's'g
: moves onto the top
Ge'gwapsgug
: at the top of the falls / Pabineau
ge'gwei
: up above / upstairs
Gepeg
: Quebec
gesga't
: lost
Gesgapegiaq
: Gesgapegiaq, Quebec / Where the river widens
Gespe'g
: Seventh Mi'gmaq district / Gaspe
Gespogwitg
: First Mi'gmaq district / present day southern western Nova Scotia
Gespugwitg
: Annapolis Valley
gigj'pa'sualatl
: sit close to
gigjiw
: near / close by
gisoqeg
: hill top / atop hill
giwto'qopia'tijig
: sit in a circle
giwto'qopultijig
: sit around in a circle
gjigan
: city
gjiganji'j
: village / town
gm'tginu
: our territory / our country
gmetug
: beside / aside / on the side of
gp'te'sn
: south
gsipo'qiwan
: scratching place
gsnugo'guom
: hospital
gujm
: outside / outdoors
gutan
: town / village
gutana'sit
: go to town / go to east end (of Listuguj) / go up mission (Listuguj)
gutang
: town / east end (of Listuguj) / down the mission (Listuguj)
gwe'gwiamgeg
: Port Hood, N.S. / water embankment
iga'latl
: release / let go / place / put
iga'q
: arrive
iga't
: arrive
iga'toq
: place / put
jajiga'sit
: going along/beside the shore / going along/beside edge
jajigoqpit
: sit alongside
jajigtug
: along the edge / at the edge
Jipugtu'jg
: Bouctouche, New Brunswick
Jipugtug
: Halifax, NS
lame'g
: underneath / under / inside
lampo'q
: bottom of lake / bottom of river
lamqamu'g
: underground
lamuguom
: interior of the house
Listuguj
: Listuguj
listugujewa'tuet
: imitate Listuguj dialect / speak Listuguj dialect
Listuguji'j
: Miramichi River
lnue'gati
: aboriginal community / native village (reserve)
Ls'tgug
: Bear River
majuggwalatl
: keep in time with / follow
majuggwatg
: keep in time with / follow
mala
: at home / where I'm from
masgwe'simanaqse'gati
: pin cherry tree grove
Matawe'g
: Matapedia, QC / confluence of rivers
mawpultijig
: sit together
me'su'tug
: in full view / in full view
megwaig
: middle
Metepna'qiaq
: Red Bank
metoqiaq
: go down to / come down to / descend in elevation
metuatqeg
: hard going (through thicket)
mgatawti
: footpath
mi'soqo
: up to / as for as / until
miawe'g
: in middle / between
ms't_tami
: everywhere
mtasoq
: ledge / cliff / slate
Mulian
: Montreal
na'tami
: somewhere / someplace
na'taqamtug
: at the shore / at the riverbank
Natuaqaneg
: Eel Ground
Nepisigwitg
: Nepiseqwit river
niganteg
: located at the front
nigantug
: in front
nnue'gati
: aboriginal community / native village (reserve) / indigenous community
Nnuei_Mnigu
: Indian Island
pa'qe'g
: downhill
paqtaqamigt
: wilderness / deserted area
paqtaqamigtug
: wilderness / deserted area
Paqtngeg
: Afton
pastung
: United States
pastungewa'gi
: American territory / United States of America
patatujg
: on the left side
pesg'teg
: lead off to (path)
pesga'latl
: lead off the trail or road / take off trail or road
pesga'sit
: go off the trail or road / leave off the trail or road
pesga'toq
: lead off the trail or road / take off trail or road
pesoqtesg'g
: miss / fail to meet it / fail to come into contact with it
pesoqtesguatl
: miss / fail to meet / fail to come into contact with it(ball)
petgitg
: mail here / send here / dispatch here
petgnejig
: arrive at destination
pi'tawa'toq
: take it up river / take up the coast
pi'tawe'g
: he/she is up river / at up the coast
pija'lut
: jailed / put inside
pijatpo'jing
: head inside something
piligana'gamigt
: new campsite or development
pisgwa'latl
: bring inside / take inside / let in
pisgwetesg'g
: track inside (mud, snow, water)
pisgwetesguatl
: chase inside / kick into
pisit
: inside / inside container / incarcerated
piteg
: inside of it
pitoqpit
: sit or set underneath
pitoqteg
: burn underneath / set underneath / penetrate beneath
pitui'w
: in between
pmetug
: beside / aside / on the side of
poqjiwsit
: move or vacate a residence
Potloteg
: Chapel Island, Nova Scotia / Potloteg First Nation
qame'g
: other side of river / other side / other side of valley or plain / Campbellton (in Listuguj) / New Richmond (in Gesgapegiag)
qasgusia'qamigt
: cedar grove / Tide Head, New Brunswick
qataig
: half way / midway
S'gepne'gati
: Second Mi'gmaq district / Shubenacadie
se'g
: elsewhere
Se'ta'nji'j
: Little Saint Anne / Fredericton
setamg
: in rear or stern (of boat)
Sgno'p'tij
: Burnt Church / a lookout (Rand)
Sig'tonqeg
: river basin at Dalhousie, New Brunswick
Signigtewa'gi
: Sixth Mi'gmaq district / southern New Brunswick
sitm
: shore / beach
so'qiaq
: go to higher ground or level / go up (in altitude) / go up to the woods (Listuguj)
ta'n
: when / where
tajiga'sit
: going along/beside the shore / going along/beside edge
tet
: here
tp'te'sn
: south
tupsia'qami
: alder grove
uggwatawti
: footpath
ugpaqamg
: behind / in rear of
Ugpi'ganjig
: Eel River Bar
ugs'tqamu
: earth / world
ugt'pun
: seat / place
Ugtaqamgug
: Newfoundland
ugtejg
: in back / behind / at the back / last
ula_tett
: right here / this here
Unma'gi
: Fourth Mi'gmaq district / Cape Breton Island
utan
: town / village
utqotaqane'gati
: graveyard
wa'so'q
: heaven / the heavens
wanne'g
: up mission / cove end in Listuguj / cove
Waqam'tgug
: Bonaventure, Quebec / Waqamîtkuk, Nova Scotia
We'gopegitg
: Truro, Nova Scotia
We'goqoma'q
: Whycocomagh, Nova Scotia.
we'gwamgug
: where waterway ends at falls
we'gwapsgw
: falls end
We'gwistoqonig
: Eskasoni
wejilugwet
: work because / reason for work / work from (location)
wejinisa'latl
: bring down from
wejuow
: close by
wesgewina'q
: happy, joyful or pleasureable place
wi'gatigno'guom
: library
wigit
: reside or dwell there
wiguaq
: home
Winpegijuig
: Bathurst, New Brunswick
wisnuti
: moose trail / deer trail
Related entries for category "information"
gegnua'teget
: inform / do what is proper or correct
gegnua'tuatl
: inform / notify
goqwei
: what
goqwei_net
: what is this? / what is that?
goqwei_ta
: what about it? / what for?
goqwei_ugjit
: what for? / why?
l'sg'j
: map / directory marked out
me'_goqwei
: anything else? / still what
me'_talo'teget
: How is he/she feeling?
napgwetoq
: copy
napui'g'g
: take photograph / draw / trace
napui'gatl
: take photograph / draw / trace
napui'gign
: photograph / picture
pana
: it is so / just so
pipanigesit
: ask / enquire
pipanimatl
: ask
ta'n
: when / where
ta'nug
: when (in the future)
ta's_ajiet
: what time is it?
ta's'g
: how much? / some
ta's'ji'jg
: little portion / little bit
ta'sipuna't
: how old?
ta'sit
: how much? / how many?
ta'sitpa'q
: how many nights?
ta'sugunit
: on what date / what is the date?
ta'sunatl
: has how much (many) of? / has what quantity?
tal_gis
: how come? / why?
talamu'g
: what color? / what kind?
talawtig
: what is the cost?
talawtit
: what is the cost?
tale'g
: at what time? / what is wrong with...? / how is he/she?
taluegeg
: what is it used for? / what is its purpose?
talueget
: what is it used for? / what is its purpose?
tami
: where?
tatuje'g
: how old?
tegen
: which?
teliaq
: true / happens
toqo_na
: is that so? / in fact