Pronouncing Anishinabe words is simple! Starting with the "a" sound, it usually sounds like the ah in ah-choo. The b and p sounds are the same and sound like ba (as in bud but without pronouncing the ending d sound), bi (as in pronouncing the English letter b), bo (as in boat but without pronouncing the ending t sound), and boo (as in pronouncing boot but without pronouncing the ending t sound), and pa, pi, po, and poo are the same. Another important fact about the Anishinabe "oo" vowel sound, is the many variations it comes in such as in boo and poo, and goo and koo, and soo and shoo, and just the simple oo sound. The "g" sound always sounds like English words like gave, get, give, and so on, excepting when a wa, wi, wo, and woo follows. An example includes, the Anishinabe word for fish which is gigo. You pronounce it as you would pronounce the English word geek, but without pronouncing the ending k sound. So it sounds like gi-go. Of course the go part of gigo sounds like the English word go. The Anishinabe "g" sounds are identical to the Anishinabe b and p sounds. They sound like ga, gi, go, and goo, excepting when the wa, wi, wo, and woo follows. They sound like gwa, gwi, gwo, and gwoo. The same applies to the Anishinabe "k" sounds. They sound like ka, ki, ko, and koo, excepting when the wa, wi, wo, and woo follows. They sound like kwa, kwi, kwo, and kwoo. The Anishinabe "s" sounds are identical to the Anishinabe b and p sounds, and the g and k sounds, excepting when a wa, wi, wo, and woo follows. They sound like Swa, Swi, Swo, and Swoo. They sound like sa, si, so, soo.

The same applies to the Anishinabe "sh" and "zh" sounds. They sound like sha, shi, sho, and shoo, and zha, zhi, zho, and zhoo. The Anishinabe "m" and "n" sounds are also identical to the Anishinabe b and p sounds, g and k sounds, and so on. They sound like ma, mi, mo, and moo, and na, ni, no, and noo. The Anishinabe "ch" sounds sound like the English words cheat, chick, chuck and so on. They sound like cha, chi, cho, and choo. Anishinabe vowels are easy as well. The most important being probably the Anishinabe "e" vowel, which always sounds like day, gay, may, pay and so on. I write the Anishinabe "e" vowel sound as it is pronounced as in the Anishinabe word for the number three, which is in-sway. Whenever you see an ay, in the Anishinabe word i have written, it sounds like the sounds in English words like day, gay, may, pay and so on. Then we have Anishinabe words which end in either "sh" or "zh" to pronounce. You pronounce them as you would with English words like crush, brush, and hush. We also have the Anishinabe words which have the "j" sound. You pronounce those Anishinabe words with the "j" sound like English words like join, judge and just. They sound like ja, ji, jo, and joo. We also have the Anishinabe "j" sound in the middle of the word before a consonant. We pronounce those Anishinabe words like the Anishinabe word for later, which is na-gaj, as that. They are also spelled with a ch on many occasions.

When you see an "ai" in Anishinabe words, particularly in the middle of those words, they sound like na-i-gan. The Anishinabe "i" vowel sounds like the English letter e. An example would be the Anishinabe words for book and lake. You pronounce them like ma-zi-na-i-gan, and za-ga-i-gan. The Anishinabe "ii" vowel sounds identical to English words like lean, seen and teen. When you see an oak at the end of a syllable, you know it sounds like the English words oak, broke, smoke and so on. When you see an Anishinabe syllabic written below with the Anishinabe "ii" vowel, you know it sounds like lean, seen and teen. When you see an e at the end of an Anishinabe syllabic below, you know it sounds like the English words bone, home, loan, and tone. Even if the syllabic ends with a s or z, such as bones, homes, loans and tones. When you see an "ie" at the end of an Anishinabe syllabic below, you know it sounds like the sound in English words like die, tie and why. I have written the Anishinabe words like syllabics in order for you to correctly pronounce the Anishinabe words. When you see b, d, t, g, k, s, z, at the end of an Anishinabe word, they have the ending b, d, t, g, k, s, and z sounds. Not the beginning.

Numbers
one = bay-zhik
two = nizh
three = in-sway
four = ni-win
five = na-nan
six = god-wa-sway
seven = nizh-zwa-sway
eight = in-swa-sway
nine = zhong-sway
ten = im-da-sway
eleven = im-da-sway shi bay-zhik
twelve = im-da-sway shi nizh
twenty = nizh-ta-na
twenty one = nizh-ta-na shi bay-zhik
thirty = in-sim-da-na
thirty one = in-sim-da-na shi bay-zhik
forty = niim-da-na
forty one = niim-da-na shi bay-zhik
fifty = na-mid-na
fifty one = na-mid-na shi bay-zhik
sixty = god-da-smid-na
sixty one = god-da-smid-na shi bay-zhik
seventy = nizh-zwa-smid-na
seventy one = nizh-zwa-smid-na shi bay-zhik
eighty = swa-smid-na
eighty one = swa-smid-na shi bay-zhik
ninety = zhong-sim-da-na
ninety one = zhong-sim-da-na shi bay-zhik
one hundred = god-walk
one hundred one = god-walk bay-zhik
one hundred eleven = god-walk shi in-da-sway shi bay-zhik
two hundred = nizh-swalk
three hundred = in-swalk
four hundred = ni-walk
five hundred = non-walk
six hundred = god-wa-swalk
seven hundred = nizh-swa-swalk
eight hundred = in-swa-swalk
nine hundred = zhong-swalk
one thousand = in-da-swalk
two thousand = ni-zhing-da-swalk
two thousand three hundred sixteen = ni-zhing da swalk shi in-swalk shi in-da-sway shi god-wa-sway
three thousand = in-sing-da-swalk
four thousand = ni-wing da-swalk
five thousand = na-ning da-swalk
six thousand = god-wa-ching da-swalk
seven thousand = nizh-swa-ching da swalk
eight thousand = swa-ching da swalk
nine thousand = zhong-ching da swalk
ten thousand = da-ching da swalk

General Words
again = min-wa
and you = giin-dash
are you ready = ki-zhi-ta
ask him/her = kway-jim
ask = kway-din
bag = shki-mod
ball = kwa-kwat
boy = gwi-zes
bring it = bi-done
bring her = bi-nish
can (as in beer can) = kik-os
cat = ga-zhak
catch = kweb-done
chair = pab-win
close = ba-kwin
come = ma-jan
cup = mi-nik-kwej-gan
dance = ni-min
dish = na-gan
dog = ni-moosh
door = shkwan-dim
don't know = gi-kin-zi
drink = mi-nik-kwin
eat = wiis-snin
finish = gi-zhi-ton
fork = bod-uk-ji-gan
friend = nij-kay
get ready = shi-ta
girl = kway-zes
glass = na-tas
go = ni-ma-jan
go back = ska-biin
good = mi-shin
hand it over = bid-in-non
hat = wi-kwan
hello = ah-ni
help her/him = nod-mo
help me = na-ma-zhin
here = mon-pi
how = ah-nish
hurry = way-ip
i ask of you = die-i-kwej-min
i don't understand = ga-wiin nis-tut-zi
i know = gi-kin-done
i said = gi-kid
i say = dik-it
i'm finished = gi-gi-zhi-ta
inside = bin-dig
jump = ma-gwas-snin
kneel = jiin-na-ton
knife = moak-mon
lady (woman) = kway
later = na-gaj
laugh = ba-pin
lay = shun-gish-nin
lets go = om-bay
light = gwas-ska-ninj-gan
look = nish-kay
look over here = bin-na-bin
man = ni-ni
me, i = nin
me too = gay-ni
my turn = ni-tone
no = ka
off = ot-teb-done
of course = ah-niin-day
okay = na-how
on = ska-neb-done
on top of = gi-jay
open = ba-kin-nin
outside = kwa-jiing
pick her = da-pish
pick it = dop-pin-in
play = dob-none
put = tone
put her = shin
put it back = nay-yub-tom
quit = bo-tone
run = mop-tone
see = kwam-non
see him/her = kwa-ma
she/he said = kid-da
sing = in-ga-mon
sit = ma-bin
soon = wi-ba
speak = gig-done
spoon = gwim-kwan
stand = na-bi-win
start = maj-don
stick = im-tig
thank you = mi-gwej
that = way-day
this = mon-da
stop = noosh-kone
string = sa-bob
sure = ob-dak
table = dop-win
there = o-day
understand = nis-tut-ton
wait = bay-ka
what = weg-nesh
where = ah-pish
why = ah-ni-dash
yes = ad (ending the ending d sound lightly)
you = giin
you finished = ki-gi-zhi-ta
you too = geg-gi

Days
afternoon = shkwa-na-kwek
day = gizh-guk
evening = nok-shik
morning = ki-zhep
noon = na-kwek
tomorrow = wa-bung
yesterday = ji-na-gwa
all afternoon = bay shkwa-na-kwek
all day = bay gi-zhik
all morning = bay zhay-ba
all night = bay da-bik
at night = da-bik-kuk
early evening = shki nok-shik
early in the morning = chi-ki-zhep
last night = da-bik-kone
this morning = zhay-ba
three days ago = chi-gwa-sna-gwa
two days ago = gwas-sna-gwa
three days from now = chi-gwa-swa-bung
two days from now = gwa-swa-bung