Odanke gishek/Mani gishek

Odanke gishek gi yawen  osnago.
It was Saturday day before yesterday.

Nemew gishek.

Nemew gishek gi yawen wnago.
It was Sunday or Prayer day yesterday.

Vocabulary list:

Odanke gishek                                                              town day/saturday

Mani gishek                                                                   Mary's day

Nemew gishek                                                              Sunday/prayer day

Gi                                                                                  past tense marker

Yawen                                                                          it is/inanimate

 Osnago                                                                       day before yesterday

Wnago                                                                         yesterday

Note:  Some of the old people often referred to Saturday as town day. After working all week,
they would go to town on Saturday to do their weekly shopping. By the same token, those who
were converted Catholics, often referred to it as Mary's day, day of confession, the day before
prayer day, which was Nemew gishek, Prayer Day or Sunday.