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da-
>pv comm.
>CCONJ ge-; 1 shall, will. Kosmaanan aapji memaachaagin da-tenoon.
>There will be very large pumpkins. AM1937.rs. Wegwen dash aw ge-gshkitoogwen ji-zhngwaadzig mii aw gbeyhiing ge-bmaadzid, da-ntaa-ndawenjge da-nbwaakaa miinwaa gwyak da-zhi-yaa.
>And whoever may be able to keep it down he's the one who will live for a long time, he'll be a good hunter, he'll be clever and he'll behave right. AK1976.rs. Waabang da-yaa.
>She will be in tomorrow. MC2005.cs.
>Grammar note: This preverb is used in the independent order, and in some dialects, only when there is no structural personal prefix present (the structural personal prefixes are <c>ni</c>, <c>gi</c>, and <c>o</c>. What complicates things in Nishnaabemwin is that the <c>o</c> prefix, while structurally present, is deleted by syncope. When a personal prefix was present, the corresponding preverb <c>ga-</c> was used. However, in some areas, such as Wikwemikong, <c>da-</c> is used with all transitive forms that traditionally had an <c>o</c> third person prefix, as in, e.g., <c>da-shamaan</c> and <c>da-shamgoon</c>.
>Full-vowel form: da.