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Index of Topics
1 » The Basic Structure of Inuktut
2 » Simple Verb Endings
3 » To Be
4 » Where are you from?
5 » Asking Questions
6 » Personal Pronouns
7 » Future Tense
8 » Past Tense
9 » The Negative
10 » To Want
11 » The Verb -tuq-
12 » Frequent or Habitual Actions
13 » Where You Work & What You Do
14 » To Have
15 » There is / There are
16 » The Dual
17 » The Plural
18 » The Ending -mik / -nik
19 » To be at / in...
20 » The Affix -vik
21 » Coming & Going
22 » Commands (The Imperative)
23 » in, to, from
24 » Names of Communities
25 » Going somewhere to do something
26 » Overview of Affixes Used for Tenses
27 » The Affix -sima-
28 » Because
29 » Possessions & Relations
30 » This & That
31 » Mine, Yours, Theirs
32 » If and when...
33 » Locations
34 » Daily Activities
35 » Going to someone’s house
36 » Birthdays
37 » Possession (advanced)
38 » Describing People & Things
39 » Comparing People and Things
40 » Two actions happening at the same time
41 » Telling Time
42 » Transitive Verb Endings
43 » Transitive Verb Endings for Questions
44 » The Affix -qati
45 » Calling or Writing to Someone
46 » Asking for something to be done
46 » Above, beside, underneath...
48 » Emotions
49. The Affix -jariatsaq
50 » Questions in the Negative
Affixes
-ga (noun ending)
-gaanga (verb ending)
-gaatit (verb ending)
-gaatit (verb ending)
-gama / -gavit / -gami (verb ending)
-gannuk / -gatta / -gatsi (verb ending)
-gi- (affix)
-giaq- (affix)
-giatsaq (affix)
-gikkit (verb ending)
-ginnga (verb ending)
-git (verb ending)
-gitsi (affix)
-gitsi (verb ending)
-gitsik (verb ending)
-gittik (verb ending)
-guk (verb ending)
-guma (verb ending)
-guma- (affix)
-guni / -gunnuk (verb ending)
-gunnaq- (affix)
-gusuk- (affix)
-gutsi / -gutsik / -gutik (verb ending)
-guvit (verb ending)
-jaanga (verb ending)
-jaatit (verb ending)
-jagit (verb ending)
-jait (verb ending)
-janga (verb ending)
-jaqtuq- (affix)
-jara (verb ending)
-jariatsaq (affix)
-jarma (verb ending)
-jau- (affix)
-jjaa (affix)
-juguk / -jugut (verb ending)
-juma- (affix)
-junga (verb ending)
-junnaq- (affix)
-juq (verb ending)
-jusi / -jusik (verb ending)
-jut / -jutit (verb ending)
-juuk (verb ending)
-kaanga (verb ending)
-kallak (affix)
-kama / -kavit / -kami- (verb ending)
-kannuk / -katta / -katsi (verb ending)
-kinnga (verb ending)
-kka (noun ending)
-kkak (noun ending)
-kkik (noun ending)
-kkik (verb ending)
-kkit (verb ending)
-kkut (affix)
-kutaaq (affix)
-laaq (affix)
-laaq- (affix)
-langa- (affix)
-lauq- (affix)
-lauqsima- (affix)
-li (affix)
-lik (noun ending)
-liq- (affix)
-liriji (affix)
-lu (affix)
-lugik (verb ending)
-lugit (verb ending)
-lugu (verb ending)
-lunga (verb ending)
-luni (verb ending)
-lunuk (verb ending)
-lusi (verb ending)
-luta / -lutit (verb ending)
-ma (noun ending)
-mi / -mit (noun ending)
-miinngaaq- (affix)
-miit- (affix)
-mik (noun ending)
-miutaq (affix)
-mmat / -mmatik / -mmata (verb ending)
-mut (noun ending)
-muuq- (affix)
-nama / -navit / -nami (verb ending)
-nannuk / -natta / -natsi (verb ending)
-ngaaq- (affix)
-ngat (noun ending)
-ngata (noun ending)
-ngit (noun ending)
-ngita (noun ending)
-ngu- (affix)
-ni / -nit (noun ending)
-niaq- (affix)
-nik (noun ending)
-niqpaaq (affix)
-niqsaq (affix)
-niusa- (affix)
-nngilaguk / -nngilagut (verb ending)
-nngilanga (verb ending)
-nngilaq / -nngilat (verb ending)
-nngilasi / -nngilasik (verb ending)
-nngilatit (verb ending)
-nngit- (affix)
-nut (noun ending)
-pa / -pat (verb ending)
-paanga (verb ending)
-paatit (verb ending)
-pagit / -para (verb ending)
-pak (verb ending)
-pak- (affix)
-pauk (verb ending)
-pinnga (verb ending)
-pinuk (verb ending)
-pisi / -pisik (verb ending)
-pit / -pita (verb ending)
-piuk (verb ending)
-ppat / -ppatik / -ppata (verb ending)
-qaanga (verb ending)
-qaatit (verb ending)
-qagit / -qara (verb ending)
-qai (affix)
-qaq- (affix)
-qatau- (affix)
-qati (affix)
-qattaq- (affix)
-qauk (verb ending)
-qinnga (verb ending)
-qiuk (verb ending)
-qpak (affix)
-qqau- (affix)
-qu- (affix)
-ra (noun ending)
-raanga (verb ending)
-ralaaq (affix)
-rama / -ravit / -rami (verb ending)
-rannuk / -ratta / -ratsi (verb ending)
-rataaq- (affix)
-ri- (affix)
-riaq- (affix)
-riatsaq (affix)
-rikkit (verb ending)
-rinnga (verb ending)
-rit (verb ending)
-ritsi (verb ending)
-ritsi / -ritsik (verb ending)
-rittik (verb ending)
-rmat / -rmatik / -rmata (verb ending)
-ruk (verb ending)
-ruma- (affix)
-runnaq- (affix)
-si / -sik (noun ending)
-sima- (affix)
-sinnaaq- (affix)
-sinni / sinni / -sinnut (noun ending)
-sinniit- / -sinnuuq- (affix)
-sinninngaaq- (affix)
-suk- (affix)
-suuq- (affix)
-taanga (verb ending)
-taatit (verb ending)
-tagit (verb ending)
-tait (verb ending)
-talik (affix)
-tanga (verb ending)
-tanga (verb ending)
-taqaq- (affix)
-tara (verb ending)
-tarma (verb ending)
-tau- (affix)
-tillunga (verb ending)
-tillunuk (verb ending)
-tillusi / -tillusik (verb ending)
-tilluta (verb ending)
-tillutit / -tillutik (verb ending)
-tinni / -tinnit / -tinnut (noun ending)
-tinniit- / -tinnuuq- (affix)
-tinninngaaq- (affix)
-tit (noun ending)
-ttiavak (affix)
-tuguk / -tugut (verb ending)
-tuni / -tunuk (verb ending)
-tuq- (affix)
-tusi / -tusik (verb ending)
-tut / -tutit (verb ending)
-tuta / -tutik (verb ending)
-tuuk (verb ending)
-u- (affix)
-ujjaq (affix)
-va /-vat (verb ending)
-vaanga (verb ending)
-vaatit (verb ending)
-vagit / -vara (verb ending)
-vak (verb ending)
-vak- (affix)
-vauk (verb ending)
-vigi- (affix)
-vik (affix)
-vinnga (verb ending)
-vinuk (verb ending)
-visi / -visik (verb ending)
-vit (noun ending)
-vit / -vita (verb ending)
-viuk (verb ending)
-vuk / -vut (noun ending)