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Index of Topics
1 » The Basic Structure of Inuktut
2 » I am...
3 » Where are you from?
4 » Simple Verb Endings
5 » Asking Questions
6 » Pronouns
7 » Future Tense Affixes
8 » Past Tense Affixes
9 » The Negative
10 » To Want to Do Something
11 » To Eat or Drink Something
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 / -ngnik / -nik
19 » To be at / in...
20 » The Affix -vik
21 » Coming & Going
22 » Commands
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 / when endings
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 » Simultaneous Actions
41 » Telling Time
42 » Double (Transitive) Verb Endings
43 » Double Verb Endings for Questions
44 » Doing something together
45 » Asking for something to be done
46 » Calling or Writing to Someone
47 » Emotions
48 » Changing Verbs to Nouns
49 » Above, beside, underneath...
50 » Questions in the Negative
Affixes
-blunga / -bluni / -blunuk (verb ending)
-blusi (verb ending)
-bluta (verb ending)
-blutik / -blutit (affix)
-ga (noun ending)
-gama / -gami (verb ending)
-gamnuk (verb ending)
-gapta / -gaptik (verb ending)
-gavit (verb ending)
-gi- (affix)
-giaqtuq- (affix)
-git / -gittik / -gitti (verb ending)
-guma (verb ending)
-gumnuk (verb ending)
-guni (verb ending)
-gunnaq- (affix)
-gupta / -gupsi / -gupsik (verb ending)
-gusuk- (affix)
-guvit (verb ending)
-jaa / -jaanga / -janga (verb ending)
-jagit (verb ending)
-jait (verb ending)
-jaqtuq- (affix)
-jara / -jarma (verb ending)
-jau- (affix)
-ji / -ti (affix)
-juguk / -jugut (verb ending)
-junga (verb ending)
-junnaq- (affix)
-juq / -jut (verb ending)
-jusi / -jusik (verb ending)
-jutit (verb ending)
-juuk (verb ending)
-kama / -kami (verb ending)
-kamnuk (verb ending)
-kapta / -kaptik (verb ending)
-kavit (verb ending)
-kka (noun ending)
-kkak (noun ending)
-kkik (noun ending)
-kkut (affix)
-kpat / -kpatik /-kpata (verb ending)
-kuma (verb ending)
-kuni (verb ending)
-kupta / -kukpsi (verb ending)
-kupta / -kupsi / -kupsik (verb ending)
-kuvit (verb ending)
-laaq (affix)
-laaq- (affix)
-lauq- (affix)
-li (affix)
-lik (affix)
-liq- (affix)
-liriji- (affix)
-lu (affix)
-lugik (verb ending)
-lugit (verb ending)
-lugu (verb ending)
-ma (noun ending)
-mi / -mit (noun ending)
-miit- (affix)
-mik (noun ending)
-minngaaq- (affix)
-miutaq (affix)
-munngau- (affix)
-mut (noun ending)
-nama / -nami (verb ending)
-namnuk (verb ending)
-napta / -naptik (verb ending)
-navit (verb ending)
-ngaaq- (affix)
-ngat (noun ending)
-ngata (noun ending)
-ngit (noun ending)
-ngita (noun ending)
-ngmat / -ngmatik / ngmata (verb ending)
-ngnik / -nik (noun ending)
-ngu- (affix)
-ni (noun ending)
-ni / -nit (noun ending)
-niaq- (affix)
-niit- (affix)
-niq (affix)
-niqsaq (affix)
-niusa- (affix)
-nngit- (affix)
-nut (noun ending)
-pa / -pak / -pat (verb ending)
-pak- (affix)
-pat / -patik / -pata (verb ending)
-pisi / -pisik (verb ending)
-pit / -pita (verb ending)
-puguk / -pugut (verb ending)
-punga (verb ending)
-qai (affix)
-qaq- (affix)
-qatau- (affix)
-qati (affix)
-qattaq- (affix)
-qqau- (affix)
-qu- (affix)
-ra (noun ending)
-rama / -rami (verb ending
-ramnuk (verb ending)
-rapta / -raptik (verb ending)
-ravit (verb ending)
-ri- (affix)
-riaqtuq- (affix)
-rit / -rittik / -ritti (verb ending)
-ruma (verb ending)
-rumnuk (verb ending)
-runi (verb ending)
-runnaq- (affix)
-rupta / -rupsi / -rupsik (verb ending)
-ruvit (verb ending)
-si / -sik (noun ending)
-sima- (affix)
-sinnaaq- (affix)
-sinni / sinnit / -sinnut (noun ending)
-sinniit- (affix)
-sinninngaaq- (affix)
-sinnuaq- (affix)
-suk- (affix)
-suuq- (affix)
-taa / -taanga / - taatit (verb ending)
-tagit (verb ending)
-tait (verb ending)
-talik (affix)
-taqaq- (affix)
-tara / -tarma (verb ending)
-tau- (affix)
-tillugu (verb ending)
-tillunga (verb ending)
-tillutit (verb ending)
-tinni / -tinnit / -tinnut (noun ending)
-tinniit- (affix)
-tinninngaaq- (affix)
-tinnuaq- (affix)
-tit (noun ending)
-tit / -tittik / -titti (verb ending)
-tuguk / tugut (verb ending)
-tunga (verb ending)
-tuq / -tut (verb ending)
-tuq- (affix)
-tusi / -tusik (verb ending)
-tutit (verb ending)
-tuuk (verb ending)
-u- (affix)
-ujjaq (affix)
-va / -vak / vat (verb ending)
-vak- (affix)
-vigi- (affix)
-vik (affix)
-visi / -visik (verb ending)
-vit (noun ending)
-vit / -vita (verb ending)
-vuguk / -vugut (verb ending)
-vuk / -vut (noun ending)
-vunga (verb ending)
-łunga / -łuni / -łunuk (verb ending)
-łusi (verb ending)
-łuta (verb ending)
-łutit / -łutik (verb ending)