Dialogue: On the phone
Simiuni:
Ilisapi tavvaniippa? ᐃᓕᓴᐱ ᑕᕝᕙᓃᑉᐸ?Is Ilisapi there?
Luisa:
Aagga, anikainnaqsimajuq.ᐋᒡᒐ, ᐊᓂᑲᐃᓐᓇᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅ. No, she's stepped out for a little while.
Simiuni:
Qanga utirniaqqa?ᖃᖓ ᐅᑎᕐᓂᐊᖅᑲ? When will she be back?
Luisa:
Aatsuu. Uqaalaquviuk?ᐋᑦᓲ. ᐅᖄᓚᖁᕕᐅᒃ? I don't know. Do you want her to call you?
Simiuni:
ii. ᐄ.Yes.
Luisa:
Uqaalautiit qattiummat? ᐅᖄᓚᐅᑏᑦ ᖃᑦᓯᐅᒻᒪᑦ?What's your phone number?
Simiuni:
979-5555.979-5555
Jaani:
Juanasi taikaniippa?ᔪᐊᓇᓯ ᑕᐃᑲᓃᑉᐸ? Is Juanasi there?
Mimi:
Maanna aullaqsimajuq.ᒫᓐᓇ ᐊᐅᓪᓚᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅ. He's out of town right now.
Jaani:
Uvannut uqaalaqujunnaqqiuk utiqqat?ᐅᕙᓐᓄᑦ ᐅᖄᓚᖁᔪᓐᓇᖅᑭᐅᒃ ᐅᑎᖅᑲᑦ? Can you have him call me when he gets back?
Mimi:
ii. Kinaugavit?ᐄ. ᑭᓇᐅᒐᕕᑦ? Sure. Can I get your name?
Jaani:
Jaaniujunga. Uqaalautiga 979-0000.ᔮᓂᐅᔪᖓ. ᐅᖄᓚᐅᑎᒐ 979-0000. This is Jaani. My number's 979-0000.
Vocabulaire
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Uvannut uqaalaqujunnaqqiuk utiqqat?
ᐅᕙᓐᓄᑦ ᐅᖄᓚᖁᔪᓐᓇᖅᑭᐅᒃ ᐅᑎᖅᑲᑦ?
Can you have him call me when he gets back?
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uvaniittuq
ᐅᕙᓃᑦᑐᖅ
here (she's...)
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uqautiguuk?
ᐅᖃᐅᑎᒎᒃ?
Do you want to speak to him?
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uqaqatigilagu
ᐅᖃᖃᑎᒋᓚᒍ
Let me speak to him.
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uqaalavigijara
ᐅᖄᓚᕕᒋᔭᕋ
calling him (I am...)
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Uqaalautiit qattiummat?
ᐅᖄᓚᐅᑏᑦ ᖃᑦᑎᐅᒻᒪᑦ?
What's your phone number?
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Uqaalautiga 979-0000
ᐅᖄᓚᐅᑎᒐ 979-0000
My phone number is 979-0000
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uqaalaut
ᐅᑳᓚᐅᑦ
telephone
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uqaalaquviuk?
ᐅᖄᓚᖁᕕᐅᒃ?
Do you want him to call you back?
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uqaalajuq
ᐅᖄᓚᔪᖅ
calls on the phone (he/she...)
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tavvaniippa?
ᑕᕝᕙᓃᑉᐸ?
Is she / he there?
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tavvaniingittuq
ᑕᕝᕙᓃᖏᑦᑐᖅ
She / he is not here.
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Kinaugavit?
ᑭᓇᐅᒐᕕᑦ?
Can I get your name?
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katimajut
ᑲᑎᒪᔪᑦ
meeting (they are...)
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Irngiinaaqtautikkut titirarvigingaalaaliqqara.
ᐃᕐᖐᓈᖅᑕᐅᑎᒃᑯᑦ ᑎᑎᕋᕐᕕᒋᖔᓛᓕᖅᑲᕋ.
e-mail (I will send him an...)
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irngiinaaqtautikkut
ᐃᕐᖐᓈᖅᑕᐅᑎᒃᑯᑦ
e-mail (by ... )
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aullaqsimajuq
ᐊᐅᓪᓚᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅ
away; out of town (he is...)
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anikainnaqsimajuq
ᐊᓂᑲᐃᓐᓇᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅ
stepped out for a moment (she...)
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Grammar
34 » Double Verb Endings: Questions
In an earlier lesson, we introduced verb endings that involve both a subject and an object:
| takujara | qaujimajaanga |
| I see him/her. | He/she knows me. |
These are used to make simple statements. There are a corresponding set of affixes that are used to ask questions that indicate a subject and an object:
| qaujimavagit? | Do I know you? |
| qaujimavara? | Do I know him/her? |
| tukisivinnga? | Do you understand me? |
| tukisiviuk? | Do you understand him/her? |
| tusaavaanga? | Does he/she hear me? |
| tusaavaatit? | Does he/she hear you? |
| tusaavauk? | Does he/she hear him/her? |
If these affixes are added to a root ending in a vowel, they begin with the letter v:
| takuviuk? | Do you see him/her? |
If these affixes are added to a root ending in -q, they begin with the letter q:
| ikajuqqiuk? | Are you helping him/her? |
If they are added to a root ending in any other consonant, they switch the final consonant to -p and then begin with p-:
| malippiuk? | Are you following him/her? |