11 Aullaqsimava?

When -mi, -mut, & -mit are added to stems ending in -q, they change final -q to -r :

Qurluqtuq	Kugluktuk
Qurluqturmit	from Kugluktuk
Qurluqturmut	to Kugluktuk

...and they change all other final consonants to -m :

Ikpiarjuk	Arctic Bay
Ikpiarjummit	from Arctic Bay
Ikpiarjummut	to Arctic Bay
Nunavut	Nunavut
Nunavummit	from Nunavut
Nunavummut	to Nunavut

Some speakers delete the final consonant sound when the vowel sound that comes before it is long or doubled:

Panniqtuuq	Pangnirtung
Panniqtuumi	in Pangnirtung
Panniqtuumut	from Pangnirtung
Qikiqtarjuaq	Qikiqtarjuaq
Qikiqtarjuami	in Qikiqtarjuaq
Qikiqtarjuamit	from Qikiqtarjuaq

The above affixes have a plural form: -ni, -nut, & -nit :

kinngaq	hill
kinngarni	in the hills; also in Cape Dorset
kinngarnit	from the hills; from Cape Dorset
kinngarnut	to the hills; to Cape Dorset

We can use these affixes when answering the following questions :

namiippit?	Where are you?
allavvimmi	at the office
namunngaqqit?	Where are you going?
Pirurvimmut	to Pirurvik
nakingaaqqit?	Where are you coming from?
uvattinnit	from our place

Or, in conversation, you may hear one of these short questions:

nami ?	where?
namut?	to where?
nakit?	from where?

There is a little trick in dealing with the names of communities, in that several are considered plural, instead of singular :

Singluar	Plural
Sanikiluaq	Iqaluit
Kimmirut	Kinngait
Qamanittuaq	Naujaat
Uqsuqtuuq	Arviat
Qurluqtuq	Salliit

 

This affects what affix we can use with them. For the singular place names, we use -mi, -mut, & -mit. For the plural place names we have to use -ni, -nut, & -nit :

Namiippit?
Sanikiluarmi (singular)	Iqalunni (plural)
Namuungaqqit?
Ikpiarjummut (singular)	Sallirnut (plural)
Nakingaaqqit?
Uqsuqtuurmit (singular)	Kinngarnit (plural)

 

The affixes -miit-, -muuq-, and -minngaaq- also follow this pattern :

Singluar	Plural
Uqsuqtuumuuqtunga	Arvianuuqtunga
I am going to Gjoa Haven.	I am going to Arviat.
Iqaluktuuttiarmiittuq	Kinngarniittuq
She is in Cambridge Bay.	She is in Kinngait.

 

When using the plural endings -ni, -nut, & -nit, remember to tack them on to the singular form of the noun :

Iqaluit	Iqaluit; also fishes
iqaluk	fish
Iqalunni	in Iqaluit
Salliit	Coral Harbour; also flat hills
salliq	flat hill
Sallirni	in Coral Harbour

The handy affix -jaqtuq- / -giaq- / -riaq- is used to talk about going somewhere for a specific purpose. It has several forms depending on the last letter of the root it is attached to.

Following roots ending in vowels, use -jaqtuq- :

niri-	to eat
nirijaqtuqtunga	I am going (somewhere) to eat.
katima-	to meet
katimajaqtuqtugut	We are going to a meeting.

Following roots ending in -q, use -riaq- :

pinnguaq-	to play; to compete
Aatuvaamut pinnguariaqtuq.	he/she is going to Ottawa to compete
qikaq-	to rest
Kalaallit Nunanganut qikariaqtuq.	He/she is going to Greenland for a holiday.
pulaaq-	to visit
Piitakkunnut pulaariaqtunga.	I am going to visit at Piita's place.

Following -k, use -giaq- :

sinik-	to sleep
sinigiaqtut	They are going (somewhere) to sleep.