5 Tiiturumavit?

Dialogue: Coffee or Tea Break

Saali:
Kaapiturumavit?ᑳᐱᑐᕈᒪᕕᑦ? Would you like coffee?
Laina:
ii, kaapiturumajunga.ᐄ, ᑳᐱᑐᕈᒪᔪᖓ. Yes I'd like coffee.
Saali:
Sukalisuunguvit?ᓱᑲᓕᓲᖑᕕᑦ? Do you take sugar?
Laina:
Aagga, sukalisuungunngittunga.ᐋᒡᒐ, ᓱᑲᓕᓲᖑᙱᑦᑐᖓ. No, I don't take sugar.
Saali:
Immulisuunguvit?ᐃᒻᒧᓕᓲᖑᕕᑦ? Do you take milk?
Laina:
ii, immulisuungujunga.ᐄ, ᐃᒻᒧᓕᓲᖑᔪᖓ. Yes, I take milk.
Saali:
Asu. Uvva.ᐊᓱ. ᐅᕝᕙ. O.K. Here you are.
Laina:
Nakurmiik.ᓇᑯᕐᒦᒃ. Thank you.
Saali:
ilaali. ᐃᓛᓕ.You're welcome.

Vocabulary
tii
tea
kaapi
coffee
imiq
water (for drinking)
immuk
milk
sukaq
sugar
palaugaaq
bannock
sivaujaq
cookie
irngusiq
cup; mug
tiiturumavit?
Would you like tea?
tiiturumajunga
tea (I would like...)
tiiturumanngittunga
tea (I would not like...)
kaapiturumavit?
coffee (Would you like...?)
kaapiturumajunga
coffee (I would like...)
kaapiturumanngittunga
coffee (I don't want...)
immulisuunguvit?
Do you take milk?
immulisuungujunga
milk (I take...)
immulisuungunngittunga
milk (I do not take...)
sukalisuunguvit?
sugar (Do you take...?)
sukalisuungunngittunga
sugar (I do not take ...)
imirumavit?
water (would you like...?)
imirumajunga
water (I would like ...)
imirumanngittunga
water (I don't want ...)
nakurmiik
thank you
ilaali
You’re welcome.

Grammar

10 » To Want to Do Something

As you put together roots, affixes and grammatical endings to build words, the first letter or the last letter of these elements will often change. These spelling changes allow for smoother pronunciation.

Let's look at the affix -juma- that expresses the idea of to want.

Because -juma- is an affix, it must be added to a root. ilau- is a root meaning to come along.

The affix -juma- can be inserted between the root (ilau-) and the subject ending:

ilaujumava? Does he / she want to come along?
ii, ilaujumajuq. Yes, he / she wants come along.
-juma- works fine when it is added to a root ending in a vowel. If the affix follows a root ending in -q, -ruma- is used instead:
kaapituq- to have coffee
kaapiturumavit? Do you want some coffee?
ii, kaapiturumajunga. Yes, I want to have some coffee.

 

After a root ending in -k, the affix -guma- is used:

sinik- to sleep
sinigumavisi? Do you (3+) want to sleep?
ii, sinigumajugut. Yes, we want to sleep.

 

11 » To Eat or Drink Something

 The affix -tuq- is used after noun roots to indicate something one eats, drinks, wears or uses somehow:

tiituqtugut We (3+) are drinking tea.
kaapiturumavit? Do you want some coffee?
natsiminiqtuqtuq He/she is eating seal meat.
umiaqtuqtut They are boating.
kamiktuqtuq He/she puts on sealskin boots.

-tuq- can be attached to any root without changing the consonant sound that comes before it.

Watch out for the root imiq, which can mean either the noun ‘water' or the verb 'to drink.'  If you want to ask someone if they would like some water, do not use the affix -tuq- with the root imiq-.  The correct way to ask the question is:

imirumavit? Do you want to drink (some water)?
imirumajunga I want to drink some water.
imiqtuq He/she is drinking water.