Dialogue: Weather
ᒥᐊᓕ ᐅᖄᓚᔪᖅ ᐃᓚᒥᓄᑦ ᑭᒻᒥᕈᕐᒧᑦ Miali uqaalajuq ilaminut Kimmirurmut.
Miali calls her friend in Kimmirut.
Miali:
Silasi qanuippa taavani? Qanniqqa?ᓯᓚᓯ ᖃᓄᐃᑉᐸ ᑖᕙᓂ? ᖃᓐᓂᖅᑲ?How's your weather there? Is it snowing?
Inuki:
Aagga qanningittuq. Piqsiqqa Iqalunni?ᐋᒡᒐ ᖃᓐᓂᖏᑦᑐᖅ. ᐱᖅᓯᖅᑲ ᐃᖃᓗᓐᓂ?No, it's not snowing. Is there a blizzard in Iqaluit?
Miali:
Suli piqsilinngittuq, kisiani anuraaqtuq.ᓱᓕ ᐱᖅᓯᓕᙱᑦᑐᖅ, ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᐊᓄᕌᖅᑐᖅ. There isn’t a blizzard yet but it's windy.
Inuki:
Asu. Tamaanili silatsiaq kisiani siqinningittuq.ᐊᓱ. ᑕᒫᓂᓕ ᓯᓚᑦᓯᐊᖅ ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᓯᕿᓐᓂᖏᑦᑐᖅ I see. Well, here it is nice weather but the sun is not shining.
Vocabulary
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sila
ᓯᓚ
weather; the environment; outdoors
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Sila qanuippa?
ᓯᓚ ᖃᓄᐃᑉᐸ?
What's the weather like?
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qanniqqa?
ᖃᓐᓂᖅᑲ?
snowing (Is it...?)
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qanniqtuq
ᖃᓐᓂᖅᑐᖅ
snowing (it's...)
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piqsiqqaa?
ᐱᖅᓯᖅᑲ ?
blizzard (Is there a...?)
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piqsiqtuq
ᐱᖅᓯᖅᑐᖅ
blizzard (there is a...)
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piqsinngittuq
ᐱᖅᓯᙱᑦᑐᖅ
blizzard (there is not a...)
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siqiniq
ᓯᕿᓂᖅ
sun
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siqinniqtuq
ᓯᕿᓐᓂᖅᑐᖅ
sunny (it's...)
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siqinningittuq
ᓯᕿᓐᓂᖏᑦᑐᖅ
sunny (It is not ...)
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anuraaqtuq
ᐊᓄᕌᖅᑐᖅ
windy (it's...)
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ikulliaqtuq
ᐃᑯᓪᓕᐊᖅᑐᖅ
wind (There's no...)
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silaluttuq
ᓯᓚᓗᑦᑐᖅ
raining (it is...)
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nuvujajuq
ᓄᕗᔭᔪᖅ
cloudy (it is...)
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nillasuktuq
ᓂᓪᓚᓱᒃᑐᖅ
It is cold (weather).
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silattiavak
ᓯᓚᑦᑎᐊᕙᒃ
beautiful weather
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ii
ᐄ
yes
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aagga
ᐋᒡᒐ
no
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Grammar
9 » The Negative
In English we often use the word not to turn an affirmative sentence into a negative one:
| It is sunny. | It is not sunny. |
In Inuktut, to express the negative, we often insert the affix −nngit− just before the verb ending:
| nuvuja + nngit + tuq = | |
| nuvujanngittuq | It is not cloudy. |
| qanniq + qqau + nngit + tuq = | |
| qanniqqaunngittuq | It did not snow earlier. |
When -nngit- is added to a root that ends in a consonant (q-, k-, t-), it deletes the final consonant:
| maquk + nngit + tuq = | |
| maqunngittuq | It is not raining. |
| qanniq + lauq + nngit + tuq = | |
| Ippaksaq qannilaunngittuq | It did not snow yesterday. |
Here are some more examples of how the negative is used:
| iqqanaijaqtut | They are working. |
| iqqanaijanngittut | They are not working. |
| naammaktuq | It is O.K. |
| naammanngittuq | It’s not O.K. |
| tukisijunga | I understand. |
| tukisinngittunga | I don’t understand. |
| qaijugut | We (3+) are coming |
| qainngittugut | We (3+) are not coming (right now). |