Dialogue: What are you doing?
Inuapik:
Qanuiliuqpit?ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᖅᐱᑦ? What are you doing?
Jaaki:
Maanna?ᒫᓐᓇ? Right now?
Inuapik:
ii, maanna.ᐄ, ᒫᓐᓇ.Yes, now.
Jaaki:
Uqalimaaqtunga. Igvilli?ᐅᖃᓕᒫᖅᑐᖓ. ᐃᒡᕕᓪᓕ? I am reading. What about you?
Inuapik:
Miqsuqtunga. Unuksa qanuiliurniaqpilli?ᒥᖅᓱᖅᑐᖓ. ᐅᑉᓗᒥ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᕐᓂᐊᖅᐱᓪᓕ? I am sewing. And, what will you be doing this afternoon?
Jaaki:
Iqalliarniaqtunga.ᐃᖃᓪᓕᐊᕐᓂᐊᖅᑐᖓ. I will be going fishing.
Inuapik:
Aksu. Aqaguli, qanuiliulaaqpit?ᐊᒃᓱ. ᐊᖃᒍᓕ, ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᓛᖅᐱᑦ?I see. What will you be doing tomorrow?
Jaaki:
Umiaqtulaaqtunga.ᐅᒥᐊᖅᑐᓛᖅᑐᖓ. I will be going boating.
Inuapik:
Aksut.ᐊᒃᓱᑦ. Okay, then.
Vocabulary
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maanna
ᒫᓐᓇ
now
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ullumi
ᐅᓪᓗᒥ
today
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ullaaq
ᐅᓪᓛᖅ
morning
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unnuk
ᐅᓐᓄᒃ
evening
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qauppat
ᖃᐅᑉᐸᑦ
tomorrow
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ippatsaq
ᐃᑉᐸᑦᓴᖅ
yesterday
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suvit?
ᓱᕕᑦ?
What are you doing?
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suniaqqit?
ᓱᓂᐊᖅᑭᑦ?
What will you be doing (later today)?
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sulaaqqit?
ᓱᓛᖅᑭᑦ?
What will you be doing? (tomorrow or further in the future)
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suqqauvit?
ᓱᖅᑲᐅᕕᑦ?
What did you do earlier today?
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sulauqqit?
ᓱᓚᐅᖅᑭᑦ?
What did you do? (yesterday or further in the past)
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Qauppat sulaaqqa?
ᖃᐅᑉᐸᑦ ᓱᓛᖅᑲ?
What is he/she doing tomorrow?
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aullaqtuq
ᐊᐅᓪᓚᖅᑐᖅ
departs (he/she...)
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aullarniaqtuq
ᐊᐅᓪᓚᕐᓂᐊᖅᑐᖅ
depart, he/she will... (later today)
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aullalaaqtuq
ᐊᐅᓪᓚᓛᖅᑐᖅ
depart, he/she will.... (tomorrow or later)
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aullaqqaujuq
ᐊᐅᓪᓚᖅᑲᐅᔪᖅ
departed, he/she...(earlier today)
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aullalauqtuq
ᐊᐅᓪᓚᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ
departed, he/she... (yesterday or earlier)
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pisuttuq
ᐱᓱᑦᑐᖅ
walking (she/he is...)
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titiraqtuq
ᑎᑎᕋᖅᑐᖅ
writing (he/she is...)
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ilinniaqtuq
ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑐᖅ
learning (he/she is...)
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miqsuqtuq
ᒥᖅᓱᖅᑐᖅ
sewing (he/she is...)
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iqqanaijaqtuq
ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᖅᑐᖅ
working (he/she is...)
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Grammar
7 » Future Tense Affixes
The affix -niaq- is used between the verb and the subject ending to describe an action that will happen later the same day:
| Qanuiliuqpit? | What are you doing? |
| Qanuiliurniaqpit? | What will you be doing? |
| nirijunga | I am eating. |
| niriniaqtunga | I will be eating. |
When -niaq- is added to a root that ends in q, the q changes to r.
| miqsuq + niaq + tunga = | |
| miqsurniaqtunga | I will be sewing. |
When -niaq- is added to a root ending in k, it changes the final k to ng.
| pisuk + niaq + tuq = | |
| pisungniaqtuq | He/she will be walking. |
When -niaq- is added to a root ending in t, it changes the final t to n.
| tikit + niaq + tuq = | |
| tikinniaqtut | They are going to arrive. |
EVENTS FARTHER IN THE FUTURE
-laaq- is an affix used for events that will be happening the next day or further into the future. Let’s compare the following pairs of words:
| sananiaqtunga | I am going to be working (later that day). |
| sanalaaqtunga | I will be working (sometime in the future). |
| katimaniaqtugut | We are going to have a meeting (later the same day). |
| katimalaaqtugut | We will be having a meeting (tomorrow or farther in the future) |
If -laaq- is added to a stem that ends in a consonant, it deletes the last consonant.
| aullaq + laaq + tuq = | |
| aullalaaqtuq | He / she will depart. |
8 » Past Tense Affixes
-qqau- is an affix that is used to describe actions that have happened earlier in the day.
| uqaalaqqaujuq | He/she called earlier. |
| aiqqaujunga | I went home (earlier that day). |
-lauq- is used to describe actions that have happened yesterday or in the not too distant past.
| Ikpaksaq tuktulialauqtuq. | Yesterday, he/she went caribou hunting. |
| Taqqiulauqtumi qikalauqtunga. | Last month I went on holidays. |
Note that when any of the above affixes are added to a root ending in a consonant, they delete the final consonant.
| tikit + qqau + juq = | |
| tikiqqaujuq | He/she arrived earlier. |
| pisuk + lauq + tut = | |
| pisulauqtut | They worked (yesterday or earlier). |