Grammar » 35 » Going to someone’s house

In the dialogue for this lesson we see one way of talking about going to someone's house:

anaanakkutinnuulauqtunga	I went to my mother's house.
nukakkutinnuulauqtunga	I went to my younger sibling's house.

Both of these words feature the affix -kkut. Among its various meanings, -kkut can be used to describe households:

Piitakkut	Peter’s house
Qajaakkut	Qajaaq’s house

To this affix we can add other affixes:

Qajaakkunni	at Qajaaq’s house
Qajaakkunniittuq	He/she is at Qajaaq’s house.
Piitakkunnut	to Peter’s house
Qajaakkunnuuqtunga	I am going to Peter’s house.

Now we will add an extra layer of complexity:

anaana	mother
anaanakkutinni	at my mother’s place
anaanakkusinni	at your mother’s place
piqati	friend
piqatikkuttinni	at my friend’s place
anaanakkusinni	at your friend’s place

The ending -tinni comibnex the idea of being somewhere with the possessive ‘my’ or ‘our'

The ending -sinni comibnex the idea of being somewhere with the possessive ‘your’.

Look at these two very common expressions

uvatinni	at my place; at our place
ilitsinni	at your place

But there are many more possibilities here:

uvatinnut	to my place
uvatinnit	from my place
ilitsinnut	to your place
ilitsinnit	from your place

Or, if we want to speak more completely:

anaanakkusinnuuqqit?	Are you going to your mother’s place?
anaanakkuttinnuuqtunga	I am going to my mother’s place?
nukakkusinninngaaqqit?	Are you coming from your younger sibling’s place?
nukakkusinninngaaqtunga	I am coming from my younger sibling’s place.
piqatikkusinniippit?	Are you at your friend’s place?
piqatikkuttinniittunga	I am at my friend’s place.