Dialogue: Are you working today?
Ilisapi:
Unnusa iqqanaijarniaqqit?ᐅᓐᓄᓴ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᕐᓂᐊᖅᑭᑦ? Are you working this afternoon?
Qajaq:
Aagga, unnusa iqqanaijajjaanngittunga. ᐋᒡᒐ, ᐅᓐᓄᓴ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᔾᔮᙱᑦᑐᖓ.No, I am not working this afternoon.
Ilisapi:
Ullaaq iqqanaijaqqauvit?ᐅᓪᓛᖅ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᖅᑲᐅᕕᑦ? Did you work this morning?
Qajaq:
Aagga ullaaq iqqanaijaqqaunngittunga.ᐋᒡᒐ ᐅᓪᓛᖅ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᖅᑲᐅᙱᑦᑐᖓ.No, I didn't work this morning.
Ilisapi:
Summat?ᓱᒻᒪᑦ? Why not?
Qajaq:
Ullaaq aanniavimmiiqqaugama. ᐅᓪᓛᖅ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᕕᒻᒦᖅᑲᐅᒐᒪ.I went to the hospital this morning.
Ilisapi:
Aanniagavit?ᐋᓐᓂᐊᒐᕕᑦ? Are you sick?
Qajaq:
ii, niaqunngujunga. Suli qauppat iqqanaijalaanngittunga.ᐄ, ᓂᐊᖁᙳᔪᖓ. ᓱᓕ ᖃᐅᑉᐸᑦ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᓛᙱᑦᑐᖓ. Yes, I have a headache. I won't be working tomorrow either.
Ilisapi:
Asu.ᐊᓱ. Oh, dear.
Vocabulary
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ulluq
ᐅᓪᓗᖅ
day
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ullumi
ᐅᓪᓗᒥ
today
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ullaaq
ᐅᓪᓛᖅ
morning
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unnusa
ᐅᓐᓄᓴ
afternoon
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unnuk
ᐅᓐᓄᒃ
evening
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unnuaq
ᐅᓐᓄᐊᖅ
night
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maanna
ᒫᓐᓇ
now
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ippatsaq
ᐃᑉᐸᑦᓴᖅ
yesterday
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qauppat
ᖃᐅᑉᐸᑦ
tomorrow
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pinasuarusiq
ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓯᖅ
week
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pinasuarusiulaaqtumi
ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓯᐅᓛᖅᑐᒥ
next week
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pinasuarusiulauqtumi
ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓯᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᒥ
last week
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pinasuarusiup nunngua
ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓯᐅᑉ ᓄᙳᐊ
weekend
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taqqiq
ᑕᖅᑭᖅ
month
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taqqiulaaqtumi
ᑕᖅᑭᐅᓛᖅᑐᒥ
next month
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naggajjau
ᓇᒡᒐᔾᔭᐅ
Monday
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aippiq
ᐊᐃᑉᐱᖅ
Tuesday
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pingatsiq
ᐱᖓᑦᓯᖅ
Wednesday
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sitammiq
ᓯᑕᒻᒥᖅ
Thursday
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tallirmiq
ᑕᓪᓕᕐᒥᖅ
Friday
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sivataarvik
ᓯᕙᑖᕐᕕᒃ
Saturday
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naattiinguja
ᓈᑦᑏᖑᔭ
Sunday
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suvit?
ᓱᕕᑦ?
What are you doing?
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suniaqqit?
ᓱᓂᐊᖅᑭᑦ?
What will you be doing?
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suniaqqit?
ᓱᓂᐊᖅᑭᑦ?
What will you be doing (later today)?
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suqqauvit?
ᓱᖅᑲᐅᕕᑦ?
What did you do earlier today?
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sulauqqit?
ᓱᓚᐅᖅᑭᑦ?
What did you do?
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Grammar
26 » Overview of Affixes Used for Tenses
As a review, here is a summary of the most common affixes used to mark events that are happening in the past, present and future:
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| past: yesterday + | -lauq- | |
| tikilauqtuq | He/she arrived. | |
| past: earlier today | -qqau- | |
| tikiqqaujuq | He/she arrived earlier. | |
| past: immediate | -rataaq- | |
| tikirataaqtuq | He/she just arrived | |
| present | -liq- | |
| tikiliqtuq | He/she is arriving right now. | |
| future: later today | -niaq- | |
| tikinniaqtuq | He/she will arrive later today. | |
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| tikilangajuq | He/she will arrive later today. | |
| future: tomorrow + | -laaq- | |
| tikilaaqtuq | He/she will arrive (tomorow / in the future). |