Dialogue: Not feeling well
Lia:
Anaanaga ullumi iqqanaijannggittuq ammalu qauppat iqqanaijalaanngittuq. ᐊᓈᓇᒐ ᐅᓪᓗᒥ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᖖᒋᑦᑐᖅ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᖃᐅᑉᐸᑦ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᔾᔮᓛᙱᑦᑐᖅ.My mother isn't working today and won't be working tomorrow.
Taiviti:
Summat? ᓱᒻᒪᑦ? Why?
Lia:
Naanngummat ammalu niaqunngummat.ᓈᙳᒻᒪᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓂᐊᖁᙳᒻᒪᑦ. Because she has a stomach ache and a headache.
Taiviti:
Uvangattauq ippatsaq ullaakkut iqqanaijalaunngittunga niaqunngulaurama. ᐅᕙᖓᑦᑕᐅᖅ ᐃᑉᐸᔅᓴᖅ ᐅᓪᓛᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᓚᐅᙱᑦᑐᖓ ᓂᐊᖁᙳᓚᐅᕋᒪ. Yesterday in the morning I didn't work either because I had a headache.
Lia:
Asu, maannali qanuippit? Suli niaqunnguvit? ᐊᓱ, ᒫᓐᓇᓕ ᖃᓄᐃᑉᐱᑦ? ᓱᓕ ᓂᐊᖁᙳᕕᑦ?Really? What about now? How are you? Do you still have a headache?
Taiviti:
Qanuinngittunga ullumi quviasuttunga iqqanaijarama. ᖃᓄᐃᙱᑦᑐᖓ ᐅᓪᓗᒥ ᖁᕕᐊᓱᑉᐳᖓ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᕋᒪ. I am fine today. I am happy because I am working.
Vocabulary
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timi
ᑎᒥ
body
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niaquq
ᓂᐊᖁᖅ
head
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kiinaq
ᑮᓇᖅ
face
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iji
ᐃᔨ
eye
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qingaq
ᕿᖓᖅ
nose
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siut
ᓯᐅᑦ
ear
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qungasiq
ᖁᖓᓯᖅ
neck
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qaniq
ᖃᓂᖅ
mouth
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qaqtu
ᖃᖅᑐ
lip
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uqaq
ᐅᖃᖅ
tongue
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kiguti
ᑭᒍᑎ
tooth
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tui
ᑐᐃ
shoulder
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taliq
ᑕᓕᖅ
arm
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ikusik
ᐃᑯᓯᒃ
elbow
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aggat
ᐊᒡᒐᑦ
hand
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tunu
ᑐᓄ
back
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savvik
ᓴᕝᕕᒃ
chest
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naaq
ᓈᖅ
stomach
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qitiq
ᕿᑎᖅ
waist
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saniraq
ᓴᓂᕋᖅ
side (of body)
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niu
ᓂᐅ
leg
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siiqquq
ᓰᖅᑯᖅ
knee
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singirniq
ᓯᖏᕐᓂᖅ
ankle
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kimmik
ᑭᒻᒥᒃ
heel
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isigat
ᐃᓯᒐᑦ
foot
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aanniajuq
ᐋᓐᓂᐊᔪᖅ
pain (he/she is in...)
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qitirluttunga
ᕿᑎᕐᓗᑦᑐᖓ
sore back (I have a...)
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naanngujunga
ᓈᙳᔪᖓ
stomach ache (I have a ...)
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niaqunngujuq
ᓂᐊᖁᙳᔪᖅ
headache (she has a...)
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nuvattunga
ᓄᕙᑦᑐᖓ
cold (I have a...)
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uutirnaqtunga
ᐆᑎᕐᓇᖅᑐᖓ
fever (I have a...)
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qanimajuq
ᖃᓂᒪᔪᖅ
sick (he feels...)
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akautsianngittunga
ᐊᑲᐅᑦᓯᐊᙱᑦᑐᖓ
I don’t feel well
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Grammar
25 » Because
In English, when we want to give a reason for something, we add a clause to a sentence that usually begins with the word “because”:
We are leaving because we are tired.
In Inuktut the clause that is underlined above is usually represented in one word. This word has a special ending that lets us know who we are talking about:
anijjaanngittunga niaqunngugama |
I am not going out because I have a headache. |
Here is a list of these endings:
niaqunngugama | because I have a headache |
niaqunngugavit | because you (1) have a headache |
niaqunngummat | because he / she has a headache |
niaqunngugannuk | because we (2) have headaches |
niaqunngugatta | because we (3+) have headaches |
niaqunngugatsik | because you (2) have headaches |
niaqunngugatsi | because you (3+) have headaches |
niaqunngummatik | because they (2) have headaches |
niaqunngummata | because they (3+) have headaches |
Adding these affixes to stems ending in -k :
- Working with the endings above, the first letter of the endings that begin in g- changes to k-
- The endings above that begin with m- do not change. They delete the final -k of the stem:
nuvak- /nuvat- | to have a cold |
nuvakkama | because I have a cold |
nuvakkannuk | because we (2) have colds |
nuvakkatta | because we (3+) have colds |
nuvakkavit | because you (1) have a cold |
nuvakkatsik | because you (2) have colds |
nuvakkatsi | because you (3+) have colds |
nuvammat | because he / she has a cold |
nuvammatik | because they (2) have colds |
nuvammata | because they (3+) have colds |
Adding these affixes to stems ending in -t :
- The last letter of the root and the first letter of the affix both change to n-.
- The endings that begin in m- are unchanged. They delete the final -t of the root :
tikit- | to arrive |
tikinnama | because I arrived |
tikinnannuk | because we (2) arrived |
tikinnatta | because we (3+) arrived |
tikinnavik | because you (1) arrived |
tikinnatsik | because you (2) arrived |
tikinnatsi | because you (3+) arrived |
tikimmat | because he / she arrived |
tikimmatik | because they (2) arrived |
tikimmata | because they (3+) arrived |
Adding these affixes to roots ending in -q :
The last consonant of the stem is deleted and the affix begins with r:nuvak + lauq- | to have had a cold |
nuvalaurama | because I had a cold |
nuvalaurannuk | because we (2) had colds |
nuvalauratta | because we (3+) had colds |
nuvalauravit | because you (1) had a cold |
nuvalauratsik | because you (2) had colds |
nuvalauratsi | because you (3+) had colds |
nuvalaurmat | because he/she had a cold |
nuvalaurmatik | because they (2) had colds |
nuvalaurmata | because they (3+) had colds |