Dialogue: Caribou hunting
Luukasi:
Suli Taiviti tuttuliaqsimava?ᓱᓕ ᑕᐃᕕᑎ ᑐᑦᑐᓕᐊᖅᓯᒪᕙ? Is Taiviti still out caribou hunting?
Haana:
Aaggai, unnuk tikilauqtuq.ᐋᒡᒐᐃ, ᐅᓐᓄᒃ ᑎᑭᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ. No, he came back last night.
Luukasi:
Tuttuniqqa?ᑐᑦᑐᓂᖅᑲ? Did he get any caribou?
Haana:
ii, atausirmik tuttutuminiq. Uujuliurniarama uujuqturiaqturumavit? ᐄ, ᐊᑕᐅᓯᕐᒥᒃ ᑐᑦᑐᑦᑐᒥᓂᖅ. ᐆᔪᓕᐅᕐᓂᐊᕋᒪ ᐆᔪᖅᑐᕆᐊᖅᑐᕈᒪᕕᑦ? Yes, he got one caribou. I am making uujuq. Do you want to come to eat some uujuq?
Luukasi:
ii, asukuluk.ᐄ, ᐊᓱᑯᓗᒃ. Yes, indeed.
Vocabulary
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tuttu
ᑐᑦᑐ
caribou
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tuttuliaqsimava?
ᑐᑦᑐᓕᐊᖅᓯᒪᕙ?
caribou hunting (Is he/she out ...?)
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tuttuliaqtuq
ᑐᑦᑐᓕᐊᖅᑐᖅ
caribou hunting (he/she has gone...)
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tuttuniqqa?
ᑐᑦᑐᓂᖅᑲ?
caribou (Did he/she get a ...?)
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tuttuttuq
ᑐᑦᑐᑦᑐᖅ
caribou (he/she caught a...)
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uujuq
ᐆᔪᖅ
boiled meat with broth
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uujuliuqtuq
ᐆᔪᓕᐅᖅᑐᖅ
boiled meat with broth (he/she makes...)
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natsiq
ᓇᑦᓯᖅ
ringed seal
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natsiqsiuriaqtuq
ᓇᑦᓯᖅᓯᐅᕆᐊᖅᑐᖅ
seal hunting (he/she goes...)
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qairulik
ᖃᐃᕈᓕᒃ
harp seal
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ujjuk
ᐅᔾᔪᒃ
bearded seal
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ujjugasugiaqtuq
ᐅᔾᔪᒐᓱᒋᐊᖅᑐᖅ
bearded seal hunting (He has gone...)
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ujjuttuq
ᐅᔾᔪᑦᑐᖅ
bearded seal (He caught a...)
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qilalugaq
ᕿᓚᓗᒐᖅ
beluga (also, narwhal in some dialects)
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tuugaalik
ᑑᒑᓖᒃ
narwhal
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nanuq
ᓇᓄᖅ
polar bear
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ukaliq
ᐅᑲᓕᖅ
hare (Arctic)
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aqiggiq
ᐊᕿᒡᒋᖅ
ptarmigan
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iqaluk
ᐃᖃᓗᒃ
fish
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iqalliaqtuq
ᐃᖃᓪᓕᐊᖅᑐᖅ
fishing (she goes...)
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mattaaq
ᒪᑦᑖᖅ
skin of beluga or narwhal
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nikku
ᓂᒃᑯ
dried meat
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mikigaq
ᒥᑭᒐᖅ
raw meat
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quaq
ᖁᐊᖅ
frozen meat
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ujarak
ᐅᔭᕋᒃ
rock
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siku
ᓯᑯ
ice
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tasiq
ᑕᓯᖅ
lake
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Grammar
23. The Affix -sima-
-sima- is used to describe the state that one finds oneself after a certain action has been completed. Compare the following examples:
| tuktuliaqtuq | tuktuliaqsimajuq |
| He/she goes caribou hunting. | He/she is out caribou hunting (right now). |
-sima- is an easy affix to work with. It can be added to any root without changing its spelling:
| aullaq + sima + juq = | aullaqsimajuq |
| He/she has departed; He/she is away. |
When -lauq- is added before -sima- it gives the meaning of "ever":
| Qilalugarmik takulauqsimavit? |
| Have you ever seen a beluga? |
| Nanuminiqtulauqsimavit? |
| Have you ever eaten polar bear meat? |
...and if we put together -lauq- + -sima- + -nngit-, we can express the idea of "never":
| Aagga, qilalugarmik takulauqsimanngittunga. |
| No, I have never seen a beluga. |
| nanuminiqtulauqsimanngittunga |
| I have never eaten polar bear meat. |