Dialogue: Successful 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
27 » 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 :
| tuttuliaqtuq | He / she goes caribou hunting. |
| tuttuliaqsimajuq | 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. |
-LAUQSIMA-
The affix -lauq- is often combined with -sima- and can be used in the following ways:
1. When used as part of a statement, -lauqsima- indicates something that has happened a while ago.
| Iqalumiutaulauqsimajunga. | I used to live in Iqaluit. |
| Arraani, Kiupamuulauqsimajunga. | Last year, I went to Cuba. |
2. It can be used as part of question to ask if a person has ever done something in the past:
| Qurluqturmiilauqsimavit? | Have you ever been to Kugluktuk? |
| Qilalugarmik takulauqsimavit? | Have you ever seen a beluga? |
3. When used with the negative affix -nngit-, it gives the meaning of “never”:
| igunaqtulauqsimanngittut | They have never eaten igunaq. |
| Arvialialauqsimanngittunga | I have never been to Arviat. |