Dialogue: What do you usually do?
Qajaaq:
Suqattaqqit unnukkut? ᓱᖃᑦᑕᖅᑭᑦ ᐅᓐᓄᒃᑯᑦ?What do you usually do in the evenings.
Nasuk:
Naalautiqattaqtunga. Ivvilli, suvappit?ᓈᓚᐅᑎᖃᑦᑕᖅᑐᖓ. ᐃᕝᕕᓪᓕ ᓱᕙᑉᐱᑦ?I listen to the radio. What about you, what do you usually do?
Qajaaq:
Haakiqpattunga.ᕼᐋᑭᖅᐸᑦᑐᖓ. I play hockey.
Nasuk:
Asu. Haakilauqqilli ippatsaq?ᐊᓱ. ᕼᐋᑭᓚᐅᖅᑭᓪᓕ ᐃᑉᐸᑦᓴᖅ?I see. Did you play hockey yesterday?
Qajaaq:
ii.ᐄ.Yes.
Vocabulary
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uvininniaqtuq
ᐅᕕᓂᓐᓂᐊᖅᑐᖅ
showers (he/she...)
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tupattuq
ᑐᐸᑦᑐᖅ
wakes up (he/she...)
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suvit?
ᓱᕕᑦ?
What are you doing?
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qautamaat
ᖃᐅᑕᒫᑦ
every day
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pisuttuq
ᐱᓱᑦᑐᖅ
walks (she/he...)
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salummaqsaijuq
ᓴᓗᒻᒪᖅᓴᐃᔪᖅ
cleans (he/she...)
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niuviqtuq
ᓂᐅᕕᖅᑐᖅ
buys something (he...)
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niqtiuqtuq
ᓂᖅᑎᐅᖅᑐᖅ
cooks (he/she...)
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naalautittuq
ᓈᓚᐅᑎᑦᑐᖅ
radio (he/she listens to the...)
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mumiqtuq
ᒧᒥᖅᑐᖅ
dances (he/she...)
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miqsuqtuq
ᒥᖅᓱᖅᑐᖅ
sews (he/she...)
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makittaqtuq
ᒪᑭᑦᑕᖅᑐᖅ
cards (he/she plays...)
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kisiani
ᑭᓯᐊᓂ
but
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haakiqtuq
Hᐋᑭᖅᑐᖅ
hockey (he/she plays...)
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Grammar
34 » Daily Activities
The affixes below are attached to verbs to indicate an action that happens often or regularly.
-vak- is added to verbs that end in a vowel. For verbs ending in a consonant, it changes to -pak-. Note that in the South Qikiqtaaluk dialect, the k at the end of this affix changes to t before a noun ending that starts with t-:
| ani + vak + tuq = | anivattuq |
| He/she goes out often. | |
| makittaq + pak + tunga | Qautamaat makittaqpattunga |
| I play cards every day. |
-qattaq- can be added to verbs ending in vowels or consonants. When added to a root ending in a consonant, it deletes the final consonant:
| niri + qattaq + tunga = | Ullaakkut niriqattaqtunga |
| I eat in the morning. | |
| miqsuq + qattaq + tuq | Unnukkut miqsuqattaqtuq |
| She sews in the evening. |
| qikaq + qattaq + qit? = | Ukiutamaat qikaqattaqqit? |
| Do you take a holiday every winter? | |
| qikaq + pak + tunga | Aujatamaat qikaqpattunga |
| I take a holiday every summer. |