17 Qautamaaqsiut

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

tupattuq
waking up (he/she is...)
uvininniaqtuq
showers (he/she...)
iqqanaijariaqtuq
work (he/she is going to...)
pisuttuq
walking (she/he is...)
katimajut
meeting (they are...)
kaapituqtuq
drinking coffee (he/she is...)
niuviriaqtuq
shopping (he/she goes...)
niuviqtuq
buys something (he...)
angirraujuq
home (she goes...)
niqtiuqtuq
cooks (he/she...)
salummaqsaijuq
cleaning (he/she is...)
naalautittuq
radio (he/she listens to the...)
miqsuqtuq
sewing (he/she is...)
uqalimaaqtuq
reading (he/she is...)
haakiqtuq
hockey (he/she plays...)
angunasuttuq
hunts (he/she...)
qautamaat
every day
taqqitamaat
every month
aujatamaat
every summer
pinasuarusitamaat
every week
ukiutamaat
every winter
arraagutamaat
every year
suvit?
What are you doing?

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.
In South Qikiqtaaluk dialect, -qattaq- and -vak-/ -pak- can normally be used interchangeably.
qikaq + qattaq + qit? =  
Ukiutamaat qikaqattaqqit? Do you take a holiday every winter?
   
qikaq + pak + tunga  
Aujatamaat qikaqpattunga. I take a holiday every summer.