Dialogue: What do you usually do?
Qajaaq:
Qautamaat anaanakkusinnuaqattaqpit? ᖃᐅᑕᒫᑦ ᐊᓈᓇᒃᑯᓯᓐᓄᐊᖃᑦᑕᖅᐱᑦ?Do you go to your mother's place every day?
Nasuk:
Aakka, kisiani naattingujami unnuksakkut.ᐋᒃᑲ, ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᓈᑦᑎᖑᔭᒥ ᐅᓐᓄᓴᒃᑯᑦ. No, only on Sunday afternoons.
Qajaaq:
Asu, uvangali kisiani nukakkutinnuaqattaqtunga.ᐊᓱ. ᐅᕙᖓᓕ ᑭᓴᐃᓂ ᓄᑲᒃᑯᑎᓐᓄᐊᖃᑦᑕᖅᑐᖓ. I see. As for me, I usually just go to my younger brother's place.
Nasuk:
Suqattarassi nukakkusinni?ᓱᖃᑦᑕᕋᔅᓯ ᓄᑲᒃᑯᓯᓐᓂ?What do you usually do at your younger brother's place?
Qajaaq:
Niriqattaqtugut.ᓂᕆᖃᑦᑕᖅᑐᒍᑦ.Usually, we eat.
Nasuk:
Kisumik?ᑭᓱᒥᒃ? What?
Qajaaq:
Inuksiutinik.ᐃᓄᒃᓯᐅᑎᓂᒃ. Country food.
Vocabulary
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iqqummaqtuq
ᐃᖅᑯᒻᒪᖅᑐᖅ
waking up (he/she is...)
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uviningniaqtuq
ᐅᕕᓂᖕᓂᐊᖅᑐᖅ
showers (he/she...)
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sanajaqtuqtuq
ᓴᓇᔭᖅᑐᖅᑐᖅ
work (he/she is going to...)
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pisuktuq
ᐱᓱᒃᑐᖅ
walking (she/he is...)
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katimajut
ᑲᑎᒪᔪᑦ
meeting (they are...)
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kaapituqtuq
ᑳᐱᑐᖅᑐᖅ
drinks coffee (he/she...)
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niuviriaqtuq
ᓂᐅᕕᕆᐊᖅᑐᖅ
shopping (he/she goes...)
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niuviqtuq
ᓂᐅᕕᖅᑐᖅ
buys something (he...)
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angirraujuq
ᐊᖏᕐᕋᐅᔪᖅ
home (she goes...)
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niqłiuqtuq
ᓂᖅᖠᐅᖅᑐᖅ
cooks (he/she...)
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salummaqsaijuq
ᓴᓗᒻᒪᖅᓴᐃᔪᖅ
cleaning (he/she is...)
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naalaktuq
ᓈᓚᒃᑐᖅ
radio (he/she listens to the...)
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miqsuqtuq
ᒥᖅᓱᖅᑐᖅ
sewing (he/she is...)
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uqalimaaqtuq
ᐅᖃᓕᒫᖅᑐᖅ
reading (he/she is...)
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haakiqtuq
Hᐋᑭᖅᑐᖅ
hockey (he/she plays...)
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angunasuktuq
ᐊᖑᓇᓱᒃᑐᖅ
hunts (he/she...)
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ulluqtamaat
ᐅᓪ ᓗᖅᑕᒫᑦ
every day
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taqqiqtamaat
ᑕᖅᑭᖅᑕᒫᑦ
every month
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aujaqtamaat
ᐊᐅᔭᖅᑕᒫᑦ
every summer
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pinasuarusiqtamaat
ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓯᖅᑕᒫᑦ
every week
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ukiuqtamaat
ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᒫᑦ
every winter
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arraagutamaat
ᐊᕐᕌᒍᑕᒫᑦ
every year
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qanuiliuqpit?
ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᖅᐱᑦ?
What are you doing?
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Grammar
34 » Daily Activities
These affixes 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-
| ani + vak + tuq = | |
| anivaktuq | He/she goes out often. |
| makittaq + pak + tunga | |
| Qautamaat makittaqpaktunga. | 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 North Qikiqtaaluk dialect, -qattaq- and -vak-/ -pak- can normally be used interchangeably.
| qikaq + qattaq + pit? = | |
| Ukiutamaat qikaqattaqpit? | Do you take a holiday every winter? |
| qikaq + pak + tunga | |
| Aujatamaat qikaqpaktunga. | I take a holiday every summer. |