Dialogue: Are you working today?
Ilisapi:
Unnusa iqqanaijarniaqqit?ᐅᓐᓄᓴ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᕐᓂᐊᖅᑭᑦ? Are you working this afternoon?
Qajaq:
Aagga, unnusa iqqanaijajjaanngittunga. ᐋᒡᒐ, ᐅᓐᓄᓴ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᔾᔮᙱᑦᑐᖓ.No, I am not working this afternoon.
Ilisapi:
Ullaaq iqqanaijaqqauvit?ᐅᓪᓛᖅ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᖅᑲᐅᕕᑦ? Did you work this morning?
Qajaq:
Aagga ullaaq iqqanaijaqqaunngittunga.ᐋᒡᒐ ᐅᓪᓛᖅ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᖅᑲᐅᙱᑦᑐᖓ.No, I didn't work this morning.
Ilisapi:
Summat?ᓱᒻᒪᑦ? Why not?
Qajaq:
Ullaaq aanniavimmiiqqaugama. ᐅᓪᓛᖅ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᕕᒻᒦᖅᑲᐅᒐᒪ.I went to the hospital this morning.
Ilisapi:
Aanniagavit?ᐋᓐᓂᐊᒐᕕᑦ? Are you sick?
Qajaq:
ii, niaqunngujunga. Suli qauppat iqqanaijalaanngittunga.ᐄ, ᓂᐊᖁᙳᔪᖓ. ᓱᓕ ᖃᐅᑉᐸᑦ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᓛᙱᑦᑐᖓ. Yes, I have a headache. I won't be working tomorrow either.
Ilisapi:
Asu.ᐊᓱ. Oh, dear.
Vocabulary
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ulluq
ᐅᓪᓗᖅ
day
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ullumi
ᐅᓪᓗᒥ
today
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ullaaq
ᐅᓪᓛᖅ
morning
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unnusa
ᐅᓐᓄᓴ
afternoon
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unnuk
ᐅᓐᓄᒃ
evening
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unnuaq
ᐅᓐᓄᐊᖅ
night
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maanna
ᒫᓐᓇ
now
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ippatsaq
ᐃᑉᐸᑦᓴᖅ
yesterday
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qauppat
ᖃᐅᑉᐸᑦ
tomorrow
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pinasuarusiq
ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓯᖅ
week
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pinasuarusiulaaqtumi
ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓯᐅᓛᖅᑐᒥ
next week
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pinasuarusiulauqtumi
ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓯᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᒥ
last week
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pinasuarusiup nunngua
ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓯᐅᑉ ᓄᙳᐊ
weekend
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taqqiq
ᑕᖅᑭᖅ
month
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taqqiulaaqtumi
ᑕᖅᑭᐅᓛᖅᑐᒥ
next month
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naggajjau
ᓇᒡᒐᔾᔭᐅ
Monday
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aippiq
ᐊᐃᑉᐱᖅ
Tuesday
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pingatsiq
ᐱᖓᑦᓯᖅ
Wednesday
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sitammiq
ᓯᑕᒻᒥᖅ
Thursday
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tallirmiq
ᑕᓪᓕᕐᒥᖅ
Friday
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sivataarvik
ᓯᕙᑖᕐᕕᒃ
Saturday
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naatsiingujaq
ᓈᑦᓰᖑᔭᖅ
Sunday
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suvit?
ᓱᕕᑦ?
What are you doing?
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sulaaqqit?
ᓱᓛᖅᑭᑦ?
What will you be doing? (tomorrow or further in the future)
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suniaqqit?
ᓱᓂᐊᖅᑭᑦ?
What will you be doing (later today)?
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suqqauvit?
ᓱᖅᑲᐅᕕᑦ?
What did you do earlier today?
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sulauqqit?
ᓱᓚᐅᖅᑭᑦ?
What did you do? (yesterday or further in the past)
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Grammar
26 » Overview of Affixes Used for Tenses
As a review, here is a summary of the most common affixes used to mark events that are happening in the past, present and future:
| past: yesterday + | |
| -lauk- / -laut- | |
| tikilauttuk | He/she arrived. |
| past: earlier today | |
| -kKau- | |
| tikikKaujuk | He/she arrived earlier. |
| past: immediate | |
| -tainnak- | |
| tikitainnatuk | He/she just arrived |
| present | |
| -lik- / -lit- | |
| tikiliqtuk | He/she is arriving right now. |
| future: later today | |
| -niak- / -niat- | |
| tikiniattuk | He/she will arrive later today. |
| -langa- | |
| tikilangajuk | He/she will arrive later today. |
| future: tomorrow + | |
| -lâk- / -lât- | |
| tikilâttuk | He/she will arrive (tomorow / in the future). |
THE AFFIX -TAINNAK-
If we want to to talk about an action that has just happened in the recent past, we can use the affix -tainnak-:
| itik + tainnak + tuk = | |
| ititainnatuk | He/she just came in. |
| tiki + tainnak + Kugut= | |
| tikitainnaKugut | We just arrived. |
THE AFFIX -LIK- / -LIT-
The affix -lik- is added to verbs to emphasize that an action is happening right now. It is especially common with verbs involving motion or emotions to describe how one is feeling at that moment.
| anivunga | I am going out. |
| anilikKunga | I am going out right now. |
The final -k in -lik- changes to -t when it is followed by a verb ending that start with t-.
| angiggajuk | He/she is going/went home. |
| anigiggalittuk | He/she is going home now. |
| itijut | They are coming/went in. |
| itilittut | They are coming in right now. |
TENSES IN THE NEGATIVE
The negative affix –ngit– can be inserted after any of theses affixes to create a negative sentence:
| Kauppat Kailâttuk | He/she is going to come tomrrrow. |
| Kauppat Kailângituk | He/she is not going to come tomorrow. |
| Kitigaligeppat suliaKaniakKunga. | I’ll be working this afternoon. |
| Kitigaligeppat suliaKaniangilanga. | I’ll not be working this afternoon. |
| nigikKauvunga ullumigiak. | I ate earlier. |
| nigikKaungilanga ullumigiak. | I did not eat earlier |