Inuktitut Vocab Chapter 1 Flashcards
tunngasugit
welcome
tunngasuppunga
response to welcome
inuktituusuunguvit?
do you speak inuktitut?
ii
yes
mikijumik
a little (object)
silarvuluk
a little (intangible)
ivvilli?
and you?
kinauvit?
What’s your name?
siulannujunga
My name is Sharon
kinauva?
What’s his or her name?
una miigannujuq
Her name is Miigan
namimiutauvit?
Where are you from?
Iqalummiutaujunga
I’m from Iqaluit
qanuippit?
How are you?
qanuinngittunga
I am fine
namimiutsajauvit?
where are you originally from?
Hamiltonmiutsajaujunga
I am originally from Hamilton
una
he/she/it
namimiutauva?
Where is he/she from?
Iqalummiutaq
He/she is from Iqaluit
namimiutsajauva?
where is he/she originally from?
Iqalummiutsajaq
He/she is originally from Iqaluit
una qanuippa
how is he/she/it?
qanuinngittuq
he/she is fine
-u/-ngu
to be
anijuq
he/she goes out
nirijuq
he/she eats
aullaqtuq
he she departs; leaves town
titiraqtuq
he/she writes
isiqtuq
he/she enters
takujuq
he/she sees
siniktuq
he/she sleeps
uqalimaaqtuq
he/she reads
hai?
Pardon me?
qanuruuq?
How was that again?
uqakkanniruk
Please repeat that
tukisinngittunga
I don’t understand
nalulirama
I’m confused
ajulirama
I’m lost (end of my ability)