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1. Translate the following sentences into Inuktitut:
It’s sunny.
It is raining.
There is a blizzard.
It is not cloudy.
We are not cold.
It is warm out.
2. Change the following into the negative and then translate into English.
e.g. qanniqtuq - qanninngittuq - It’s not snowing.
tukisijutit
quviasuktunga
naammattuq
nirijugut
siniktut
anijusi
uirngaqtunga
Miali uqquujuq
anuraaqtuq
tikittuuk
Maakusi tukisijuq
puiguqtut
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1.
| Questions | Answers |
| It’s sunny. | siqinniqtuq |
| It is raining. | silaluttuq |
| There is a blizzard. | piqsiqtuq |
| It is not cloudy. | nuvujanngittuq |
| We are not cold. |
qiunngittugut |
| It is warm out. |
uqquujuq |
2.
| Questions | Answers | English |
| tukisijutit | tukisinngittutit | You do not understand. |
| quviasuktunga | quviasunngittunga | I am not happy. |
| naammattuq |
naammanngittuq | It is not O.K. |
| nirijugut |
nirinngittugut | We aren’t eating. |
| siniktut |
sininngittut | They aren’t sleeping. |
| anijusi | aninngittusi | You don’t go out. |
| uirngaqtunga | uirnganngittunga | I am not sleepy. |
| Miali uqquujuq | Miali uqquunngittuq | Miali is not hot. |
| anuraaqtuq | anuraanngittuq | It is not windy. |
| tikittuuk | tikinngittuuk | The two of them have not arrived. |
| Maakusi tukisijuq | Maakusi tukisinngittuq | Maakusi does not understand. |
| puiguqtut | puigunngittut | They have not forgotten. |