IN, TO, FROM
Inuktitut has three handy affixes for describing where you are, where you are going, or where you are coming from. They follow a similar pattern.
| -mit |
from
|
| -mut |
to |
| -mi |
at / in |
| |
| illumi
|
in the house |
| illumit
|
from the house |
| illumut |
to the house
|
When
-mi,
-mut, &
-mit are added to stems ending in
q, they change final
q to
r:
| tupiq + mi |
tupirmi |
in the tent |
...and in the South Qikiqtaaluk dialect, they change all other final consonants to m:
| kuuk + mit = |
kuummit |
from the river |
All of the above affixes have a plural form:
-ni,
-nut, &
-nit
| kuugalaammut |
kuugalaanut |
| to the creek |
to the creeks |
| |
| tasirmit |
tasirnit |
| from the lake |
from the lakes |
| |
| naqsarmi |
naqsarni |
| in the valley |
in the valleys |
We can use these affixes when answering the following questions:
| Namiippit? |
nunasiummi |
| Where are you? |
in the car |
| |
| Namunngaqqit? |
illuralaarmut |
| Where are you going? |
to the cabin |
| |
| Nakingaaqqit? |
kinngarnit |
| Where are you coming from? |
from the mountains |