Grammar
» -jjaa- (affix)
In some dialects, there is a special way of using the negative in the future tense to describe events that will not be happening. This involves adding the affix -jjaa- just before the negative affix -nngit-.
| qainiaqtuq |
He is going to come. |
| qaijjaanngittuq | He is not going to come. |
When -jjaa- is added to a root ending in a consonant, it deletes the final consonant:
| aullaq- | to leave town; depart |
| Unnusa aullarrniaqtunga. | I’ll be leaving town this afternoon. |
| Unnusa aullajjaanngittunga. |
I’ll not be leaving town this afternoon. |
-jjaa- can be used to describe events in the near future (today) and the more distant future (tomorrow or later).