mine, yours, theirs.

MINE, YOURS, THEIRS

 

Here is a simple form of the possessive. In English we could say.

It's mine. It's yours. Those are mine. That's his.

 

To express these in Inuktitut, we take the possessive endings that we learned in this lesson:   possessives (1)

...and add the prefix pi-:

Una piga. It's mine.
Una piit. It's yours
Una pinga It's his.
Una pingat It's theirs.
   

 

Dual forms (These are slightly irregular)

Ukua piikka Those two things are mine.
Ukua piikkik Those two things are yours.
Ukua pingik Those two things are hers.
Ukua pingit.* Those two things are theirs.

 

Plural forms:

Ukua pikka. Those are mine.
Ukua pitit. Those are yours.
Ukua pingit.* Those are his.
Ukua pingit.* Those are theirs.

*Notice that ukua pingit has three possible translations above in English. Although this may seem confusing, the context of the conversation would make it clear.