Dialogue: Are you working today?
Ilihapi:
Ublutkut hananiaqpit?ᐅᑉᓗᑦᑯᑦ ᓴᓇᓂᐊᖅᐱᑦ? Are you working this afternoon?
Juani:
iiqi, ublumi hananianngittunga. ᐋᐄᕿ, ᐅᑉᓗᒥ ᓴᓇᓂᐊᙱᑦᑐᖓ.No, I am not working this afternoon.
Ilihapi:
Ublaaq hanagaluaqpit?ᐅᑉᓛᖅ ᓴᓇᒐᓗᐊᖅᐱᑦ? Did you work this morning?
Juani:
iiqi, ublaaq hananngittunga.ᐄᕿ, ᐅᑉᓛᖅ ᓴᓇᙱᑦᑐᖓ.No, I didn't work this morning.
Ilihapi:
Hu'mat?ᓱ'ᒪᑦ?Why not?
Juani:
Ublaaq munaqhiqarvingmiitkaluarama. ᐅᑉᓛᖅ ᒧᓇᖅᓯᖃᕐᕕᖕᒦᑦᑲᓗᐊᕋᒪ.I went to the hospital this morning.
Ilihapi:
Aanniaravit?ᐋᓐᓂᐊᕋᕕᑦ? Are you sick?
Juani:
ii, niaqunngugama, huli aqagu hanalaittunga.ᐄ, ᓂᐊᖁᙳᒐᒪ, ᓱᓕ ᐊᖃᒍ ᓴᓇᓚᐃᑦᑐᖓ. Yes, I have a headache. I won't be working tomorrow either.
Ilihapi:
Ahiułuk.ᐊᓯᐅᖢᒃ. Oh, dear.
Vocabulary
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ubluq
day
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ublumi
today
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ublaaq
morning
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ublutkut
afternoon
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unnuk
evening
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unnuaq
night
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tařva
now
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ikpakšaq
yesterday
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aqagu
tomorrow
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pinahuaruhiq
week
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pinahuaruhiuniaqtumi
next week
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pinahuaruhiuhaaqtumi
last week
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hivataarviŋmi ubluriřaanilu
weekend
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tatqiq
month
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tatqiuniaqtumi
next month
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hananngaut
Monday
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aippiut
Tuesday
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pingattiut
Wednesday
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hitammiut
Thursday
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tallimiut
Friday
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hivataarvik
Saturday
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ubluriřuq
Sunday
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huvit?
What are you doing?
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huniaqpit?
What will you be doing? (tomorrow or further in the future)
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huniaqpit?
What will you be doing (later today)?
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hugaluaqpit?
What did you do earlier today?
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hugaluaqpit?
What did you do? (yesterday or further in the past)
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Grammar
26 » Overview of Affixes Used for Tenses
As a review, here is a summary of the most common affixes used to mark events that are happening in the past, present and future. Remember that in Inuinnaqtun, tense markers are not always used and you may have rely on the context of the conversation to know when something happened.
The table below shows the variations following a verb root ending in a vowel (niri-), ending in -q (aullaq-), ending in -k (pihuk-) and ending in -t (tikit-)
| -hima- : past (general) | |
| nirihimařuq | He/she has eaten. |
| aullaqhimařuq | He/she departed; is out of town. |
| pihukhimařuq | He/she walked. |
| tikihimařuq | He/she has arrived. |
| -haaq- : immediate past | |
| nirihaaqtuq | he/she just ate |
| aullahaaqtuq | he/she just departed |
| pihuhaaqtuq | he/she just walked |
| tikihaaqtuq | he/she just arrived |
| -liq- : present | |
| niriliqtuq | he/she is eating right now |
| aullaliqtuq | he/she is departing right now |
| pihuliqtuq | he/she is walking right now |
| tikiliqtuq | he/she is arriving right now |
| -niaq- : future | |
| niriniaqtuq | he/she will eat |
| aullarniaqtuq | he/she will depart |
| pihungniaqtuq | he/she will walk |
| tikinniaqtuq | he/she will arrive |
| -jumaaq- : uncertain future | |
| nirijumaaqtuq | he/she may eat |
| aullarumaaqtuq | he/she may arrive |
| pihugumaaqtuq | he/she might walk |
| tikittumaaqtuq | he/she might arrive |