Dialogue: Birthdays
Aani:
Uik, anaanat qangauliraangat nalliutihuunguva?ᐅᐃᒃ, ᐊᓈᓇᑦ ᖃᖓᐅᓕᕌᖓᑦ ᓇᓪᓕᐅᑎᓲᖑᕙ?When does your mother have her birthday?
Pauluusi:
Anaanaga nalliutihuuqtuq maimi. Ibbilli ataatat qangauliraangat nalliuniqhiujuva?ᐊᓈᓇᒐ ᓇᓪᓕᐅᑎᖃᑦᑕᖅᑐᖅ ᒪᐃᒥ. ᐃᕝᕕᓪᓕ ᐊᑖᑕᑦ ᖃᖓᐅᓕᕌᖓᑦ ᓇᓪᓕᐅᓂᖅᓯᐅᔪᕙ My mother's birthday is in May. What about you, when is your father's birthday?
Aani:
Ataataga Juunimi nalliutihuuqtuq. ᐊᑖᑕᒐ ᔫᓂᒥ ᓇᓪᓕᐅᑎᓲᖅᑐᖅ.My father's birthday is in June.
Vocabulary
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ilagiit
ᐃᓚᒌᑦ
family
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ila
ᐃᓚ
relative; family member
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anaana
ᐊᓈᓇ
mother
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ataata
ᐊᑖᑕ
father
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uik
ᐅᐃᒃ
husband
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nuliaq
ᓄᓕᐊᖅ
wife
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panik
ᐸᓂᒃ
daughter
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irniq
ᐃᕐᓂᖅ
son
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anik
ᐊᓂᒃ
brother of a female
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najak
ᓇᔭᒃ
sister of a male
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angijuk
ᐊᖏᔪᒃ
older sibling (same sex)
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nukaq
ᓄᑲᖅ
younger sibling (of the same sex)
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ataatatsiaq
ᐊᑖᑕᑦᓯᐊᖅ
grandfather
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anaanatsiaq
ᐊᓈᓇᑦᓯᐊᖅ
grandmother
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attak
ᐊᑦᑕᒃ
aunt (father’s sister)
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ajak
ᐊᔭᒃ
aunt (mother’s sister)
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angak
ᐊᖓᒃ
uncle (mother’s brother)
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akkak
ᐊᒃᑲᒃ
uncle (father’s brother)
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sakik
ᓴᑭᒃ
parents-in-law
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ukuaq
ᐅᑯᐊᖅ
daughter-in-law; sister-in-law (brother’s wife)
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sakiaq
ᓴᑭᐊᖅ
sister-in-law (husband’s sister)
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ningauk
ᓂᖓᐅᒃ
son-in-law; brother-in-law (of the same sex)
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airaapik
ᐊᐃᕌᐱᒃ
brother-in-law (sister’s husband)
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airaapik
ᐊᐃᕌᐱᒃ
sister-in-law (brother’s wife)
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sakiqpaaq
ᓴᑭᖅᐹᖅ
grandparents-in-law
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Grammar
35 » Going to someone’s house
In the dialogue for this lesson we see one way of talking about going to someone's house:
| anaanamnuungaujunga | I am going to mother's house. |
| nukamnungauhimajunga | I went to my younger sibling's house. |
This involves some advanced possessive endings that combine the idea of ‘my’ with the idea of ‘in’:
| -mni | in/at my... |
| tupimni | in my tent |
| anaanamni | at my mother's |
| nukamni | at my younger sibiling’s place (same sex) |
A small change can be made to talk about ‘from my...'
| -mnit | from my... |
| tupimnit | from my tent |
| anaanamnit | from my mother's |
| nukamnit | from my younger sibiling’s place (same sex) |
Or, you could say:
| -mnut | to my... |
| tupimnut | to my tent |
| anaanamnut | to my mother's |
| nukamnut | to my younger sibiling’s place (same sex) |
There are similar affixes that can be used to create different words:
| -mniit- | to be in/at my... |
| tupimniittut | They are in my tent. |
| anaanamniittunga | I am at my mother’s place. |
| -mninngaaq- | to be coming from my... |
| tupimninngaaqtuq | He/she is coming from my tent. |
| anaanamninngaqtunga | I am coming from my mother’s place. |
| -mnuunngau- | to be going to my... |
| tupimnunngaujunga | I am going to my tent. |
| anaanamnunngaujunga | I am going to my mother’s place. |
When we are talking about ‘my place,’ we use these words:
| uvatipti'ni | at my place; at our place |
| uvatpti'nit | at your place |
| uvapti'nut | to my place |
36 » Birthdays
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