18 Ilakka

In the dialogue for this lesson we see one way of talking about going to someone's house:

Both of these words feature the affix -kkut. Among its various meanings, -kkut can be used to describe households:

To this affix we can add other affixes:

Now we will add an extra layer of complexity:

The ending -tinni comibnex the idea of being somewhere with the possessive ‘my’ or ‘our'

The ending -sinni comibnex the idea of being somewhere with the possessive ‘your’.

Look at these two very common expressions

But there are many more possibilities here:

Or, if we want to speak more completely:

Some notes on birthdays. 

You will remember the affix -suuq (meaning “someone who does something regularly”) from such expressions as:

Remember that when making a simple statement in the third person (he / she / it), -suuq can appear, on its own, at the end of the word.

In any other situation, you normally add the verb -u-/-ngu- (meaning ‘to be’) after -suuq- followed by the appropriate ending:

Let’s say we want to ask someone how old they are: 

In answering, we do like in French and talk about how many years we “have”: 

Remember that when -qaq- comes together with -tuq-, we get the affix -lik :

If, on the day of someone’s birthday, we want to ask them how old they are turning, we use the affix -liq-to express something that is changing:

Finally, if you are looking for something to write on a birthday card: