24 Quviagijara

Dialogue: Weekend plans

iiva:
Pinasuarusiup nunnguani sulaaqqit?ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓯᐅᑉ ᓄᙳᐊᓂ ᓱᓛᖅᑭᑦ? What are you doing this weekend?
Sulumani:
illuralaattinuulaaqtunga.ᐃᓪᓗᕋᓛᑦᑎᓐᓅᓛᖅᑐᖓ. I am going to my cabin.
iiva:
Asukuluk, quviagiviuk tauvani?ᐊᓱᑯᓗᒃ, ᖁᕕᐊᒋᕕᐅᒃ ᑕᐅᕙᓂ? Oh yeah? Do you like it there?
Sulumani:
ii, atsualuk quviagijara.ᐄ, ᐊᑦᓱᐊᓗᒃ ᖁᕕᐊᒋᔭᕋ. Yes indeed, I really like it there.
iiva:
Tauvani suvakkavit? ᑕᐅᕙᓂ ᓱᕙᒃᑲᕕᑦ?What do you do out there?
Sulumani:
Pisuppattunga kuummut.ᐱᓱᑉᐸᑦᑐᖓ ᑰᒻᒧᑦ. I often walk to the river.

Vocabulary
tusarnirijara
like the sound of it (I...)
quviasunngittunga
sad (I am....)
quviasuttunga
happy (I am...)
quviagijara
enjoy it (I...)
piuksaqtunga
like something (I...)
piugijara
like it (I...)
numaagijanga
sad (it makes him...)
nalligusuktunga
feel love for (I...)
nalligijara
love him/her/it (I...)
mamariviuk?
Do you like the taste of it?
mamarijara
like the taste of it (I...)
mamaqsaqtunga
like the taste (I...)
kappiagijanga
afraid of her (he is...)
kanngusuktutit
shy (you are ...)
kanngugijait
shy (he/she makes you feel...)
illuralaaliaqta
cabin (Let’s go to the...)

Grammar

47 » Emotions

Many verbs that describe a phyiscal or emotional sensation are followed by the affix -guhuk- or sometimes just -huk- :

quvia + huk + pit  
quviahukpit? Are you happy?
quviahuktunga I am happy.

 

Here are some other examples:

kappia + huk to be afraid
kappiahuktuuk The two of them are afraid.
   
kanngu + huk to feel embarrassed
kannguhuktuq He/she feels shy/embarrassed.
   
ikpi + guhuk to feel / be impacted by something
ikpiguhuktuq He/she is impacted by something.
   
nagli + guhuk to love someone
nagliguhuktuq He/she feels love/compassion towards someone.

 

Next, there is a more complex form of these verbs that takes a double verb ending to describe who or what is causing that emotion:
kappiagiviuk? Are you afraid of it?
iliragiřaa He/she is intimidated by him/her.

When a transitive verb ending is used, the affix -huk- is dropped and the verb -gi- is added to the root verb to create a link between different people. Here are some other examples of this construction:

kappiagiviuk? Are you afraid of it?
piugijara I like it.
kanngugiřaa He/she makes him/her feel shy.

Note that -ri- is used after verb roots that end in -q :

mamaqtuq It tastes good.
mamarijanga It tastes good to her.

To express the above in the negative, the affix -nngit- is added just before the verb ending:

kanngusunngittutit You are not shy.
piuginngittara I don’t like it.
Nattiq mamarinngittaa. He does not enjoy the taste of the seal meat.

48 » Changing Verbs to Nouns

The affix -niq is added to the end of a verb root in order to talk about the action it describes in a general way (as a noun):

nirijuq he is eating
niriniq eating
Niriniq quviagiřaa. He/she enjoys eating.

When -niq is added to a verb root ending in -k, it changes k to ng :

pihuktuq He/she is walking.
pihungniq walking
Pihungniq quviagiřaa. He/she enjoys dancing.

When -niq is added to a verb root ending in -q, it changes q to r :

numiqtuq He/she is dancing.
numirniq dancing
Numirniq quviagiřaa. He/she enjoys dancing.

 

This affix can be used to describe activities that one enjoys - or does not enjoy - doing.

Mukpauřiurniq quviagiřara. I enjoy making bread.
Hiningniq iqiagiřara. I don’t feel like sleeping.
Aullarniq quviagiviuk? Do you enjoy travelling?