Dialogue » 28 » A hunting trip

Aita:
Tuuma, qauppat asivalaaqqit?ᑑᒪ, ᖃᐅᑉᐸᑦ ᐊᓯᕙᓛᖅᑭᑦ? Tom, are you going hunting tomorrow?
Tuuma:
ii, qauppamut parnattunga sila piuppat.ᐄ, ᖃᐅᑉᐸᒧᑦ ᐸᕐᓇᑦᑐᖓ ᓯᓚ ᐱᐅᑉᐸᑦ.Yes, I am planning to go tomorrow if the weather is good.
Aita:
Asukuluk. Uvangattauq qauppamut parnattunga. Namunngalaaravilli? ᐊᓱᑯᓗᒃ. ᐅᕙᖓᑦᑕᐅᖅ ᖃᐅᑉᐸᒧᑦ ᐸᕐᓇᑦᑐᖓ. ᓇᒧᙵᓛᕋᕕᓪᓕ?I see. I am also planning on going tomorrow. Where will you be heading?
Tuuma:
Taununga tasilimmut iqallialaarumajunga.ᑕᐅᓄᖓ ᑕᓯᓕᒻᒧᑦ ᐃᖃᓪᓕᐊᓛᕈᒪᔪᖓ. Down to that area with the lake. I want to go fishing.
Aita:
Tauvanna nanuqarniraqtaummat qukiutiggilaaqtunga. ᑕᐅᕙᓐᓇ ᓇᓄᖃᕐᓂᕋᖅᑕᐅᒻᒪᑦ ᖁᑭᐅᑎᒡᒋᓛᖅᑐᖓ.They say there are polar bears down there. I am going to take my gun along.
Tuuma:
Asuinna suli nanuq tauvaniittuq. Immaqa akittinnuungaarunnuk tuttuqarniraqtaummat.ᐊᓱᐃᓐᓇ ᓱᓕ ᓇᓄᖅ ᑕᐅᕙᓃᑦᑐᖅ. ᐃᒻᒪᖃ ᐊᑭᑦᑎᓐᓅᖔᕈᓐᓄᒃ ᑐᑦᑐᖃᕐᓂᕋᖅᑕᐅᒻᒪᑦ. Yes indeed, there is still a polar bear there. Maybe we should go to the other side (of the bay) across from us instead because they say there are caribou there.
Aita:
Atii, akittinnuulaaliqquguk. Akuni tauvungalauqsimagunniiqtunga. ᐊᑏ, ᐊᑭᑦᑎᓐᓅᓛᓕᖅᑯᒍᒃ. ᐊᑯᓂ ᑕᐅᕗᖓᓚᐅᕐᓯᒪᒍᓐᓃᖅᑐᖓ.Yes, let's go to the other side (of the bay). It's been a long time since I have gone there.
Tuuma:
Uvangattauq.ᐅᕙᖓᑦᑕᐅᖅ. Me too.
Aita:
Alianait. Qauppattauq. ᐊᓕᐊᓇᐃᑦ. ᖃᐅᑉᐸᑦᑕᐅᖅ.Awesome. See you tomorrow.
Tuuma:
ii, qauppattauq.ᐄ, ᖃᐅᑉᐸᑦᑕᐅᖅ. Yes, until tomorrow.