Thursday, July 14, 2011

He/She/They are/are not X'ing me/us

Iga - To cook
Igatigaaŋa She is cooking for me
Igatigaatiguk She is cooking for us (2)
Igatigaatigut She is cooking for us (3)

Igatiŋitchaaŋa She isn't cooking for me
Igatiŋitchaatiguk She isn't cooking for us (2)
Igatiŋitchaatigut She isn't cooking for us (3)

Tapkua They (lit. "those ones" as opposed to Tamna "that one/that")
Tapkua igatiŋitchaatigut They aren't cooking for us
Tapkua igatiŋitchaatiguk They aren't cooking for us (2)
Tapkua igatiŋitchaaŋa They aren't cooking for me

Akkupak uiga igatigaaŋa.
My husband is cooking for me right now (this moment).

Akkupak Right now
Uiga My husband

Uqautigaaŋa She is telling me
Uqautigaatiguk She is telling us (2)
Uqautigaatigut She is telling us (3)

Uqautiŋitchaaŋa He isn't/didn't tell me
Uqautiŋitchaatiguk He didn't tell us (2)
Uqautiŋitchaatigut He didn't tell us (3)


Ikayuq - To help
Ikayuġaaŋa He is helping me
Ikayuġaatiguk He is helping us (2)
Ikayuġaatigut He is helping us (3)

Ikayuŋitchaaŋa He isn't helping me
Ikayuŋitchaatiguk He isn't helping us (2)
Ikayuŋitchaatigut He isn't helping me (3)

Tapkua ikayuŋitchaaŋa They aren't helping me
Tapkua ikayuŋitchaatiguk They aren't helping us (2)
Tapkua ikayuŋitchaatigut They aren't helping us (3)

Uvlaapak paniga ikayuġaaŋa.
My daughter is helping me this morning.

Sample sentence:

I!i!ġaavut i!isallaitchut Iñupiaraałiġmik aglaġviŋmi aasiisuli tapkua i!isuatrit ikayuŋitchaatigut.

Our children aren't studying Inupiaq in school and the teachers are not helping us.

I!i!ġaat Children
I!i!ġaavut Our children
I!isaq- To study
I!isaqtuq He is studying
I!isallaitchuq He cannot/is not studying
I!isallaitchut They are not/never/cannot study

I!isallaitchut Iñupiaraałiġmik They are not studying how to speak Iñupiatun.

Aglaġvik School
Aglaġviŋmi At school

Aasiisuli And furthermore
I!isuatri Teacher
Tapkua i!isuatrit Those teachers
Ikayuŋitchaatigut Are not helping us

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