Thursday, August 4, 2011

Common time indicators

Sumulikpan?
What time?

Qanuq sassaq iḷiva?
What time is it?

Atausiġuqtuq..........One o’clock

Malġuguqtuq..........Two o’clock

Piŋasuguqtuq..........Three o’clock

Sissamaguqtuq..........Four o’clock

Tallimaguqtuq..........Five o’clock

Itchaksraguqtuq..........Six o’clock

Tallimat malġuguqtuq..........Seven o’clock

Tallimat piŋasuguqtuq..........Eight o’clock

Quliŋŋuġutaiḷaġuqtuq..........Nine o’clock

Quliguqtuq..........Ten o’clock

Qulit atausiġuqtuq..........Eleven o’clock

Qulit malġuguqtuq..........Twelve o’clock

Qakugu?
When? (future: can mean day or general time)

Qaŋa?
When (past)

Akkupak
Right now

Pagmapak
Now

Iḷaatni
Later/Sometime

Aqagu
Later on/in a little while

Uvlaaq
Morning

Uvlaapak
This morning/all this morning

Uvlaami
At a specific point this morning/in the morning

Uvluq
Day/afternoon

Uvlupak
Today/all day today

Uvlumi
At a specific point in time today/in the day

Anaqapak
This evening

Anaqami
In the evening

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