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Lesson 6 of 10
Cafe and restaurant in Inuktitut
A table, the menu, what you cannot eat, and a compliment to the kitchen. Play the ten Inuktitut words against the clock, with a note on how locals really use each one after every answer. All ten are written out below.
All 10 Inuktitut phrases in this lesson
- Table for twoTAY-bul for too
- A table for two
- MenuMEN-yoo
- The menu, please
- แฑแ แชแชแ แแ ?SOO-na ma-MAK-tok
- What do you recommend?
- ...แแแฑแฆแแnee-ree-NGIT-too-nga
- I don't eat...
- ...แแแแแแฑแฆแแnee-ree-goon-na-NGIT-too-nga
- I'm allergic to...
- แแฟNEE-kee
- Meat
- แแแฅแแ ting-MEE-ak
- Chicken
- แแแแee-KA-look
- Fish
- แชแชแ แแ ma-MAK-tok
- It's delicious
- แแ แฏแแฆแฏแแ ee-NOO-see-kat-see-ak
- Cheers
Said in English. Restaurants are few; most meals are at home.
Said in English.
Literally "what is tasty?". Country food like Arctic char and caribou is the pride of any table.
Literally "I don't eat ...".
Literally "I cannot eat ...", the plain way to describe an allergy.
Also means food in general. Raw frozen caribou and seal are everyday fare.
Literally "bird". Store chicken is flown in.
Arctic char, the signature fish.
Literally "a good life".