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Lesson 3 of 10
Yes, no and the essentials in Inuktitut
The small words that carry half of every conversation, and the ones that rescue it. 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
- แEE
- Yes
- แแแฒAAK-ka
- No
- แแแแฑแฆแแ ka-noo-ee-NGIT-tok
- Okay
- แแญแฏแฑแฆแแtoo-kee-see-NGIT-too-nga
- I don't understand
- แแชแแแแแฒแแแฆ?kal-loo-NAA-tee-too-soo-ngoo-vit
- Do you speak English?
- แแ แ แแแฒแแแแฆah-TEE oo-kak-kan-NEE-rit
- Can you repeat that?
- แฑแแฒแแฆแแฅแsook-KAIT-too-mik
- Slowly, please
- แฑแแ แ แ แ?soo-na-OO-va OO-na
- What is this?
- ...แฅแ แฑแญแแแแ แแ-mik pee-ya-ree-ah-KAK-too-nga
- I need...
- แแฒแชแแแแ แฑแ?ee-ka-yoo-roon-NAK-pee-nga
- Can you help me?
Raised eyebrows also mean yes.
A wrinkled nose also means no.
Literally "nothing is wrong with it".
Literally "are you an English speaker?". Nearly everyone in Nunavut also speaks English.
Literally "go ahead, say it again".
Literally "in a slow way".
Literally "what is this?".
Literally "I need to have ...".
Literally "can you help me?".