Order anything by pointing in Inuktitut
I would like, this one, how much, the bill: survive any counter or menu. 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 11 Inuktitut phrases in this lesson
- ...แฅแ แฑแชแชแชแ-mik pee-yoo-ma-YOO-nga
- I would like...
- แ แOO-na
- This one
- แแฆแฏแฆ?KAT-sit
- How much is it?
- แแญแแแแ แแah-kee-lee-nee-AK-too-nga
- The bill, please
- Cardkard
- By card
- แฎแแ แญแแฏแฆkee-na-OO-yak-koot
- In cash
- แแฅแ EE-mik
- Water
- แณแฑKAA-pee
- Coffee
- แtee
- Tea
- แฑแPEE-ah
- Beer
- ...แแฑแฆแแ -ka-NGIT-tok
- Without...
Literally "I want some ...": แณแฑแฅแ แฑแชแชแชแ (KAA-pee-mik pee-yoo-ma-YOO-nga), I would like coffee.
Point and say it.
Literally "how many?". Prices in northern stores are high, since nearly everything arrives by plane or the summer sealift.
Literally "I am going to pay".
Payment is talked about in English. Cards work at the Northern and Co-op stores.
Literally "with money".
Drinking water. แแชแ (EE-mak) is seawater.
Tea, แ (TEE), is the drink offered to visitors.
Alcohol is restricted or banned in many Nunavut communities. Respect local rules.
A suffix meaning "without having": แฏแ แแแฑแฆแแ (see-oo-ga-ka-NGIT-tok), without sugar.