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Lesson 7 of 10
Meeting people in Inuktitut
How are you, what is your name, where are you from, I like it: the first five minutes. 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
- แแแแแฑแฆ?ka-noo-EEP-pit
- How are you?
- แแแแฑแฆแแ, แแญแแแฆแka-noo-ee-NGIT-too-nga, koo-yan-na-MEEK
- I'm fine, thanks
- แแแแฆ?EEV-vit
- And you?
- แญแแ แแฆ?kee-na-OO-vit
- What's your name?
- ...แ แชแ-oo-YOO-nga
- My name is...
- แแญแถแ แฑแฆ?na-kee-NGAAK-pit
- Where are you from?
- ...แถแ แณแ-ngaak-POO-nga
- I'm from...
- แแแแญแkoo-vee-gee-YA-ra
- I like it
- แฑแ แชแ pee-OO-yook
- It's beautiful
- แแตแฑแแฆtoon-nga-SOO-git
- Welcome
Literally "nothing is wrong with me, thanks".
Literally "and you?".
Literally "who are you?".
The name comes first: "Anna-แ แชแ".
The place comes first.
Literally "it is good, it is fine".
On the signs at every airport in Nunavut.