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Lesson 5 of 10

Shops and hotels in Inuktitut

Open, closed, a bag, the wifi password: the checkout and the front desk. 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.

The coastal community of Arctic Bay in Nunavut seen from the air
Shops and hotels
10 words ยท 20 seconds each ยท 8 of 10 to pass
What it meansHow to say it
Timkal, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

All 10 Inuktitut phrases in this lesson

...แ–ƒแ–…แฑแ‘ฆ?-KAK-pit
Do you have...?

A suffix meaning "do you have ...?": แƒแ’ฅแ–ƒแ–…แฑแ‘ฆ? (ee-mee-KAK-pit), do you have water?

แ“‡แ…แ’ƒ...?NOWK
Where is...?

Literally "where is ...?".

แ…แ’ƒแ‘ฏแƒแ–…แ“ฏแ’ชแ”ชแ–…ook-koo-eek-see-MA-yook
Open

Literally "it has been opened".

แ’ชแ‘แ“ฏแ’ชแ”ชแ–…ma-too-see-MA-yook
Closed

Literally "it has been closed".

Bag?bag
A bag?

Said in English at the checkout.

แŠแ‘ญแ‘แ“—แŠแ–…แ‘แ–…ah-kee-too-loo-AK-took
Too expensive

Literally "it is too expensive".

I have a reservationai hav a re-zer-VAY-shun
I have a reservation

Hotel business in the north happens in English.

Is breakfast included?iz BREK-fust in-KLOO-ded
Is breakfast included?

Said in English. Breakfast is often eaten at the community's one hotel or co-op.

What's the wifi password?wuts the WAI-fai PASS-wurd
What's the wifi password?

Said in English. Internet in the north runs by satellite and is slow and costly.

...แ’แ“แ“‡แ–…แณแ–“?-goon-NAK-poo-nga
Can I...?

A suffix meaning "can I ...?", added to the verb.

Where Inuktitut is spoken

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