Airport & Customs

1. ᖃᖓᑕᓲᒃᑯᕕᒃ

   Qa-nga-ta-suuk-ku-vik

   Airport

   Usage

   The word for "airport" on signs and in speech. It is built from "airplane" plus the place ending

   Grammar Note

   The ending -vik/-kkuvik makes a place word, as in niuvirvik ("store") and aanniavik ("hospital")

2. ᖃᖓᑕᓲᒃᑯᕕᒃ ᓇᒦᑉᐸ?

   Qa-nga-ta-suuk-ku-vik na-miip-pa?

   Where is the airport?

   Usage

   Asks where the airport is, for example to a driver or at your lodging

   Grammar Note

   X namiippa? is the basic form for "where is X?". Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

3. ᖃᖓᑕᓲᖅ

   Qa-nga-ta-suuq

   Airplane

   Usage

   Names the airplane, the main way to travel between communities

   Grammar Note

   A noun that works alone. A pilot is qangatasuuqti

4. ᖃᖓᑦᑕᐅᑦ

   Qa-ngat-ta-ut

   Plane ticket

   Usage

   Names the plane ticket you show at check-in

   Grammar Note

   A noun that works alone

5. ᖃᖓᑕᓲᖅ ᑭᖑᕙᕆᐊᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᖅ.

   Qa-nga-ta-suuq ki-ngu-va-ri-aq-ta-u-si-ma-juq.

   The flight is delayed.

   Usage

   Used to tell or hear that a flight is late

   Grammar Note

   The verb ending -simajuq means "is in the state of having ...". The subject is the noun at the start

6. ᖃᖓᑕᓲᖅ ᓄᖅᑲᖅᑎᑕᖅ.

   Qa-nga-ta-suuq nuq-kaq-ti-taq.

   The flight is cancelled.

   Usage

   Used to tell or hear that a flight is cancelled

   Grammar Note

   Nuqqaqtuq means "stops". It shares a root with nuqqarit! ("stop!")

7. ᖃᖓᑕᓲᖅ ᑭᖑᕙᕆᐊᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᕙ?

   Qa-nga-ta-suuq ki-ngu-va-ri-aq-ta-u-si-ma-va?

   Is the flight delayed?

   Usage

   Asks whether the flight is late

   Grammar Note

   A question about a third party ends in -va, as in tuttuliaqsimava?. It replaces the statement ending -juq. Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

8. ᖃᑦᓯᒨᖅᑲᑦ ᖃᖓᑕᓲᖅ ᐊᐅᓪᓚᓛᖅᑲ?

   Qat-si-muuq-kat qa-nga-ta-suuq a-ul-la-laaq-ka?

   What time does the plane leave?

   Usage

   Asks the departure time. The answer is a digit plus -muuqqat, for example 4-muuqqat ("at four")

   Grammar Note

   Aullalaaqtuq means "departs tomorrow or later". For later today use aullarniaqtuq. Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

9. ᖃᖓ ᐊᐅᓪᓚᓛᖅᑭᑦ?

   Qa-nga a-ul-la-laaq-kit?

   When are you leaving?

   Usage

   Asks when someone is leaving

   Grammar Note

   Qanga ("when") comes first. The ending -qqit (syllabics ᖅᑭᑦ, transcribed q-kit in this app) asks one person. Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

10. ᑎᑭᕋᑖᖅᑐᖓ.

    Ti-ki-ra-taaq-tu-nga.

    I have just arrived.

    Usage

    Says that you have just arrived, for example to someone meeting you

    Grammar Note

    The ending -tunga means "I". "He/she has just arrived" is tikirataaqtuq. Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

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