Car Rental & Driving

1. ᓄᓇᓯᐅᑦ

   Nu-na-si-ut

   Car

   Usage

   The South Baffin (Iqaluit) word for "car". North Baffin says nunakkuurut

   Grammar Note

   "Is driving a car" is nunasiuqtuq. Few roads link the communities, and travel between them is mostly by air

2. ᓄᓇᓯᐅᖅᑐᖓ.

   Nu-na-si-uq-tu-nga.

   I'm driving a car.

   Usage

   Says that you are driving a car

   Grammar Note

   Nunasiuqtuq means "is driving a car". -junga and -tunga mean "I". For he, she or it use -juq or -tuq; for we (three or more) use -jugut or -tugut. Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

3. ᐊᖁᑦᑐᓐᓇᖅᑐᖓ.

   A-qut-tun-naq-tu-nga.

   I can drive.

   Usage

   Says that you are able to drive

   Grammar Note

   The infix -unnaq- means "can". -junga and -tunga mean "I". For he, she or it use -juq or -tuq; for we (three or more) use -jugut or -tugut. Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

4. ᐊᖁᑦᑐᓐᓇᖅᑭᑦ?

   A-qut-tun-naq-kit?

   Can you drive?

   Usage

   Asks one person whether they can drive

   Grammar Note

   The ending -qqit? (syllabics ᖅᑭᑦ, transcribed q-kit in this app) asks one person a yes-no question. For two people use -qqisik and for three or more -qqisi. Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

5. ᐊᖁᑎ

   A-qu-ti

   Driver

   Usage

   A person who drives a vehicle or steers a boat

   Grammar Note

   A word related to aquttuq ("drives")

6. ᐅᖅᓱᐊᓗᒃ

   Uq-su-a-luk

   Gasoline

   Usage

   Fuel for cars and snowmobiles. It is a different word from uqsuq ("oil, blubber")

   Grammar Note

   A word related to uqsuq ("oil, blubber"). It ends in -k

7. ᐅᖅᓱᐊᓗᒃᑖᕐᕕᒃ

   Uq-su-a-luk-taar-vik

   Gas station

   Usage

   The place to buy fuel

   Grammar Note

   The ending -vik makes a place word

8. ᐅᖅᓱᐊᓗᒃᑖᕐᕕᒃ ᓇᒦᑉᐸ?

   Uq-su-a-luk-taar-vik na-miip-pa?

   Where is the gas station?

   Usage

   Asks where the gas station is

   Grammar Note

   X namiippa? is the basic form for "where is X?". The ending -vik makes a word for a place. Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

9. ᐅᖅᓱᐊᓗᒃᑖᕐᕕᒃ ᐅᖓᓯᑦᑐᖅᑲ?

   Uq-su-a-luk-taar-vik u-nga-sit-tuq-ka?

   Is the gas station far?

   Usage

   Asks about distance. Answer ii ("yes") or aagga ("no"). To ask if it is near use qanittuqqa?

   Grammar Note

   The ending -qqa (syllabics ᖅᑲ, transcribed q-ka in this app) asks a yes-no question about he, she or it. Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

10. ᑮ

    Kii

    Key

    Usage

    The word for a key

    Grammar Note

    The long vowel ii is written with a dotted character

11. ᓄᖅᑲᕐᕕᒃ

    Nuq-kar-vik

    Stop sign

    Usage

    The word for a road stop sign

    Grammar Note

    It shares a root with nuqqarit! ("stop!") and nuqqaqtuq ("stops")

12. ᐊᖅᑯᑦ

    Aq-kut

    Street, road

    Usage

    The word for a street or road in a community

    Grammar Note

    The qq spelling is written in syllabics as a final q followed by the ku character

13. ᖃᒧᑕᐅᔭᖅ

    Qa-mu-ta-u-jaq

    Snowmobile

    Usage

    A vehicle for travelling over snow and ice

    Grammar Note

    "By snowmobile" is qamutaujakkut

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