Dietary & Allergies

1. ᐃᖃᓗᒥᓂᖅ

   I-qa-lu-mi-niq

   Fish (as food)

   Usage

   Fish as something to eat. Iqaluk is the live fish or fish in general

   Grammar Note

   Adding -miniq to an animal name gives its meat as food, as in natsiminiq ("ringed seal meat") and tuttuminiq ("caribou meat")

2. ᒪᓐᓃᑦ

   Man-niit

   Eggs

   Usage

   The word for eggs, used as a single-word item when naming a food

   Grammar Note

   Manniit is the plural form, "eggs". The ending -t marks the plural

3. ᐃᒻᒧᒃ

   Im-muk

   Milk

   Usage

   The word for milk, as a single-word item when naming a food

   Grammar Note

   Powdered milk is immuksaut. Cheese is a separate word (siisi)

4. ᐃᒻᒧᓕᓲᖑᙱᑦᑐᖓ.

   Im-mu-li-suu-ngu-nngit-tu-nga.

   I don't take milk.

   Usage

   Says that you do not put milk in tea or coffee

   Grammar Note

   The negative answer to immulisuunguvit? ("do you take milk?"). -nngit- is negation and -tunga is "I"

5. ᓱᑲᓕᓲᖑᙱᑦᑐᖓ.

   Su-ka-li-suu-ngu-nngit-tu-nga.

   I don't take sugar.

   Usage

   Says that you do not put sugar in tea or coffee. It also helps when you want to avoid sweet things

   Grammar Note

   The negative answer to sukalisuunguvit? ("do you take sugar?"). -nngit- is negation and -tunga is "I"

6. ᐃᖃᓗᒥᓂᖅᑐᕈᒪᙱᑦᑐᖓ.

   I-qa-lu-mi-niq-tu-ru-ma-nngit-tu-nga.

   I don't want to eat fish.

   Usage

   A way to decline fish

   Grammar Note

   -rumanngittunga means "I do not want to". It is the negative of -rumajunga, and with food the stem takes -tu- first. Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

7. ᓇᑦᓯᒥᓂᖅᑐᕈᒪᙱᑦᑐᖓ.

   Nat-si-mi-niq-tu-ru-ma-nngit-tu-nga.

   I don't want to eat ringed seal meat.

   Usage

   A way to decline ringed seal meat, a traditional food

   Grammar Note

   -rumanngittunga means "I do not want to". It is the negative of -rumajunga, and with food the stem takes -tu- first. Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

8. ᑐᑦᑐᒥᓂᖅᑐᕈᒪᙱᑦᑐᖓ.

   Tut-tu-mi-niq-tu-ru-ma-nngit-tu-nga.

   I don't want to eat caribou meat.

   Usage

   A way to decline caribou meat

   Grammar Note

   -rumanngittunga means "I do not want to". It is the negative of -rumajunga, and with food the stem takes -tu- first. Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

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