Café & Drinks

1. ᐃᒥᕈᒪᔪᖓ.

   I-mi-ru-ma-ju-nga.

   I'd like some water.

   Usage

   Asks for drinking water. Imiq is drinking water; imaq is the sea

   Grammar Note

   -rumajunga means "I would like". Kaapiturumajunga ("coffee") follows the same pattern

2. ᐃᒥᕈᒪᕕᑦ?

   I-mi-ru-ma-vit?

   Would you like some water?

   Usage

   Offers water. A reply is ii, imirumajunga ("yes, I would like water")

   Grammar Note

   -rumavit asks one person. For two people use -rumavisik and for three or more use -rumavisi

3. ᑳᐱᑐᕈᒪᔪᖓ.

   Kaa-pi-tu-ru-ma-ju-nga.

   I'd like some coffee.

   Usage

   Asks for coffee. For tea, use tiiturumajunga

   Grammar Note

   Kaapi is English "coffee" respelled in Inuktitut. -rumajunga means "I would like"

4. ᑳᐱᑐᕈᒪᕕᑦ?

   Kaa-pi-tu-ru-ma-vit?

   Would you like some coffee?

   Usage

   Offers coffee. A reply is ii, kaapiturumajunga ("yes, I would like coffee")

   Grammar Note

   -rumavit is the question form for one person

5. ᑏᑐᕈᒪᔪᖓ.

   Tii-tu-ru-ma-ju-nga.

   I'd like some tea.

   Usage

   Asks for tea

   Grammar Note

   Tii is English "tea" respelled in Inuktitut. -rumajunga means "I would like"

6. ᑏᑐᕈᒪᕕᑦ?

   Tii-tu-ru-ma-vit?

   Would you like some tea?

   Usage

   Offers tea. A reply is ii, tiiturumajunga ("yes, I would like tea")

   Grammar Note

   -rumavit is the question form for one person

7. ᐃᒥᕈᒪᙱᑦᑐᖓ.

   I-mi-ru-ma-nngit-tu-nga.

   I don't want any water.

   Usage

   A way to decline an offer

   Grammar Note

   The negative of -rumajunga is -rumanngittunga, as in kaapiturumanngittunga ("I don't want coffee")

8. ᑳᐱᑐᕈᒪᙱᑦᑐᖓ.

   Kaa-pi-tu-ru-ma-nngit-tu-nga.

   I don't want any coffee.

   Usage

   Declines an offer of coffee

   Grammar Note

   -rumanngittunga means "I don't want". For tea use tiiturumanngittunga

9. ᑳᐱᒧᑦ ᓱᑲᓕᓱᖑᕕᑦ?

   Kaa-pi-mut su-ka-li-su-ngu-vit?

   Do you take sugar with your coffee?

   Usage

   Asks how someone takes their coffee. Answers are sukalisuungujunga ("I take sugar") or sukalisuungunngittunga ("I do not")

   Grammar Note

   The pattern -suunguvit asks about a habit. Tiimut immulisunguvit? ("do you take milk with tea?") follows it

10. ᑏᒧᑦ ᐃᒻᒧᓕᓱᖑᕕᑦ?

    Tii-mut im-mu-li-su-ngu-vit?

    Do you take milk with your tea?

    Usage

    Asks how someone takes their tea

    Grammar Note

    Immuk means "milk". The pattern -suunguvit asks about a habit

11. ᓱᑲᓕᓲᖑᙱᑦᑐᖓ.

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

    I do not take sugar.

    Usage

    The answer of someone who takes no sugar in coffee or tea

    Grammar Note

    -nngit- is negation and -tunga is "I". Someone who does take sugar says sukalisuungujunga

12. ᑏ ᐅᓇᖅᑐᐊᓗᒃ.

    Tii u-naq-tu-a-luk.

    The tea is very hot.

    Usage

    A warning that the tea is hot

    Grammar Note

    The ending -aluk adds "very". Uunaqtuq is also used for a hot drink

13. ᐃᒻᒧᒃ

    Im-muk

    Milk

    Usage

    Names milk, for example milk for tea or coffee

    Grammar Note

    A plain noun. Inside a sentence its ending changes with case and number

14. ᐃᒥᒐᖅ

    I-mi-gaq

    Pop (soft drink)

    Usage

    Names the kind of drink called pop

    Grammar Note

    It is a different word from imiq ("drinking water") and imaq ("sea")

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