Food & Drinks

31 phrases · Inuktitut with romanization, English and audio

  1. ᓂᕆᕕᒃ ᓇᒦᑉᐸ?

    Ni-ri-vik na-miip-pa?

    Where is the restaurant?

    Usage

    Asks for a place to eat

    Grammar Note

    The place suffix -vik gives nirivik "place to eat" and also aanniavik "hospital". Namiippa means "where is it?". Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

  2. ᑳᒃᑐᖓ.

    Kaak-tu-nga.

    I'm hungry.

    Usage

    A way to start when you want something to eat

    Grammar Note

    Kaaktuq means "he/she is hungry". -tunga means "I"

  3. ᐃᒥᕈᓱᑦᑐᖓ.

    I-mi-ru-sut-tu-nga.

    I'm thirsty.

    Usage

    When you would like something to drink

    Grammar Note

    Imirusuttuq means "he/she is thirsty". -tunga turns it into "I". Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

  4. ᑳᐱᑐᕈᒪᔪᖓ.

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

    I'd like coffee.

    Usage

    For ordering a drink or answering an offer

    Grammar Note

    -rumajunga means "I would like". Tiiturumajunga ("I would like tea") has the same shape

  5. ᑳᐱᑐᕈᒪᕕᑦ?

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

    Would you like coffee?

    Usage

    Offers coffee. The answer is ii, kaapiturumajunga ("yes, I'd like coffee")

    Grammar Note

    -rumavit is the "would you like" form for one person

  6. ᑏᑐᕈᒪᔪᖓ.

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

    I'd like tea.

    Usage

    To ask for tea or accept an offer of tea

    Grammar Note

    Tii is a loanword from English "tea". To decline say tiiturumanngittunga

  7. ᐃᒥᕈᒪᔪᖓ.

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

    I'd like some water.

    Usage

    Asks for drinking water. Imiq is drinking water and differs from imaq, the sea or an expanse of water

    Grammar Note

    To decline say imirumanngittunga ("I don't want water")

  8. ᓇᑦᓯᒥᓂᖅᑐᕈᒪᔪᖓ.

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

    I'd like to eat some ringed seal meat.

    Usage

    Says you would like to eat a traditional food. Natsiq is the ringed seal

    Grammar Note

    It follows the pattern of palaugaaqturumajunga ("I would like bannock") with a different food word. Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

  9. ᐸᓚᐅᒑᖅᑐᕈᒪᔪᖓ.

    Pa-la-u-gaaq-tu-ru-ma-ju-nga.

    I'd like some bannock.

    Usage

    To ask for or accept bannock, the traditional fried or baked bread

    Grammar Note

    An offer is palaugaaqturit ("have some bannock")

  10. ᐆᔪᖅᑐᕆᐊᖅᑐᕈᒪᕕᑦ?

    Uu-juq-tu-ri-aq-tu-ru-ma-vit?

    Do you want to come eat uujuq?

    Usage

    Invites someone to a home meal of uujuq, boiled meat in broth. Answer with ii (yes) or aagga (no)

    Grammar Note

    The literal sense is "do you want to go eat uujuq?". It is used as is by the host who invites. Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

  11. ᒪᒪᕆᔭᕋ.

    Ma-ma-ri-ja-ra.

    I like the taste of it.

    Usage

    When you like how something tastes

    Grammar Note

    The literal sense is "I like its taste". To ask someone use mamariviuk? ("do you like the taste of it?")

  12. ᓇᑯᕐᒦᒃ ᓂᕆᑎᒃᑲᕕᖓ.

    Na-kur-miik ni-ri-tik-ka-vi-nga.

    Thank you for the meal.

    Usage

    After a meal, to the person who fed you

    Grammar Note

    Nakurmiik "thank you" is followed by a word naming what was done for you

  13. ᓱᑲᓕᓲᖑᕕᑦ?

    Su-ka-li-suu-ngu-vit?

    Do you take sugar?

    Usage

    Asks whether you take sugar in a hot drink. Answer sukalisuungujunga ("I do") or sukalisuungunngittunga ("I don't")

    Grammar Note

    -suunguvit means "do you habitually...". Immulisuunguvit? ("do you take milk?") has the same shape

  14. ᐃᒻᒧᓕᓲᖑᕕᑦ?

    Im-mu-li-suu-ngu-vit?

    Do you take milk?

    Usage

    Asks whether you take milk in a hot drink. The answer is immulisuungujunga ("I do")

    Grammar Note

    -suunguvit is the "do you habitually" form for one person

  15. ᒪᑕᓕᕈᒪᕕᑦ?

    Ma-ta-li-ru-ma-vit?

    Do you want butter?

    Usage

    When offering something to spread, for example on bannock

    Grammar Note

    Jaalirumaviit? ("do you want jam?") has the same shape

  16. ᑭᓱᑐᕈᒪᕕᑦ?

    Ki-su-tu-ru-ma-vit?

    What would you like to eat?

    Usage

    What a host or server asks to take an order

    Grammar Note

    -tu- means "eat or drink" and -rumavit means "do you want to")

  17. ᑏ ᐅᓇᖅᑐᐊᓗᒃ.

    Tii u-naq-tu-a-luk.

    The tea is very hot.

    Usage

    A warning that the drink is too hot

    Grammar Note

    Uunaqtuq is also used for a hot liquid

  18. ᓂᕿ

    Ni-qi

    Food

    Usage

    Food in general; it can refer especially to meat

    Grammar Note

    Niqi means "food" and can also mean meat. Specific meats are named, for example tuttuminiq "caribou meat"

  19. ᐆᔪᖅ

    Uu-juq

    Uujuq (boiled meat in broth)

    Usage

    A home dish of boiled meat in broth, often served to invited guests

    Grammar Note

    Uujuliuqtuq means "makes uujuq". It can be made with seal or caribou meat

  20. ᖃᔪᖅ

    Qa-juq

    Broth

    Usage

    The liquid from boiled meat, taken as a soup

    Grammar Note

    The word names the cooking liquid. The dish with the meat in it is uujuq

  21. ᑐᑦᑐᒥᓂᖅ

    Tut-tu-mi-niq

    Caribou meat

    Usage

    Meat of the tuttu, the caribou, as food

    Grammar Note

    Tuttu is the animal itself; adding -miniq gives the meat as food

  22. ᓇᑦᓯᒥᓂᖅ

    Nat-si-mi-niq

    Ringed seal meat

    Usage

    Meat of the natsiq, the ringed seal

    Grammar Note

    Natsiq plus -miniq; iqaluminiq ("fish as food") is built the same way

  23. ᐃᖃᓗᒥᓂᖅ

    I-qa-lu-mi-niq

    Fish (as food)

    Usage

    Fish as food, as opposed to iqaluk, the living fish

    Grammar Note

    Iqaluk "fish" plus -miniq

  24. ᒪᓐᓃᑦ

    Man-niit

    Eggs

    Usage

    Eggs for cooking

    Grammar Note

    The word is plural in form

  25. ᓰᓯ

    Sii-si

    Cheese

    Usage

    A loanword from English "cheese"

    Grammar Note

    Loanwords are respelled with the letters this language has (ch becomes s)

  26. ᓱᑲᖅ

    Su-kaq

    Sugar

    Usage

    Sugar for drinks and cooking

    Grammar Note

    The sukali- in sukalisuunguvit? ("do you take sugar?") is related to this word

  27. ᔮ

    Jaa

    Jam

    Usage

    A loanword from English "jam"

    Grammar Note

    To offer it say jaalirumaviit? ("do you want jam?")

  28. ᓯᕙᐅᔭᖅ

    Si-va-u-jaq

    Cookie

    Usage

    A sweet baked treat

    Grammar Note

    A single noun

  29. ᐸᓚᐅᒑᖅ

    Pa-la-u-gaaq

    Bannock

    Usage

    A traditional kind of bread

    Grammar Note

    It is built into verbs such as palaugaaqturumajunga ("I would like bannock")

  30. ᓂᒃᑯ

    Nik-ku

    Dried meat

    Usage

    Meat that has been dried

    Grammar Note

    The same word is used in North Baffin

  31. ᒪᑦᑖᖅ

    Mat-taaq

    Mattaaq (whale skin)

    Usage

    A traditional food made from the skin of the beluga or narwhal

    Grammar Note

    North Baffin spells it maktaaq; do not mix the two spellings

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