Hotel

1. ᑐᔪᕐᒥᕕᒃ ᓇᒦᑉᐸ?

   Tu-jur-mi-vik na-miip-pa?

   Where is the hotel?

   Usage

   Asks where the lodging is

   Grammar Note

   To ask "where is...?" put namiippa after the place noun. Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

2. ᑐᔪᕐᒥᕕᒻᒦᑦᑐᖓ.

   Tu-jur-mi-vim-miit-tu-nga.

   I'm at the hotel.

   Usage

   Tells where you are now

   Grammar Note

   It follows illurusimiittunga ("I am in the bedroom") with the place word swapped. Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

3. ᐃᓪᓗᕈᓯᖅ

   Il-lu-ru-siq

   Bedroom

   Usage

   A room for sleeping

   Grammar Note

   Related to illu "house". "I am in the bedroom" is illurusimiittunga

4. ᐃᓪᓕᖅ

   Il-liq

   Bed

   Usage

   The place to sleep. Illiup ataaniittuq means "it is under the bed"

   Grammar Note

   Innatiqtuq means "goes to bed"

5. ᕿᐱᒃ

   Qi-pik

   Blanket

   Usage

   For when you want an extra one on a cold night

   Grammar Note

   A single noun

6. ᐊᑭᓯᖅ

   A-ki-siq

   Pillow

   Usage

   What you put under your head to sleep

   Grammar Note

   A single noun

7. ᐊᓪᓚᕈᑦ

   Al-la-rut

   Towel

   Usage

   A towel for drying the body or hands

   Grammar Note

   A single noun

8. ᐊᓪᓚᕈᑎᖃᖅᑭᑦ?

   Al-la-ru-ti-qaq-kit?

   Do you have a towel?

   Usage

   Asks the host or staff whether there is a towel

   Grammar Note

   It follows titirautiqaqqit? ("do you have a pen?") with a different noun. Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

9. ᐊᑭᓯᖃᖅᑭᑦ?

   A-ki-si-qaq-kit?

   Do you have a pillow?

   Usage

   Asks the host or staff whether there is a pillow

   Grammar Note

   It follows Itsivautaqaqqit? ("do you have a chair?"); -qaqqit attaches to a word ending in q. Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

10. ᐃᑦᓯᕙᐅᑕᖅ

    It-si-va-u-taq

    Chair

    Usage

    A chair to sit on

    Grammar Note

    Used as in Atausirmik itsivautaqaqtunga ("I have one chair")

11. ᓵ

    Saa

    Table

    Usage

    A table or desk

    Grammar Note

    Saap qaanganiittuq means "it is on top of the table"

12. ᐃᒐᓛᖅ

    I-ga-laaq

    Window

    Usage

    The window of a room

    Grammar Note

    "Open the window" is Igalaaq matuiruk and "close the window" is Igalaaq matuguk

13. ᐃᒐᓛᖅ ᒪᑐᐃᕈᒃ.

    I-ga-laaq ma-tu-i-ruk.

    Open the window.

    Usage

    To let air into a room. An imperative addressed to one person

    Grammar Note

    The imperative is not rude. To close it say Igalaaq matuguk

14. ᐃᒐᓛᖅ ᒪᑐᒍᒃ.

    I-ga-laaq ma-tu-guk.

    Close the window.

    Usage

    For example when it is cold. An imperative addressed to one person

    Grammar Note

    The imperative is not rude. To open it say Igalaaq matuiruk

15. ᐃᑭᒍᒃ.

    I-ki-guk.

    Turn it on.

    Usage

    For switching on a light or machine

    Grammar Note

    To turn it off say qamiguk. Ikumajuq means "it is on" and qaminngajuq means "it is off"

16. ᖃᒥᒍᒃ.

    Qa-mi-guk.

    Turn it off.

    Usage

    For switching off a light or machine

    Grammar Note

    To turn it on say ikiguk

17. ᐳᓛᕐᕕᒃ

    Pu-laar-vik

    Living room

    Usage

    A room for sitting together

    Grammar Note

    Pulaarvimiittunga means "I am in the living room"

18. ᑰᖃᕐᕕᒃ

    Kuu-qar-vik

    Kitchen

    Usage

    The place where food is prepared

    Grammar Note

    Kuuqarvimiittunga means "I am in the kitchen"

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