Nightlife

1. ᐃᒥᕋᓚᕝᕕᒃ ᓇᒦᑉᐸ?

   I-mi-ra-lav-vik na-miip-pa?

   Where is the bar?

   Usage

   Asks where the bar is. Not every community has one, so ask a local first

   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

2. ᑕᕐᕆᔭᕐᕕᒃ ᓇᒦᑉᐸ?

   Tar-ri-jar-vik na-miip-pa?

   Where is the movie theatre?

   Usage

   Asks where the cinema is, as an evening outing

   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

3. ᓱᖅᑲᑦᑕᖅᑭᑦ ᐅᓐᓄᒃᑯᑦ?

   Suq-kat-taq-kit un-nuk-kut?

   What do you usually do in the evenings?

   Usage

   Asks how someone spends their evenings

   Grammar Note

   The infix -ttaq- means "usually". Unnukkut is unnuk "evening" plus -kkut, "in the evening"

4. ᐊᖅᓴᕐᓃᑦ ᑕᑯᔪᒪᕕᑦ?

   Aq-sar-niit ta-ku-ju-ma-vit?

   Do you want to see the northern lights?

   Usage

   A way to invite someone outside at night. Aqsarniit means "northern lights"

   Grammar Note

   -jumavit means "do you want to", a variant of the -rumavit pattern seen in kaapiturumavit. Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

5. ᖃᑦᓯᒨᖅᑲᑦ?

   Qat-si-muuq-kat?

   At what time?

   Usage

   Asks the time of an event. For the current time, say qatsimuuqqa?

   Grammar Note

   The form ending in -t asks about a future time. Answers use a digit plus a suffix, as in 4-muuqqat ("at four o'clock")

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