Pharmacy & Health

1. ᐄᔭᒐᖅᑖᕐᕕᒃ

   Ii-ja-gaq-taar-vik

   Pharmacy

   Usage

   The word for "pharmacy" on signs and in speech

   Grammar Note

   Iijagaq means "pill". The ending -vik makes a place word

2. ᐄᔭᒐᖅᑖᕐᕕᒃ ᓇᒦᑉᐸ?

   Ii-ja-gaq-taar-vik na-miip-pa?

   Where is the pharmacy?

   Usage

   Asks where the pharmacy is

   Grammar Note

   X namiippa? is the basic form for "where is X?". Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

3. ᐄᔭᒐᖃᖅᑭᑦ?

   Ii-ja-ga-qaq-kit?

   Do you have pills?

   Usage

   Asks a pharmacy whether they have pills. Say the symptom in a separate sentence

   Grammar Note

   The infix -qaq- means "have". It is the same pattern as titirautiqaqqit? ("do you have a pen?"). Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

4. ᐆᑎᕐᓇᖅᑐᖓ.

   Uu-tir-naq-tu-nga.

   I have a fever.

   Usage

   A basic sentence for saying you are unwell

   Grammar Note

   The ending -tunga means "I". For a third person it is uutirnaqtuq

5. ᓂᐊᖁᙳᔪᖓ.

   Ni-a-qu-nngu-ju-nga.

   I have a headache.

   Usage

   Tells someone about a headache. Follow with iijagaqaqqit? if you need pills

   Grammar Note

   The ending -junga means "I". Niaquq is "head" and -nngujuq gives the sense of an ache

6. ᓈᙳᔪᖓ.

   Naa-nngu-ju-nga.

   I have a stomach ache.

   Usage

   Tells someone about a stomach ache. Naaq means "stomach"

   Grammar Note

   It is built like niaqunngujunga ("I have a headache")

7. ᓯᐅᓯᕆᔪᖓ.

   Si-u-si-ri-ju-nga.

   I have an earache.

   Usage

   Tells someone about an earache. Siut means "ear"

   Grammar Note

   Siusirijuq means "has an earache". The ending -junga makes it "I". Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

8. ᖁᐃᖅᓱᖅᑐᖓ.

   Qu-iq-suq-tu-nga.

   I'm coughing.

   Usage

   Says that you are coughing

   Grammar Note

   Quiqsuqtuq means "coughs". The ending -tunga makes it "I". Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

9. ᓄᕙᑦᑐᖓ.

   Nu-vat-tu-nga.

   I have a cold.

   Usage

   Says that you have a cold, the illness, not cold weather

   Grammar Note

   For feeling cold in the weather sense use the word in qiuvit?. Do not mix the two

10. ᒥᕆᐊᙳᔪᖓ.

    Mi-ri-a-nngu-ju-nga.

    I feel nauseous.

    Usage

    Says that you feel sick. Miriaqtuq means that someone vomits

    Grammar Note

    Mirianngujuq means "feels nauseous". The ending -junga makes it "I". Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

11. ᐊᑲᐅᑦᓯᐊᙱᑦᑐᖓ.

    A-ka-ut-si-a-nngit-tu-nga.

    I don't feel well.

    Usage

    Says you are unwell. It works with a pharmacist or any clerk

    Grammar Note

    The infix -nngit- is the negative and -tunga means "I"

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