Post Office

1. ᑎᑎᖅᑲᓂᐊᕐᕕᒃ

   Ti-tiq-ka-ni-ar-vik

   Post office

   Usage

   A word for the post office. It is related to titiqqaq ("letter; document") plus the place ending -vik

   Grammar Note

   The ending -vik makes a word for a place

2. ᑎᑎᖅᑲᓂᐊᕐᕕᒃ ᓇᒦᑉᐸ?

   Ti-tiq-ka-ni-ar-vik na-miip-pa?

   Where is the post office?

   Usage

   Asks where the post office is

   Grammar Note

   X namiippa? is the basic form for "where is X?". A word ending in -vik names a place. Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

3. ᑎᑎᖅᑲᓂᐊᕐᕕᓕᐊᖅᑭᑦ?

   Ti-tiq-ka-ni-ar-vi-li-aq-kit?

   Are you going to the post office?

   Usage

   Asks whether the other person is on the way to the post office

   Grammar Note

   The ending -qqit (syllabics ᖅᑭᑦ, written q-kit in this app) asks one person (the South Baffin form). For two people use -qqisik

4. ᑎᑎᖅᑲᓂᐊᕐᕕᒻᒨᖅᑐᖓ.

   Ti-tiq-ka-ni-ar-vim-muuq-tu-nga.

   I'm going to the post office.

   Usage

   Says that you are heading to the post office

   Grammar Note

   The ending -mmuuqtuq means "goes to ...". -junga and -tunga mean "I". For he, she or it use -juq or -tuq. Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

5. ᑎᑎᕋᕐᕕᒋᔭᕋ.

   Ti-ti-rar-vi-gi-ja-ra.

   I'm writing to him or her.

   Usage

   What you say when you are writing to a particular person. The ending already contains "him or her"

   Grammar Note

   The ending -jara means "I ... him, her or it". The person written to is built into the word

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