Visa & Immigration

1. ᓇᒥᒥᐅᑕᐅᕕᑦ?

   Na-mi-mi-u-ta-u-vit?

   Where are you from?

   Usage

   Asks where someone is from, a common question when meeting

   Grammar Note

   Answer with the place plus -miutaujunga, for example Iqalummiutaujunga ("I am from Iqaluit")

2. ᓇᒥᒥᐅᑦᓴᔭᐅᕕᑦ?

   Na-mi-mi-ut-sa-ja-u-vit?

   Where are you originally from?

   Usage

   Asks about the original home rather than where someone lives now

   Grammar Note

   It adds "originally" to namimiutauvit?. The answer ends in -miutsajaujunga

3. ᑭᓇᐅᒐᕕᑦ?

   Ki-na-u-ga-vit?

   Can I get your name?

   Usage

   A courteous way to ask a name at a counter. In casual use, Kinauvit?

   Grammar Note

   Compared with Kinauvit? ("what's your name?"), this asks for the name to be given. It is for one person

4. ᑎᑎᖅᑲᖅ

   Ti-tiq-kaq

   Document

   Usage

   Names a document or a letter

   Grammar Note

   The word is built on titiraqtuq ("writes"). The same word also means "letter"

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