This document contains several dialogues and phrases in Inupiaq about food and eating. It discusses asking for and offering hot drinks, coffee, tea, questions about being hungry, and what someone would like to eat. It also provides examples of using the -tuq/-suq suffixes to change nouns into verbs when talking about what someone is eating. Finally, it previews numbers and provides a summary of number terms in Inupiaq. Homework suggests listening to additional sections to learn more food and eating vocabulary.

1. FOOD AND EATING
March 4, 2009

2. REVIEW
Tautukpiuŋ _______?
Ii, tautukkiga _______. siulik
Naaga, tautuŋitkiga
_______.
iqalugruaq/
qalugruaq
iqalukpik/qalukpik

3. REVIEW
Tautukpiuŋ _______?
Ii, tautukkiga _______. aiviq
Naaga, tautuŋitkiga
_______.
aġviq
sisuaq

4. REVIEW
Naami? Uvva ...
Tuttu Akłaq
Kayuqtuq Amaġuq
Tiniikaq Qapvik

5. REVIEW
malġi a
a tulugaq
tiŋmiaq nauyaq a
a tiŋmiaġruk
tiŋmiaqpak a
a mitqutaiļaq
m i t q u t a i ļ a q

6. FOOD AND EATING

7. FOOD AND EATING
Yuuqqaġukpich?
Ii, yuuqqaġuktuŋa, taikuu.
Would you like a hot drink? Yes, I
would like a hot drink, thank you.
Imiġuqpich?
Ii, imiġuqtuŋa, taikuu.
Would you like something to
drink? Yes, I would like something
to drink, thank you.

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Kuukpiaqtuġukpich? Ii,
kuukpiaqtuġuktuŋa, taikuu.
Would you like some coffee? Yes,
I would like some coffee, thank
you.
Saiyutuġukpich? Ii,
saiyutuġuktuŋa, taikuu.
Would you like some tea? Yes, I
would like some tea, thank you.

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Kaakpich?
Are you hungry?
Ii, kaaktuŋa.
Yes, I am hungry.
Naaga, kaaŋitchuŋa.
No, I am not
hungry.

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Niġisuliqpich?
Are you hungry?
Ii, niġisuliqsuŋa.
Yes, I am hungry.
Qaŋaa,
niġisulinġitchuŋa.
No, I am not
hungry.

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Sumik niġisukpich?
What would you like to eat?
 Maktamik niġisuktuŋa. (maktak)
 Imiġauramik niġisuktuŋa. (soup)
 Qaqqumik niġisuktuŋa. (bread)
 Asiamik niġisuktuŋa. (berries)
 Akutumik niġisuktuŋa. (akutuq)
 Mipkumik niġisuktuŋa. (black meat)

12. FOOD AND EATING
Sumik niġiva? What is he/she eating?
Sumik niġivich? What are you eating?
-tuq/-suq postbase turns a noun stem into
a verb stem. Tuttu tuttutuq-
 Tuttutuqtuq.
(He/she is eating caribou.)
 Asiaqtuqtuŋa.
(I am eating berries.)
 Natchiqsuqtuq.
(He/she is eating seal.)

13. PREVIEW NUMBERS
Atausiq/Atausriq
Malġuk
Piŋasut/Piñasrut
Sisamat
Tallimat
Itchaksrat
Tallimat-malġuk
Tallimat-piŋasut/tallimat-piñasrut
Quliŋuġutaiļaq
Qulit

14. PREVIEW NUMBERS
Qulit Iñupiat
A-tau- siq mal-ġuk pi-ŋa-sut i-ñu- piat si-sa-mat tal-li-mat
it-chak-srat i-ñu- piat tal- li- mat mal-ġuk tal- li- mat pi-ŋa- sut
qu- li- ŋu- ġu- tai- Ịaq qu- lit
Qulit, quliŋuġutaiỊaq, tallimat piŋasut,
Tallimat malġuk, itchaksrat, tallimat,
Sisamat, piŋasut, malġuk iñupiak, atausiq iñupiaq.

15. HOMEWORK
 Listen to Section 21: Foods to learn
more food words and sentences.
 Listen to Section 24: Eating to learn
words and sentences pertaining to
eating.
Aarigaa taikuu!