How to conjugate a verb in Inuktitut

How to conjugate a verb in Inuktitut

You want to learn how to conjugate Inuktitut verbs? You've come to the right place! Scroll down and see the short Inuktitut lessons complete with useful examples. I speak, you speak, we all speak... we make learning Inuktitut verbs fun.

Inuktitut verb conjugation: I

Verbs are used to describe actions. Inuktitut verbs are conjugated for each person. The conjugation consists of an ending placed on the verb stem. For the first person singular, Inuktitut verbs typically use the ending 'junga / tunga'.

Examples

taku junga
I see
uqaujji junga
I say
sinik tunga
I sleep
tuhaq tunga
I hear
ukpiri junga
I believe
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About Inuktitut

About Inuktitut

Inuktitut belongs to the Eskimo-Aleut language family. If you are planning on doing some travelling, learning Inuktitut would be a great way to make the most of your trip.

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Basic words and phrases in Inuktitut

Learn to get by in Inuktitut with these useful words and phrases. We'll begin by learning some basic Inuktitut phrases which you can use for everyday communication.

Ullākkut
Good morning
Unnukkut
Good evening
Unnusa­kkut
Good afternoon
Unnukkut
Good night
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Step 8 : Inuktitut verbs

Verbs are used to describe actions. There are 1000's of verbs that you can learn in Inuktitut. A good approach would be to start out by learning just three Inuktitut verbs by heart. We suggest you learn the Inuktitut verbs takujuq, rumajuq and (see, want, like). Using the nouns uqalimāgaq, itsivautaq and matu (book, chair, door) which you learned in Step 3, learn to use each verb with each noun (I want the book, you see the chair, they like the door etc.). You can scroll to the top of this page to see a short lesson about Inuktitut verbs including useful examples. After you've learned using the three verbs takujuq, rumajuq and by heart you can move on to Step 9 (Inuktitut possessive pronouns).

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