Dialogue 1

Alana Johns, Saila Michael, and Sandra Uvilluk
Sept. 2004

Full dialogue:

InuktitutEnglish
Saila:ᑭᓇᐅᕕᑦWho are you?
Sandra:ᓴᓐᑐᕋᐅᔪᖓ.I am Sandra.
Saila:ᐅᕙᖓ    ᓴᐃᓚᐅᕗᖓ.Me, I'm Saila.
ᓇᒥᕐᒥᐅᑦᑕᐅᕕᑦWhere are you from?
Sandra:ᐃᒡᓗᓕᖕᒥᐅᑕᐅᔪᖓ.I'm from Igloolik.
ᓇᒥᕐᒥᐅᑦᑕᐅᕕᓪᓕAnd where are you from?
Saila:ᐃᖃᓗᖕᓂᕐᒥᐅᑕᐅᔪᖓ.I'm from Iqaluit.
ᐊᑯᓂ ᑕᒫᓃᑉᐱᑦHave you been here a long time?
Sandra:6-ᓂᑦ    ᐅᑭᐅᓂᑦ    ᑕᒫᓃᑦᑐᖓ.I've been here six years.
ᐃᒡᕕᓪᓕAnd you?
Saila:ᐊᑯᓂᐊᓗᒃ.A long time.
9-ᓂᑦ    ᐅᑭᐅᓂᑦ    ᑕᒫᓃᑦᑐᖓ.I've been here nine years.
ᓴᓐᑐᕋᖓᐃ.So, Sandra!
Sandra:ᐄ.    ᓴᐃᓚᙵᐃ.Yes. So, Saila!
ᑕᑯᓛᕆᕗᒍᑦ.We will see each other again sometime.