Dialogue 1
Alana Johns, Saila Michael, and Sandra Uvilluk
Sept. 2004
Alana Johns, Saila Michael, and Sandra Uvilluk
Sept. 2004
| Full dialogue: | ||
|---|---|---|
| Inuktitut | English | |
| Saila: | ᑭᓇᐅᕕᑦ | Who are you? |
| Sandra: | ᓴᓐᑐᕋᐅᔪᖓ. | I am Sandra. |
| Saila: | ᐅᕙᖓ ᓴᐃᓚᐅᕗᖓ. | Me, I'm Saila. |
| ᓇᒥᕐᒥᐅᑦᑕᐅᕕᑦ | Where are you from? | |
| Sandra: | ᐃᒡᓗᓕᖕᒥᐅᑕᐅᔪᖓ. | I'm from Igloolik. |
| ᓇᒥᕐᒥᐅᑦᑕᐅᕕᓪᓕ | And where are you from? | |
| Saila: | ᐃᖃᓗᖕᓂᕐᒥᐅᑕᐅᔪᖓ. | I'm from Iqaluit. |
| ᐊᑯᓂ ᑕᒫᓃᑉᐱᑦ | Have you been here a long time? | |
| Sandra: | 6-ᓂᑦ ᐅᑭᐅᓂᑦ ᑕᒫᓃᑦᑐᖓ. | I've been here six years. |
| ᐃᒡᕕᓪᓕ | And 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. | |