Introduction-E

apirimmaguguuq takummangaat, “ii, tautuliqtunga taavassuma
qaqqait ungasittut, ittiqtaujangit ivisukkallu tautuliqtakka”
taimailimmaguguuq taimaaqtaugamiguuq sikunngiqujaugami
sikunngisigivuq.
Then it asked him if he could see. He answered, “Yes, I can see the distant mountains,
the edges of the moss.” When he said that was it, he was asked to close his eyes again,
and he did as he was told.
taima qajarminunngaugami aullarmat, uiqujaulirmigamiguuq
takakkuaguuq tasirmi qaqqsaut asiarjuqanngittut takullunigit.
Then it left on its qajaq, and when he was told to open his eyes, all he saw were the loons
on the lake.
taissuma angirrangata miksaa inuksuliqtauqattaquqqaugamiuk
najamminut asuillaak tamakkua inuksuit takugamigit malittugit
taununngaliqtuni.
His sister had a trail of inuksut along the path to his home, as he had asked, and he
followed the trail that led him down.
asuilaaguuq tupiq takannaummat upakkamiuk, tamakkuaguuq
qimmiup qisirulua nanurarlu pauktuak paniqsiqtuuk,
tautunngittuulluni qimmiup niqinganik nirititauvalauqtuni
najangata narnup niqinganik niritippakkaluaqtunik.
When he reached the tent, he saw a dog skin and a polar bear skin drying. When he had
been blind, he had been fed dog meat, and the sister would sometimes give him some
polar bear meat to eat.
tavvunga tikinnami apirilluni “nakiummat nanuraminiq?”
taannaguuq anaananga uqaqtuni “apkua qaangiat nunattap”
taimannaililluni “atii nirittaqpappunga isumanni, aqqiatturlutilli
nirigit.”
When he arrived, he asked, “Where did you get the bear?” The mother said, “We got it
from the people who live further on the land,” and told him, “Go ahead. I have been
eating all I want; eat as much as you want.”
nannuttamininganit tautunngittuulluni nanuqtarilauqtanganit
sunauvva minittuni niqiqaqtitauvannirami qimmiminigaarmik
Actually it was the bear he had caught when he had been blind and the mother had been
greedy and had given him dog meat instead.
Stories – Lumaaju 203