Iņupiatun Eskimo Dictionary - SIL International

2. DEPENDENT MOODS
CONDITIONAL/R - realized action (“when”)
First Second Third 3rd Diff
Sg (k/n)ama (k/n)avich (k/n)ami (p)man
Du (k/n)amnuk (k/n)apsik (k/n)amik (p)maknik
Pl (k/n)apta (k/n)apsi (k/n)amiä (p)mata
The parenthetical (k) appears following k-final stems and vowel-final stems (double vowel). The
parenthetical (n) appears following t-final stems. It simply adds to q-final stems.
Isrummatigisiuä qanusriutilaaqsi tuqâukkaukapsi ukpiqsriruatquplusri.
Think about what you were when you were called that you should be believers.
Kisupayaam ikitnamiuä naniq iáitáaitkaa ataanun utkusium.
When someone has lit a lamp, he doesn’t place it under a pot.
CONDITIONAL/U - unrealized action (“if”; also: hypothetical case)
First Second Third 3rd Diff
Sg (k)uma (k)uvich (k)umi (k)pan
Du (k)umnuk (k)upsik (k)umik (k)paänik
Pl (k)upta (k)upsi (k)umiä (k)pata
The parenthetical (k) appears following k-final stems and vowel-final stems (double vowel). The
parenthetical (n) appears following t-final stems. It simply adds to q-final stems.
Iñuuâiqaàukkuvich tupigiyumagitin tillisit.
If you want to have life you will obey the commands.
Aquvitkuvich kamanaqtuami atanàuvipni.
If (when) you sit down on your glorious throne to be ruler.
Pisuksiñaàuvich mamitiâhiñaugikma.
If you only want to, you could heal me.
COORDINATIVE (also: mild imperative)
First Second Third
sg luäa lutin luni
du lunuk lusik lutik
pl luta lus(r)i lutiä
Also this mood differentiates between realized and unrealized action, or between non-future and
future action. Based on the suffix for 3 rd person singular, a pattern becomes clear: voiceless stop
consonants before this suffix –luni indicate that an action is realized; assimilation to voiced
consonants indicates unrealized action.
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