Learning Inuktitut Adamie's Way
The thing to remember is that everything comes in threes. This is one of the things I find confuses most foreigners (those that have no clue how to speak Inuktitut).
One Eskimo is called an INUK (pronounced I-nuk). Two of them are called INUUK (i-NUUK). Three or more of them are called INUIT (i-NUIT).
One women's knife is an ULU (U-lu). Two of them are called ULUUK (u-LUUK). Three or more of them are ULUIT (u-LUIT).
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Thanks for the lesson, Qayaq. BTW, some European languages also have a dual number such as German, I think.
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