Niiĝuĝim Tunugan Ilakuchangis
Introduction to Atkan Aleut
Grammar and Lexicon

ALEUT- ENGLISH
DICTIONARY

Piitrax̂ halul ii?
Is Peter sewing? 

Halulakax̂, hilakux̂ agach.
He is not sewing, he is reading.

Piitrax̂ gax̂ ii?
Is Peter eating?

Qalakax̂, hilakux̂ agach.
He is not eating, he is reading.

Asxinus chalis ii?
Are the girls busy fishing?

Chalilakaĝis (Chalilakas) , halukus agach.
They are not fishing, they are sewing.

Piitrax̂ ukinax̂ sulakax̂.
Peter did not take the knife.

Piitram sulakaĝa.
Peter did not take it.

Piitrax̂ ukinas sulakax̂.
Peter did not take the knives.

Piitram sulakaĝingis (sulakangis).
Peter did not take them.

Ukinax̂ sulakaq.
I did not take the knife.

Sulakaĝing (sulakang).
I did not take it.

Ukinas sulakaq.
I did not take the knives.

Sulakaĝning (sulakaning).
I did not take them.

Sulakaĝiin (sulakaan).
You (one) did not take it.

Sulakaĝit (sulakat).
You (one) did not take them.

Sulakaĝingin (sulakangin).
We did not take it or them.

Sulakax̂chix (sulakachix).
You (several) did not take it or them.

Haqalakan ii?
Didn't he (or they) come?

Qalakat ii?
Didn't you (one) eat?

Qalakatxichix ii?
Didn't you (several) eat?

-lakan not doing + txin = -lakat

+ txichix = -lakatxichix.

Piitram sulakakan (sulakanka) ii?
Didn't Peter take it? 

Sulakakat (Sulakankat) ii?
Didn't you take it?

Kurizax̂t ii?
Do you smoke?

Kurizaĝulaq.
I do not (never) smoke.

Kurizaĝulax̂ (Kurizaĝulax).
He does not smoke.

Kurizaĝulas (Kurizazulax).
They do not smoke.

Kurizaĝulax̂t.
You (one) do not smoke.

Kurizaĝulax̂txichix.
You (several) do not smoke. 

Qazaĝulaa (Qazaayulax).
He never eats it.

Qazaĝulangis (Qazangizulax).
He never eats them; They never eat it/them.

Qazaĝulang (Qazangulax).
I never eat it.

Qazaĝulaning (qazaningulax).
I never eat them.

Qazaĝulaan (Qazaanulax).
You (one) never eat it. 

iĝamanalakax̂ it is not good = bad (spoiled, etc.)

iĝamanaĝulax akux̂ it is something bad

angunalakax̂ it is not big, it is small

angunaĝulax̂ a little

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