Monday, September 26, 2005

Caciitua (Indispensible Yup'ik Phrases)

Waqaa. (Hello). Today in the office our friend Jimmy was teaching us some Yup'ik. He was laughing so heartily at our attempts to say hello, we thought he must be pulling a fast one on us, teaching us to say whale penis or something. So we looked it up on the all knowing internet, and it turns out he was being honest and just laughing at our pronunciation. If you are interested in the language, here's a link with a few words you can listen to:
Learn to speak in Yup'ik

May you be ever umyuartuluni!

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