Greenlandic Nouns

Welcome to the third Greenlandic lesson about nouns. This time we will first learn about fruits and vegetables, followed by grammar rules, then food items, finally a conversation in Greenlandic to help you practice your daily phrases.

potatoes katorfilit

tomatoes tomati

onions uanitsut

carrots musat

fruits paarnat

apples iipilit

bananas bananit

oranges appelsiinat

Nouns Grammar Rules

In general nouns refer to a person, an object, or abstract ideas. For example: a fast runner the noun is [runner] because it refers to a person. The examples below use nouns in different ways and places to demonstrate how they behave in a sentence.

Grammar + Rules - Greenlandic
do you have milk? [verb + noun] Immuuteqarpit?
I have milk and coffee [preposition + noun] Immuuteqarpunga, allaat aamma kaffiuteqarpunga
he has three apples [number + plural noun] Pingasunik iipiliuteqarpoq
she only has one apple [number + singular noun] Ataasiinnarmik iipiliuteqarpoq
we live in a small house [adjective + noun] Illumi mikisumi najugaqarpugut
I like our breakfast [pronoun + noun] Ullaakkorsiutit uku mamaraakka

The following are nouns of food items that you might be interested in learning and memorizing.

bread iffiaq

milk immuk

butter punneq

cheese osti

coffee kaffi

sandwich qallersukkat

meat neqi

chicken kukkukuuaraq

fish aalisagaq

breakfast ullaakkorsiutit

lunch frokosti

dinner unnukkorsiutit

Conversation in Greenlandic

Now we finally reach the fun part, the practice of the daily conversations. These phrases are used to get to know new people, and break the ice.

English - Greenlandic
Do you speak (English/ Greenlandic)? (Tuluttut/ Kalaallit) oqalusinnaavit?
Just a little Immannguaq
I like Greenlandic Kalaallit oqaasii nuannaaraakka
Can I practice with you? Ilinniaqatigisinnaavakkit?
How old are you? Qassinik ukioqarpit?
I'm thirty three years old 33-nik ukioqarpunga
It was nice talking to you Oqalugatigalutit nuannaraara

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