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| Miiyii Groupie Greenland Joined 5582 days ago 59 posts - 97 votes  | Message 17 of 65 13 August 2010 at 12:04am | IP Logged | ||
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Hej Aquila! :D
.. Med objektet mener du da "han/ham" i sætningerne du har skrevet? - Så nej, man inkluderer ikke personerne "han/ham/hun/hende/den/det" i sætninger da der ingen ord for dem er, på grønlandsk. - Jeg trakk han opp av råken - Ordet "råken" er så oldschool på grønlandsk, at ingen på den alder jeg har (14) ved hvad det er desværre. :) (Medmindre de altså har spurgt deres bedsteforældre, eller er fangerbørn.) - Jeg skal trække dig op - Qaqissuakkit (Qaqi = løfte op fra noget ssua = uoversætteligt kkit = "dig" endelse.) - Jeg skal prøve at trække den op - Qaqinniaalussuara (Qaqi = løfte op fra noget nniaaluk = prøve (i midten af en sætning/et ord) ssuara = den. - jeg kan ikke trække den op - Qaqissinnaanngilara (b]Qaqi = løfte op fra noget ssinnaanngi = kan ikke (i midten af en sætning/et ord) lara = jeg. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Piotr1981 Diglot Newbie Poland Joined 5232 days ago 26 posts - 27 votes Speaks: Polish*, EnglishC2 Studies: Spanish, Italian | Message 18 of 65 14 August 2010 at 8:05pm | IP Logged | ||
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While I'm planning to learn Greenlandic I must say that Greenland fascinates me. Unfortunately, it's rather difficult to contact a native over the Internet.
I read about the language and it sounds really difficult. But I suppose that anything is possible once you've put mind to it :) One information that caught my attention while I was reading about ite, was the tendency to coin its own words for new modern concepts. Can you tell me how this works in practice? By the way, I know that in 2009 Greenlandic officially became the sole official language of Greenland. Congratulations :) 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Miiyii Groupie Greenland Joined 5582 days ago 59 posts - 97 votes | Message 19 of 65 14 August 2010 at 11:06pm | IP Logged | ||
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Um.. Thank you.. i guess? .. :P
.. So.. Umm.. Yes, Greenlandic is actually pretty difficult for foreigners, since the way of placing words in a sentence is very odd.. (Not to mention all the endings that are impossible to translate, and the 8 casus) Umm.. Yes.. The Greenlandic language council thinks that it's smart to change the "new words" in Greenlandic into native words, but that usually makes the words long and sometimes useless. (At least we young people say so. hahah..) - But, the elder people (around 50+) usually use the replacement-words. .. The way it works.. Since many many words in Greenlandic are spoken in pictures, they usually "mean" something "in" the word. F.x the word computer: Qarasaasiaq. This word, even though it's hard to translate, means "A thing made with a brain", since it can write, record, seek, etc. But, as I also told you, us younger people tend to use the word "Computeri" instead, since it for us, sound more modern, if you get what I mean. Umm.. So.. Yes, the replacements are made by taking a stem, and putting it together with an ending. xD? But there is also many not replaced words that are token from Danish (which is quite normal to do) F.x: skiilti, (from the danish word skilt for road sign) Fjernsyni, (from the Danish word fjernsyn for TV) Suuffa, (from the danish word sofa for couch) and skateboardi (for skateboard). I hope my text wasn't too difficult to understand, and I hope you could use it! :DD ;D XD 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Miiyii Groupie Greenland Joined 5582 days ago 59 posts - 97 votes | Message 20 of 65 12 September 2010 at 10:38pm | IP Logged | ||
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Okaaaaaaay.. Now this topic is so dead that I want to wake it up by writing a greenlandic post, so you can see
what the language really looks like.. (Just for fun because of boredom. :D) .. Okay, heeeere we go: Massakkut forumimi allappunga, pissanganarpianngilarlu. - Isumaqarpunga forumi una pikkunaatsoq, inuit oqaatsit soorlu "tuluttut" soqutingiinnaramingit. - Taamaakkaluartorli allanneq forumimi uani nuannaraara, inuit oqaatsit nalunngisakka takusussaangamingit. Haha.. :P .. .. Hmm.. Kisianni inuit kalaallit oqaasii ilikkarusukkai ikittuaraapput, ajoraluaannartumik. .. Naa.. Eqqumiik kalaallisut allalluni! .. Sivisoorujussuarmik ila allannikuunnginnama, Danmarkimut nuunnikuungatta! .. Nuannerpoq Danmarkimiilluni, kisianni kalaallit oqaasii tusarusunnarput! .. :D .. Hmm.. Allatara naammanngilaq suli, taamaattumik allassuunga suli! ;DDDDDDDDD!! .. Oqarsinnavungali pingaartikkinga kalaallisut allanneq, oqalunnerlu! ;D .. Hmm.. Kisianni ila forumi una pillungu allassanguma, aatsaannguartuut allassuunga: Pikkunaappoq assut! D; .. Ila inuit maaniittut aperingaangaminnga imatuunerusarpoq: "Kalaallit oqaasii ilikkarnissai nalunarpa?!" .. Taava uanga akissuakka: "Naamik?! >8( .. Qanoq aamma nalunassua mikisuungallaramali oqaluttarnikuunguma kalaallisut?! -_-'" .. :D .. Nå.. Naammappoq massakkut, ila? .. TAKUSS' :D .. Okaaaaay.. That's how greenlandic looks in it's full "version"? :P .. Beautiful, right? :D .. (Oh.. I actually think I used like.. 6 cases of 8 in this little "history" ;D) 4 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| ChristopherB Triglot Senior Member New Zealand Joined 6315 days ago 851 posts - 1074 votes 2 sounds Speaks: English*, German, French | Message 21 of 65 13 September 2010 at 1:26am | IP Logged | ||
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I love this language so much. I've just spent a LOT of money ordering resources for learning and so I'm going to be studying it seriously in the next few weeks. But I have no idea how far I can ultimately get learning my bedroom in New Zealand!
I look forward to deciphering that message, Miiyii! :D (By the way, I think it's so cool that we have a native Greenlandic-speaker on these boards!) Edited by ChristopherB on 13 September 2010 at 1:27am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| ellasevia Super Polyglot Winner TAC 2011 Senior Member Germany Joined 6141 days ago 2150 posts - 3229 votes Speaks: English*, German, Croatian, Greek, French, Spanish, Russian, Swedish, Portuguese, Turkish, Italian Studies: Catalan, Persian, Mandarin, Japanese, Romanian, Ukrainian | Message 22 of 65 13 September 2010 at 3:36am | IP Logged | ||
Are there any resources in English or is the reason why you're studying Danish now to be able to use Danish resources for Greenlandic? 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| ChristopherB Triglot Senior Member New Zealand Joined 6315 days ago 851 posts - 1074 votes 2 sounds Speaks: English*, German, French | Message 23 of 65 13 September 2010 at 8:03am | IP Logged | ||
Mainly to access resources for Greenlandic, yeah. Beyond that there's a phrasebook/mini-grammar in Germanic by Kauderwelsch called "Grönländisch Wort für Wort" which I have and it's quite good, though by no means a teaching manual. As for English-language material, there is Greenlandic for Travellers which I know nothing about and which I presume is probably nothing more than your standard-fare phrasebook. Edited by ChristopherB on 13 September 2010 at 8:10am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Miiyii Groupie Greenland Joined 5582 days ago 59 posts - 97 votes | Message 24 of 65 13 September 2010 at 8:41pm | IP Logged | ||
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Wuuuhuu.. Now the topic is awake! ;P
.. Soo soo.. Good that you like it! ^_^' .. Umm.. You see, there is very few phrasebooks, and they're not good enough to do the whole thing! (Now, I know that it's just to get around and all that stuff!) - Because we pay BIG attention to, if the words (rather sentences) are pronounced correctly, so there's actually a big chance of getting teased.. (In a good way ofc.) (But I'm not 100% sure, since I haven't been living in the capital.) .. Now, I'd rather say that you should go to one of the greenlandic houses in Denmark, where I'm sure they'll give you some classes, if you want. :D 1 person has voted this message useful |
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