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-mineq: A Piece Of

Alexander StebnerCreator of Lingora · Updated 14 October 20262 min readComments

-mineq "a piece of" turns a noun into a piece of it: "chocolate" gives "a piece of chocolate, a candy bar".

  • Manniit aqqaneq marluk pisiaraakka, sukkulaatiminerlu ilinnoortoq.

    I bought a dozen eggs and a candy bar for you too. (sukkulaatimineq + -lu "and": the q becomes r)

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Sentences from Lingora’s Greenlandic course

One of the course's 500 sentences uses this, the first in lesson 47. A few of them, with the words “-mineq: A Piece Of” is about in bold:

  • Manniit aqqaneq marluk pisiaraakka, sukkulaatiminerlu ilinnoortoq.

    I bought a dozen eggs and a candy bar for you too.

    Lesson 47

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