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-mioq: Person From

Alexander StebnerCreator of Lingora · Updated 14 October 20262 min readComments

-mioq turns a place into a person from there: "Australian". Before an ending it is -miu-, and the plural is -miut "people from".

  • Kinaminngaanneerpunga, Kinamiuuvunga.

    I am from China. I am Chinese. (Kina + -miu- + -uvunga "I am")

  • Inuit maanimiut nunatsinnimiunit pinnernerupput.

    The people here are prettier than at home. (maani "here" + -miut: lit. people from here)

01

Where Are You From?

With the question word su- "what", it asks where someone is from: "where are you from?", literally "what place's person are you?".

  • Sumiuuvit? Australiamioq? Amerikamioq?

    What's your nationality? Australian? American?

  • Frankrigimiuuvunga.

    I am from France.

02

Their Food, Their Language

As an owner, the plural stays -miut, the same as the plain plural: "the Spaniards' food".

  • Italiamiuuvoq, Spaniamiut nerisassaatai mamarilluinnarpai.

    She's from Italy and she loves Spanish food. (lit. the Spaniards' food)

  • Japanimiut oqaasii ikittuaqqat nalunngilakka.

    I can speak a few words of Japanese. (lit. a few of the Japanese people's words)

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