Nouns: Prolative Case (-kkut) — Greenlandic Grammar

The prolative ending -kkut means "through", "along" or "by way of". In the plural it is -tigut. It also says where it hurts and at what time of day.

Through, Along, By

A place you pass through or travel along takes -kkut.

Nuummut Kangerlussuakkut aallarpugut.
We went to Nuuk via Kangerlussuaq.
Tuttu aqqusinikkut pangalippoq.
The reindeer ran along the road.

Where It Hurts

The part of the body that hurts takes -kkut too.

Sukkut anniaravit? Ugguuna?
Where does it hurt? Here?

"which way, where" is the prolative of su- "what"

Times of Day

The parts of the day take -kkut: "in the morning", "in the afternoon", "in the evening". For something that happens regularly, the verb often adds -tar- "usually".

Arfineq marlunngorpoq ullaakkut.
It is seven o'clock in the morning.
Ullut tamaasa ualikkut basketsertarpunga.
Every afternoon I play basketball. (lit. every day in the afternoon I usually play)
Nalinginnaasumik unnukkut taartarpoq.
At night it is usually dark.

Words for When

Several everyday time words end in -kkut: "today", "sometimes", "soon", "later".

Ullumikkut sila qanoq ippa?
What's the weather like today?
Ilinniagassakka kingusinnerusukkut suliarissavakka.
I will do my homework later.

In the course

Sentences from Lingora’s Greenlandic course

16 of the course's 500 sentences use this, the first in lesson 94. A few of them, with the words “Nouns: Prolative Case (-kkut)” is about in bold:

Ullumikkut sila qanoq ippa?
What's the weather like today?
Lesson 291

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