Only and Just: -innaq and -innar-

01

Only: -innaq

• Aningaasivinni tretten dollariinnaateqarpunga.

  I have only thirteen dollars in my wallet.

• Ataaseq fire hundrede yeniinnarmik akeqarpoq.

  It costs only four hundred yen each.

• Naamik ikittuinnaat.

  No just a few. (ikittut "few" + -innaat)

02

Just: -innar-

-innar- removes the last consonant of the stem: iserpoq "goes in" gives isiinnarpoq "just goes in". After an a, its i becomes a: -aannar-. In a command it makes a friendly "just do it".

• Aap, isiinnarit.

  Yes, please come in. (iser- + -innar-)

• Iserluaritsi, ingiinnassaasi.

  Welcome. Please have a seat. (lit. you will just sit down)

• Aana tyve dollarit. Sinnera piinnaruk.

  Here is twenty dollars. Keep the change. (lit. just take the rest)

03

Don't Just …

With the "don't" ending -nasi it gives "don't just …". Here the stem ends in a: issiavoq "sits" gives issiaannar-.

• Issiaannarnasi. Qiteqatigilaarniartigut.

  Don't just sit (pl.) there. Come dance with us.