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-qqaar-: First

Alexander StebnerCreator of Lingora · Updated 14 October 20262 min readComments

-qqaar- means "first, before anything else", or "for the first time". It goes before the ending; before -ssa- "will" its r drops: -qqaassa-.

  • Uffaqqaariarlunga uffarfik salissavara.

    First, I'll take a shower. Then I'll clean the shower.

  • Innannginninni kigutigissaqqaartarpunga.

    I brush my teeth before going to bed. (lit. before going to bed, I first brush my teeth)

  • Biilerniaruma allagartaq pisariaqarteqqaassavara.

    I need a driver's license to drive a car. (lit. I will first need a license)

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For the First Time

With a verb of meeting or thinking, -qqaar- can also mean "for the first time".

  • Naapeqqaarakku isumaqaqqaarpunga silatoorujussuusoq.

    My first impression is that she is very smart. (lit. when I first met her, I first thought that she is very smart)

In the course

Sentences from Lingora’s Greenlandic course

7 of the course's 500 sentences use this, the first in lesson 77. A few of them, with the words “-qqaar-: First” is about in bold:

  • Naapeqqaarakku isumaqaqqaarpunga silatoorujussuusoq.

    My first impression is that she is very smart.

    Lesson 333

  • Innannginninni uffaqqaassaanga.

    I'll take a bath before going to bed.

    Lesson 481

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